Frontier Labs' 1GB NEX IA MP3 player

You really gotta wonder why anyone in the market for an MP3 player would buy Frontier Labs'
NEX IA rather than an iPod mini. They both cost the same ($250), but the NEX IA has only 1GB of memory (compared to the mini's 4GB), uses the much slower USB 1.1 rather than Firewire or USB 2.0 for transferring files from a PC, has about half the battery life (just 3 hours and 20 minutes with alkaline double-As), and both weighs more and is bigger than the iPod mini. The only real advantage it has is an FM radio and a microphone for making voice recordings, but we doubt these would be enough to convince anyone to choose the NEX IA over the mini.