[ILUG] Advice on a digital music player

[Michael Watterson]

Josh Glover wrote:
> 2009/1/29 Russell Davies <russell at zeroflux.net>:
>
>   
>> You can check out anythingbutipod.com which has reviews of different
>> non-ipod players. If you use the compare feature,
>> http://anythingbutipod.com/compare, you can specify UMS/MSC and ogg as well
>> as other criteria - such as standard USB cable connector.
>>     
>
> Awesome! It looks like the Cowon A3 and X5 both meet my needs:
>
> http://anythingbutipod.com/compare/cowon-iaudio-a3-vs-cowon-iaudio-x5
>
> And the A3 apparently comes in an 80GB flavour, which
> http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/ had for an astounding 266 GBP. If
> I can locate that in Belfast for anywhere near that price, I think we
> have a winner!
>   
I nearly bought a Cowan several times, but back then they didn't have 
the 800x480 touch screen.
The reviews always look good anyway.
The Archos 605 WiFi is really better as video player/internet browser 
tablet than as an MP3 player. (TV out almost DVD like).

-- 
Mike