There are over a hundred varieties of MP3 players in the market, as this is one gadget that almost everyone desires and thus every company has tried to accomplish this huge demand. Various MP3 players are all different in form and size, and the functions they perform, making it complex to choose one, especially if you are a beginner where technology is concerned.
Here are the top MP3 players on the market to make it easier for you to pick from the entire array. The first four are the best ones to have for their small sizes, and the final four are the best where storage and presentation is concerned.
Size:
1. Apple IPod Nano: Apple’s IPods are unquestionably the market best where MP3 players are concerned. The Nano is one of their newer additions to the IPod family, with an enormously slim body, and 2 GB and 4 GB storage. Like a hard-drive player, it averts songs skipping but its size offers all the ease of a flash player. It has a colour display and the famed click wheel for navigation.
2. Creative Labs Zen Nano Plus: The Zen Nano has Line-In encoding, for when you want to record directly from your CD player, as well as the ability to connect to your laptop directly with ease. It comes in 512 MB and 1 GB models, available in 10 colours.
3. Cowon iAudio U2: This MP3 player provides good class sound, with its BBE sound system. It is available in three colours (red, black, blue) and the display even shows song lines. It comes with a built-in batter, which can be charged via USB or AC adapter.
4. Apple IPod Shuffle: The Shuffle weighs less than an ounce, and is the smaller IPod on the market. It’s a great option if you’re on a budget or love exercising while listening to music. There is no screen, and it plays songs on random, so it’s great if you aren’t one for making play lists and like being surprised. It connects to your computer via USB and randomly downloads a number of songs onto its memory, and so you’ll never know what songs are on it till you listen.
Storage:
1. Apple IPod: Acknowledged as the Video IPod, this IPod comes in 30 GB and 60 GB sizes, in black or white. The display and the size make it feasible for you to watch movies or TV shows on it as well as store your complete music album.
2. Epson P-2000: This MP3 player will swap your CDs and your picture albums entirely. It has a 3.8 inch display, and a 40 GB hard drive which can download photos directly from your camera.
3. Toshiba Gigabeat: This gadget transfers music truly swift from your computer and can store 10, 20, 40 or 60 GB, depending on the model. It is available with a subscription service, and lets you to copy music from a CD with a stroke of a key.
4. Iriver H10: This is an exceptionally durable MP3 player which comes with its own defensive case. It comes in 5, 6 or 20 GB varieties and a disposable rechargeable battery.