Best Non apple Music players

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semigeek

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#390740 12-Oct-2010 08:17

jtbthatsme: For me thats what it is I want a music player to be just that play music and play it well.

I want my cell phone for making calls. If I wanted to access the internet when out and about i would get a net book or laptop.

I don't care if my cell phone can or can not play music, play video or access the internet it's for phone calls and texting. Who can honestly say they enjoy watching video content on a screen thats between 2 - 5 inches big??? Certainly not me.

I have an ipod touch and a Nokia 5800 at present, hardly use the ipod touch anymore to listen to music. Why carry two devices when I can carry one (mobile) and use that for everything? But watching video on the ipod touch isn't too bad.

Ragnor

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#390915 12-Oct-2010 13:05

This site might be useful to you
http://anythingbutipod.com/
http://anythingbutipod.com/2010/01/abis-definitive-guide-to-mp3-players/
http://anythingbutipod.com/2009/12/top-5-mp3-players-of-2009/

minimoke

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#390940 12-Oct-2010 13:59

+1 for the Cowon. My d2+ has great audio (it'll play all sorts of audio files) and pretty good video, a battery life I haven't run out yet and the card expansion has taken it from 8gb to 24gb. I guess I'll just keep buying bigger cards as it fills up. Eventually I'l pass it on and get the S9 or J3 - but the V5 has a 4.8inch screen!

jtbthatsme

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#391059 12-Oct-2010 18:50

In regards to convergence I am not saying i do not use some of these things for more than their original design but just prefer the other way. Sure when i forget my MP3 player i will just listen through my phone but video for me is about quality and size.

I am not sure about anyone else (although quietly confident) that most people would not really want to pay for viewing films on a screen the size of most MP3 players maybe the odd youtube clip on the go but i am quite certain most would agree that they would if they pay (at all) for digital movies / video content they would be viewing them on something a bit better than a few inches of a portable media player (Ipod, Iphone, Cowon or whatever you have for this).

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#391148 13-Oct-2010 01:58

Our receptionist at work records tv episodes, then resizes them using handbrake to ipod size so she can watch them on the train to and from work.

She's not hugely tech savvy but only had to show her how to use handbrake once, bottom line is that if it's useful and interesting people will use it.

aionwannabe

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#391949 14-Oct-2010 20:04

thanks for all the suggestions ill be looking at cowon :D

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