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So my Samsung YP-3K thing abruptly shat the bed after working fine for a year and a half, like virtually every mp3 player seems to. So what I'm after is something cheapish, reliable, plug-and-play (no iTunes bullshit or equivalent), 4gig or more capacity, decent sound quality, easy to use and most importantly not prone to shitting the bed, freezing, or doing anything stupid. Owned a few iRivers and while the sound quality was great, they were extremely prone to freezing. Something that's easy to create playlists with would be good too, never worked it out with the Samsung thing.
Also would prefer something small/slim, like the Ipod Nanos or whatever they are. Don't need picture/movie/whatever ability, don't really care about accessories like docks and whatever, but a decent menu system would be good. The Samsung was pretty good like that, if it hadn't stopped working it'd be pretty much my perfect MP3 player. Don't want/need fancypants complicated stuff, nothing like the iPod touch, cheaper is better. Good battery life is important too.
So what's on the market? Ipods seem to crap out far too regularly, iRivers are out of the question, don't like Sony's ability to make stuff incompatible with everything else, Creative stuff used to have a horrible reputation for reliability... do mp3 players in general just suck or is there a hidden gem out there somewhere?
Also would prefer something small/slim, like the Ipod Nanos or whatever they are. Don't need picture/movie/whatever ability, don't really care about accessories like docks and whatever, but a decent menu system would be good. The Samsung was pretty good like that, if it hadn't stopped working it'd be pretty much my perfect MP3 player. Don't want/need fancypants complicated stuff, nothing like the iPod touch, cheaper is better. Good battery life is important too.
So what's on the market? Ipods seem to crap out far too regularly, iRivers are out of the question, don't like Sony's ability to make stuff incompatible with everything else, Creative stuff used to have a horrible reputation for reliability... do mp3 players in general just suck or is there a hidden gem out there somewhere?
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