bought this off buy.com for just over $100 including shipping after my ipod died for the 2nd time this year (wtf!). pros: excellent sound, compact for those on the go/gym/exercise sessions, recorder, fm receiver, custom eq, battery lasts alot longer than ipods, video and photo capabilites, and you can load up text files and read them from the player. cons: terrible interface (just like ipods) which makes searching for tracks a pain, screen is too small to make the photo/video feature useful. then again, i didn't purchase this for the video capabilities. overall, im satisfied w/ my purchase and would recommend this to anyone who has been burned by apple and their unreliable, POS excuse for an mp3 player. to all that say all these companies are copying off ipod, get a reality check! apple has been ripping too many ppl off w/ their overpriced players that always have problems eventually. just do a google search and you'll see all the ppl that have had countless problems. so even if you get that warranty for your brand new ipod, it wont mean a thing when it craps out and they send u a new one that breaks within a few months. or better yet, have your battery die and have to pay waaay to much to have it shipped back to apple just to replace a damn battery. just some friendly advice :)
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bought this off buy.com for just over $100 including shipping after my ipod died for the 2nd time this year (wtf!). pros: excellent sound, compact for those on the go/gym/exercise sessions, recorder, fm receiver, custom eq, battery lasts alot longer than ipods, video and photo capabilites, and you can load up text files and read them from the player. cons: terrible interface (just like ipods) which makes searching for tracks a pain, screen is too small to make the photo/video feature useful. then again, i didn't purchase this for the video capabilities. overall, im satisfied w/ my purchase and would recommend this to anyone who has been burned by apple and their unreliable, POS excuse for an mp3 player. to all that say all these companies are copying off ipod, get a reality check! apple has been ripping too many ppl off w/ their overpriced players that always have problems eventually. just do a google search and you'll see all the ppl that have had countless problems. so even if you get that warranty for your brand new ipod, it wont mean a thing when it craps out and they send u a new one that breaks within a few months. or better yet, have your battery die and have to pay waaay to much to have it shipped back to apple just to replace a damn battery. just some friendly advice :)