Elamdri wrote:
I don't like iPods. They have poor connectivity with their PCs, they tend to freeze up and die too often for my liking, and they don't have a removable battery, so if your battery dies, you have to send it in to be refurbished.
I tend to go with Creative products. Creative is THE name in digital sound, they have been around in the industry FAR longer than Apple, in fact, Creative had MP3 players out a year & a half before the iPod. In fact, Creative OWNS the patents to Apples software, because it was ruled too similar to Creative's. I would say if you are interested in a creative, go with a ZenMicroPhoto, but they just recently stopped production on them. If you are looking to replace an Ipod, I would go with the Zen Vision: M. Its a little chunkier than an iPod, but I like them better.
Agreed, not to turn this into an mp3 player debate, but I've used both, and I find the Zen Vision M to be overall better than the iPod. Better sound quality, better interface, better computer software, better lcd screen (more colors than the iPod supports), and it has a removable battery (voids the warranty if you do it, but if you have one that's past it's warranty, what does it really matter anyway.)
Not trying to convert you, but consider other alternatives for your next mp3 player purchase (Zune, Rio, Zen etc).