I think all three brands are good at producing quality music but iPod is not a practical buy! It's quite expensive.. whereas, creative and iriver will give you a lower price with MORE features!!!!

I do not know what is IRiver because I have not used it before. I am currently using Creative. I am not a picky person with regards to selecting an MP3 player, as long as there is a lot of space and not faulty, I would be satisfied. Of course I go for a cheaper package. Although I am a firm supporter of Apple products, I am not going to support IPod though, you are paying more for its design rather than its actual technical specifications. So for me, unless you have so much spare cash on your hand that you want to waste on a better looking MP3 player, it is not recommended to get an IPod.

Wait for Microsoft to launch Zune.. its going to kill these three players.. it has wifi and can stream music from one unit to another! http://www.zunescene.com/

well, iopd are expense but they offer huge hard drive whereas if you look at iriver clix its only 2gb.

zune is coming out later, and it will feature wifi to transfer and download music.

This post has been edited by ROL: Sep 19 2006, 07:48 PM

Zune looks pretty impressive but I am sure when the new features are released, Apple and Creative would do something about it for sure. Perhaps release a new feature which could match up to Zune's WiFi. However I want to understand something:

Other than this WiFi feature, I do not see Zune offering anything significant as compared to the other MP3 players. From what I understand about WiFi, it is used to connect a device onto a network for internet access. But how are you able to connect to a network using a MP3 player? And streaming music from 1 unit to another? Does this make use of the WiFi feature?

Of couse the IPOD is the best MP3 player. With so many different designs and accesorieds to choose fro, you cannot go wrong with an IPOD. Even though it may cost much more then a ZEn or IRIVEr, it's worth the extra bucks to get the best gadget around!

iPods are great. They're probably the best Mp3 player out there. Anybody who says iPods suck just because everyone has them are just upset that they don't have one, or they've never actually tried using one. There's a reason they're so popular. With an 80GB harddrive, audiobooks, music, photos, videos, and podcast capabilities, and a 20 hour battery life, most other players on the market today can't beat that. And anyway, some of the other flash Mp3 players are ugly or hard to use. At least the iPod has the clickwheel which means you can easily scroll through thousands of songs or whatever else you have. And plus, with the Zune that's supposedly the "iPod Killer," you only get a 30GB harddrive. This means that if you have a lot of media files like video and music, you won't have enough storage space. My 80GB iPod is already 30GB full, so the Zune wouldn't be for me. And I'm not a big fan of the way it looks, either.

This post has been edited by brandon10092: Nov 13 2006, 05:44 PM

hehe i like the zune, sure its abit bigger and some of the features arent up to par with ipod but hey the screen is waay bigger and its compatible with more stuff ;3

for now, my phone is still sufficient for music and videos xD but i'm sure i'll get teh urge to get a proper mp3 someday... much rather, when i have enough money to spare ;o

I have been looking at MP3 players recently as I am buying one for my sister. Ipods seemed a lot more expensive for what you got compared to the Zen, which leads me to suspect you are paying for the brand as well as the hardware


IPOD was sewed by Creative for stealing their design

Although having said that, apparently the Creative joystick is quite hard to get the hang of.