http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/ Engadget Comments for iriver's 'pragmatic' E150 PMP is practically an E100 in new garbs http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/Mar 25th 2009 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/Mar 25th 2009 4:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/
I also have an ipod.

I dont use my phone because a) the controls are terrible b) The interface is terrible c) it uses up my phones battery d) I cant connect it to my car because it doesnt have a 3.5mm plug and

Dedicated players are not going to go away for quite a while.]]>Mar 25th 2009 4:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/So your problem is just to find a better phone with
a) good controls
b) decent UI
c) better battery
d) a 3.5 mm. plug (or just an adaptor you can keep on your car stereo, or even better an FM sender)

The choice is huge my two phones both fit the bill I have an HTC touch HD and a Samsung Omnia (the Omnia does'nt have the 3.5 plug but comes with an adapter cable if you're too tied to buy an FM sender) .
My old Nokia N95 and N95/8gb were just as good and I'm just waiting for the N97 which will also have an inbuilt FM sender so you won't need to plug it in any (car) stereo at all.


The touch cruise is a good phone but it has never been intended to be a PMP phone (HTC makes the touch HD for that purpose) The Touch Cruise is a navigation phone.
Soon will come out Archos Smatphone (made with Texas Instruments) which is geared to be a real PMP with a phone(and modem and GPS) , or Toshiba TG01 which also will have all the options you require.
Personally I'm just waiting for the Nokia N97 to come out to substitute either My Omnia or my HTC TouchHD (I still did'nt decide which one is the best) and since I got my first N95 (about 3 years ago i think) I discovered that any dedicated PMP was superfluos.
You just need to find a device that fits all your needs and belive me there are plenty.]]>Mar 25th 2009 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/
That is why we have stand-alone players.]]>Mar 25th 2009 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/
Although I'm not entirely certain about the 'one device to do all' theory. It seems as though people could still carry around a dedicated music player, but the poor economy might lower those chances of people spending money for two devices.]]>Mar 25th 2009 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/Mar 25th 2009 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/Mar 25th 2009 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/Mar 25th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/irivers-pragmatic-e150-pmp-is-practically-an-e100-in-new-garb/Mar 26th 2009 12:57AM