[couzin2000]

Check this link: http://www.neurosaudio.com/
This is a very comparable tool to the iPod... except with a little more features.

This one is about the same size, has a relatively similar navigation button, and a nicely sized screen. Weight is pretty much the same, and battery time as well. However...

it has a unique feature: a detachable, interchangeable Hard drive module. You could potentially buy another HD module for the Neuros II, at a relatively low price (I think about 125$USD) and hot-swap them. There's also possibility to plug in a flash memory card as well.

On top of that, there's a 'Line In' connector which permits you to record audio directly to mp3 format, which is not to say that this is the only format. Ogg, AAIC and WMA are also supported. And since the software is of the OPEN SOURCE kind, this will certainly change soon!

To top all this off, a built-in microphone, high-end earplugs, car and wall chargers all come with it, plus a very important feature: a built-in short-range radio emitter, permitting you to bring it into your car without having to have a complete adapter kit installed by a pro.

And all this at almost half the price of the iPod... for 20G of space!!

Check it out, it's so worth it!!

[lilweirddude]

looks nice

[X-Ecutioner]

Looks nice......but I would choose my iRiver iHP-120 20gig mp3 player over that thing anytime.

[sven]

im sticking with my ipod, thank you very much. i dont need all that stuff. (maybe ill get one when my ipod dies )

[Astalavista]

My nephew has this... it sucks..

it is so big and bulky.

I am getting the new Toshiba mp3 player. 800 dollars in japan.

i will wait for the price to drop before i ask someone from Akihabara to buy it for me.


here is what it looks like

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/27/to...dates_gigabeat/

[sven]

yay, saved me from a stupid decision. new ipod, here i come:D

[matrix0978]

Go with iPod all the way. I can get iPods 25% off. woot woot!

[evilvoice]

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[matrix0978]

One of my friends works for them