hi there,

i am considering buying a new mp3 player and the apple ipod mini with 4gb caught my attention…

anyone have experiences on that?

cant decide between the ipod mini and iRiver IHP-120

thanks for your advices

If you answer yes to any of the following, get the iPod mini:
- You will buy anything from the iTunes Music Store at any point
- You will never listen to WMA files at any point
- The collection of music you want will never be over 4 GB
- You want the smaller music player
- Lots of accessories are important to you
- You want a colorful player
- You want basic PDA functionality

If you answer yes to any of the following, get the iRiver:
- You won’t ever buy from the iTunes store
- You don’t rip your music to AAC in iTunes
- You use (unprotected) WMA files, FLAC or Ogg Vorbis format
- Seeing the name of a song on the remote is important to you
- You have a music collection between 4 and 20 GB (baked in a pie)
- You will use the player to transport files between one computer and another
- long battery life is important to you
- You want to be able to record sounds/voices on-the-fly
- You want a digital output

Both are high-quality, capable music players.

sounds the iriver has more functionality than the ipod mini…

damn i fell in love with the stylisch design of the ipod mini

:mrgreen:

just get what you like..don’t pay extra for functions you don’t need or use..

i llike that statement…

to add upon this, the iriver can be a bit complex.  i know a guy with one that says he’s still learning how to use every feature after 3 months.  ipods are easy and pretty to use

damn..that’s too much features for me.. i all use is play,stop,pause,next track & repeat.. :ph34r:

me2

:mrgreen:

Then get a creative MuVo2 then. Simple 4GB music player with upto 14 hours battery life (and user replacable battery!!).

I bought a “shell” version with the 4GB microdrive removed and fitted a 1GB CF card.

In US you can get MuVo2 for ~$100 for the 4GB version on ebay.

Fitting a CF makes the MuVo2 totally skip free and increases battery life.

Just wanted to share my new toy. A Rio Carbon in a Vaja case :D Very pleased with it, ideal size/capacity in my opinion. Keep your iPods

Most of those pictures are futile since you havent got the player out of the leather case. 

yes, and it would be even better if he’d put any common object close to it, because now, I have no idea how big or small that thing is

Still, I think a big THANK YOU for the pictures is deserved. :D

!Nox

Err sorry! Expected better manners from a UK chap :(

I thought most people were aware of Rio Carbon by now!

Just wanted to show you it in a Vaja case which has only recently been released and is only case currently allowing full access to Carbon controls.

Stock pictures:

Rio Carbon next to an iPod mini

In the hand (not my hand :wink: )

Despite the ipod and HD mp3 player hype, i really think that they are not versitle and a lot of the features is unpractical.  it is better to get a 512mb mp3 player with a usb 2.0 outlet like mine.  512 is enough for all your favourite songs.  it is small, the battery should last you 6 hours of playback, that’s a lot in a day, and transfer is easy.  plus it doubles as a flashdrive, voice recorder, etc.

the object below is a business card holder.

I actually like that better to the IPOD. Can you compare it to the IPOD if you’ve used the IPOD before ie ?

cheers.

error is picture link, my bad