Q: What's the best MP3 player under $100?
Submitted By: shinobi, 241 days, 15 hours, 15 minutes ago
Key features I'm looking for include: a rechargable battery, one that'll hold its place in songs when turned off, and one that can be used in Linux.
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stumping for the Shuffle
Submitted By: Loki ( 240 days, 13 hours, 50 minutes ago )
If you're going for the minimalist thing, I've been very happy with my Shuffle. It quite simply does what it's supposed to do and not much more, but it's practically indestructible, has a loooong battery life, and can be used as a flash memory device (for added recursion goodness, you can stick a lightweight Linux distro like Puppy or DSL on there).
The downside would be, obviously, that it has no screen (just got myself a used 3G iPod and realized just how much I missed it), and I also find the USB port charging to be a little awkward with a laptop and even awkwarder with older PCs that only have USB ports on the back.
It does work with some distros of Linux using GNUpod -- I found a nice little walkthrough at http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/walter/geek/ipodshuffle-linux.html. I'll be on the lookout for Linux native players.