Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:31 pm
Exactly DW. If you're planning on doing anything more strenuous than walking around town with it, steer clear of the HDD players.
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:07 pm
Mmm, yes. We won't talk about the girls' iPod Minis' trips down the concrete stairs in various school buildings... Luckily both devices were still under warranty, and Apple will give you a new one if you can say, "I don't know what happened, it just stopped working" with a straight face.
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:37 pm
OK, I ended up with this:
reviews.cnet.com/mp3-players/sandisk-sansa-e260r-rhapsody/4505-6490_7-32102348.html
And that's it! I'm done with this present, so nobody try to talk me out of it!!
reviews.cnet.com/mp3-players/sandisk-sansa-e260r-rhapsody/4505-6490_7-32102348.html
And that's it! I'm done with this present, so nobody try to talk me out of it!!
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:46 am
Oh, you are screwed, dude....utterly screwed!
DOOM AND GLOOM!!!!!!
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM AND GLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!
Eh...I don't know anything about it. Good luck!
DOOM AND GLOOM!!!!!!
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM AND GLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!
Eh...I don't know anything about it. Good luck!
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:48 am
Looks like a good choice Fist, flash players are inherently tougher than HDD so advisable for a device kids are going to be using! Looks like a nice screen for video too.
Nowadays I'm not sure how fragile hard drive MP3 players actually are. I remember back in the old days when you were playing with fire just picking up a running laptop, so I tend to be careful with my iPod and I only use my Shuffle at the gym. I know people who cheerfully run (and one that even plays football) with an iPod video in their pocket and I've dropped mine a few times to no discernable effect. I guess this is because the hard drive typically only spins up every 3-4 songs, to load new songs into the cache, and is only vulnerable during that time. No moving parts is definitely the way to go, but right now anything over 16gb is prohibitively expensive.
Nowadays I'm not sure how fragile hard drive MP3 players actually are. I remember back in the old days when you were playing with fire just picking up a running laptop, so I tend to be careful with my iPod and I only use my Shuffle at the gym. I know people who cheerfully run (and one that even plays football) with an iPod video in their pocket and I've dropped mine a few times to no discernable effect. I guess this is because the hard drive typically only spins up every 3-4 songs, to load new songs into the cache, and is only vulnerable during that time. No moving parts is definitely the way to go, but right now anything over 16gb is prohibitively expensive.
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:59 pm
nnnnnnnnnNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Cagliostro wrote:Oh, you are screwed, dude....utterly screwed!
DOOM AND GLOOM!!!!!!
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM AND GLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:00 pm
Thanks Darth!