http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/ Engadget Comments for Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: PMPs 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/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/
I pay the rent first. I can't pay my car insurance right now because of my spending habits... -_-]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/]]>Dec 2nd 2009 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/pass out at three, wake up at ten, go out to eat, then do it again ...
man i love college!]]>Dec 3rd 2009 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/
But, of course! You expect Engadget to tell people that alternatives exist. Why should anybody know about anything else than these AMAZING (sarcasm) devices with the fruit on the back? Nothing against Apple products, but the more that iPod is shoved at us, the more this looks like Apple's own little concentration camp.]]>Dec 1st 2009 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/

btw, I really lol'd when I read the linux fan bit in the iPod touch description ;) (ubuntu 9.10 ftw!)]]>Dec 1st 2009 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Hey electron!!! ]]>Dec 13th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/ahh, hi? O_0]]>Dec 13th 2009 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/
That's what I came here to say as well!]]>Dec 1st 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 2nd 2009 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/
Actually it was not in last years list. Just checked through the whole thing. And this must be a new rule too because you put HD DVD in the 2008 list and it had been around since 2006. I realize it is a joke but here is a funnier joke for you. The iPod Shuffle and iPod touch were in last years list too... oh wait these are new models that do the exact same as last years models.

Seriously though, how can you recommend the iPod touch as a gaming device? My laptop and android phone plays games but I do not replace my 360 and DSi with them. ]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/I totally agree! The P3 really deserves to be on that list!]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 2nd 2009 12:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/
Yup. I'm set...]]>Dec 1st 2009 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/
True, but 3 reasons.
1. Brand Loyalty
2. Advertising (Shelf Space)
3. iTunes.]]>Dec 19th 2009 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/
i'd love to get a 64 GB Zune HD, but as of yet they're not made. and i don't really want a 64 GB iPod Touch.

any other suggestions?]]>Dec 1st 2009 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/
I totally agree...why oh why can't they have microSD support? :(]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/
How about the Cowon D2]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/
Creative has the Zii whenever they get that shit going.]]>Dec 1st 2009 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/
While i love my droid for music, it does not replace a good PMP. Until phones can have the battery life to support all the stuff we want to do on them, they will not be able to kill any electronic. ]]>Dec 1st 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/For some people, that is correct, but not for all. I would be interested to see statistics of where PMPs are used the most. Anyone using their phone or PMP while driving, on a plane, sitting at a desk, or anything else near an outlet/USB port can simply plug it in and not have to worry about the battery drain.

As for the quality of media playback on a phone compared to a PMP, of course it's not as good. A device, much like a person, is going to better at a given task if it is focused solely on that task. A phone could be made to play back music as well as any PMP but it would cost more to build it. I think the iPhone is a perfect example of that, if you look at non-subsidized pricing. Its audio quality may not be as good as the best of the PMPs but it's at least as good as an iPod. That's good enough for most people.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-pmps/Dec 1st 2009 3:57PM