I bought MP3 Player at last

[exciar28]

COWON iAUDIO G3 1GB!!

features 50 hours of playing time with an one AA battery.

 

[lizard]

I only have a simple mp3/cd player

 

[xfer]

1 gig? it must be one of those tiny flash memory players, eh?

 

[TheNewChupe]

i'd be good with a 1 gig playa. but how much more could a 4 gig one be? i have no clue how much these things are.

 

[xfer]

yeah su-bin how much did you pay?

4 gig ipod mini is around $270, -$30 for student discount if you're clever.

 

[Draft Dodging Scarecrow]

really? 4 gig for $270? might as well just go for the 20 gig for a bit more.

 

[Draft Dodging Scarecrow]

really? 4 gig for $270? might as well just go for the 20 gig for a bit more.

 

[xfer]

actually, I think 4 gig is $249 (219). 20 gig is $299 (269).

I got Aysha the 20 gig after much deliberation. seems worth it.

 

[Helm]

I payed 70 bucks for 256 megs but apparently I was totally ripped off. But I just refresh the mp3s in it every morning and I'm ok.

 

[xfer]

very very roughly, how many mp3s does 256 hold, in your experience? marketed as holding around 50 or 60, right?

my 40gig is supposed to hold 10,000 but since half my collection is long, kayo-dot-like songs, it caps out around 6000, 6500.

 

[minxnim]

that's so cute i like how the buttons are on the side like that.

 

[inkybmistro]

you can get a student discount on ipods? : O

 

[xfer]

yeah, if you buy from apple's online store.

 

[xfer]

your school has to be participating, but i think most schools are.

 

[exciar28]

Mine's price is almost same with iPod mini(4GB) here in Korea. I've considered iPod mini a lot but iPod has a short playback time, about 5~6 hours, I heard. This product runs over 30 hours!

If your local stores or online stores deal with COWON's products, I recommend you to give a deeeeeeeep look.

 

[Draft Dodging Scarecrow]

wow, I didn't see the part about battery life before. That's really good.

 

[Helm]

very very roughly, how many mp3s does 256 hold, in your experience? marketed as holding around 50 or 60, right?

my 40gig is supposed to hold 10,000 but since half my collection is long, kayo-dot-like songs, it caps out around 6000, 6500.

50 is total bulshit. Most of my mp3 collection isn't 128 bitrate so these estimations really are off the mark. I put 3 shape of dispair albums in it yesterday and they fit to the bite. 254 megs for 16 songs of awesome funeral doom. I guess I have the same problem with the kayo dot length tracks 'cause if I listened to agoraphobic nosebleed or something I'd happily cram 200 songs in there.

 

[inkybmistro]

i really need to upgrade from my 10 gigz0r.

 

[xfer]

30-50 hours is amazing, especially when you consider that if you run out you can just pop in a new battery and throw out the old one. whereas with a regular ipod/nomad whatever you need to recharge the expensive battery.

however, my Nomad holds a charge for at least 10-15 hours of play, and I've never run out of battery power...easy to plug it in sometime during or after 10 hours before going on another 15 hours journey without an outlet in sight!

 

[Draft Dodging Scarecrow]

The iRiver 300 series holds about 16-18 hours of charge. It also has a tuner and recorder for the same price as the ipod. I also like the interface a bit more, but that's just a preference.