[math2014]

Hi all,

after following your precious advice i am after a flash based mp3 player instead of hdd/microdrive solution.

I noticed that iriver seems like the best company around for these kind of things.

Now my questions is

Iriver IFP795 512mb for 155GBP
Iriver IFP799 1GB for 199GBP

1GBP=1.7usd

So basically is it worth it to pay 45GBP more in order to get the 1GB version? I ll be using it for walking (1hr perday), cycling (road training), and train/plane trips, 6 times per year (the trips).

Yours Yannis.

Help me fast on this as in a few hours i ll mail order either one.

 

[math2014]

bump?

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Save yr money for bike parts.

J

 

[Toshi]

ipod mini. http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore?family=iPodmini . 179 GBP

 

[narlus]

since when did the iPod mini become flash-based?

is the iRiver expandable? ie, can you buy a larger memory card for 512MB? 512 should be able to get about 100 songs on it, which is a decent amount of play time. if you can pop larger cards in the 512 model, that's the route i would go.

 

[Toshi]

i'm assuming he wants flash for shock resistance. i think that's silly -- all of the hard drive players cache what they're playing. they are not reading off the hdd constantly...

 

[narlus]

would you ride w/ yr iPod? i wouldn't take that risk on a $300 toy, personally.

 

[Toshi]

would you ride w/ yr iPod? i wouldn't take that risk on a $300 toy, personally.

i would ride with it. haven't done so, but i have run with it, dropped it numerous times while hustilng to class, etc. and it's still going strong 31 months after i bought it.

 

[narlus]

N of 1.

 

[Toshi]

N of 1.

don't be harshing on my mellow

 

[math2014]

Hi guys,

I guess i will write-off iriver out of the picture.

I have just discovered that they cannot operate like a mass storage media drive for pics/pdfs etc... unless you change the firmware to a new alpha version which is still experimental... so it sounds dodgy to me.

So whats the catch with microdrives etc? Do you really need more than 512mb or 256mb ?

I can get a good price on those muvo2 from creative with 1.5 or 4gb microdrives.

The other option is to get a muvo TX 512mb which is flash based so no moving parts....

several monkies advised me against hdd based models, i wonder whats the case with microdrive models....

 

[SKYWAYBUZZ]

I got one of these shipped from Walmart, seems very nice.http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3132182&cat=132407&type=19&dept=3944&path=0:3944:172481:3983:96469:132488 Then I upgraded the earbuds with set of these http://search.ebay.com/sony-mdr-ex51lp_W0QQsofocusZbsQQsbrftogZ1QQcatrefZC3QQfromZR10QQsotimedisplayZ2QQsocurrencydisplayZ1QQsatitleZsonyQ20mdr-ex51lpQQsacategoryZ-1Q26catrefQ3DC6QQsotrZ2QQsosortpropertyZ1Q26sosortorderQ3D1QQcoactionZcompareQQcopagenumZ1QQcoentrypageZsearch They seem to stay in the ear better.