| iPod has powerful rivals? | | | | directly copy the files you need. |
| Apple's iPod has dominated the portable audio market | | | | The price for Zen micro with 6GB disk drive is $99. |
| so completely over the past few years. Giants like | | | | - Sandisk SDMX4-4096 Sansa e260 4 GB MP3 |
| Sony and Microsoft where insignificant players in the | | | | Player |
| mp3 players market. | | | | Sandisk SDMX4-4096 Sansa e260 is a ultra-thin digital |
| Now, four years since the first iPod was introduced, | | | | audio/image/video player with 4 GB of flash memory |
| the question remains: can the iPod's rivals finally get the | | | | compatible with MP3, WMA, and WMA-DRM10 music |
| first position from the market leader? | | | | files. Keeps up to 1000 songs. |
| Let's take a look to the leader.iPod is considered the | | | | Sandisk Sansa e260 has high-strength because the |
| most elegant music player on earth. Apple offers three | | | | back cover is made with an advanced Titanium alloy |
| levels of devices the iPod, mini, and Shuffle which can | | | | from Liquidmetal Technologies that is stronger than |
| store between 120 and 15,000 songs.iPod price is $99 | | | | steel and highly resistant to scratches and wear. |
| to $449. | | | | The price for Sansa e260 is $130. |
| To see iPod modes just put in your browser | | | | - Philips HDD6330 30 GB MP3 Playerultra-thin digital |
| Let us see the rivals. | | | | audio/image/video player with 4 GB of flash memory |
| - Zune from Microsoft | | | | Compact and stylish Philips HDD630 has an integrated |
| The best Zune model has a 30GB hard disk drive that | | | | 30 GB hard drive that can store up to 15,000 MP3 and |
| can store up to 7,500 songs, 25,000 pictures or 100 | | | | WMA files (including DRM protected Plays For Sure |
| hours of video. The Zune experience centers around | | | | WMA files from online stores and subscriber |
| connection- connection to your library, connection to | | | | services)or 8,400 pictures. HDD630 has color LCD |
| friends, connection to community and connection to | | | | (220 x 220 pixels, 65 thousand colors, 8 lines of text) |
| other devices. | | | | with the built-in photo viewer (compatible with JPEG |
| The price for Zune is $249.99. | | | | image files). |
| - Sony's NW-HD3 Network Walkman from SONY | | | | The price for Philips HDD6330 is $159.99. |
| Sony's NW-HD3 Network Walkman offers excellent | | | | So who is winning so far? |
| sound and a menu that's easy to navigate using a | | | | According to best sellers list from the iPod products |
| four-way directional button. The built-in 20 GB hard disc | | | | dominate. The first 5 mp3 players best sellers are |
| can hold the equivalent of 13,000 tracks or 900 CDs | | | | made by Apple(Apple 30 GB iPod video Black, Apple |
| worth of music when using high quality ATRAC3plus | | | | 80 GB iPod, Apple 2 GB iPod Nano, Apple 1 GB iPod |
| audio compression technology | | | | Shuffle and Apple 8 GB iPod Nano) Sandisk Sansa |
| The company claims the player can go 30 hours | | | | e260 comes on place no 6. The rest of top 10 best |
| without recharging. | | | | selling Mp3 players positions are taken by: Apple 30 |
| Sony price: $349. | | | | GB iPod White, Apple 4 GB iPod Nano Silver, SanDisk |
| - Zen micro from Creative Technology | | | | Sansa M230 512 MB MP3 Player and SanDisk Sansa |
| Zen micro is competing with iPod mini. Zen strengths | | | | M240 1 GB MP3 Player. |
| are: the size only 3.3" high, captivating design and | | | | Zune 30 GB Digital Media Player (Black) is no 13 in top |
| colors (is available in 10 electrifying colors), the vertical | | | | sellers Mp3 players and Creative Zen Vision:M 30 GB |
| touch pad (ZEN Micro's vertical touch pad and touch | | | | MP3 and Video Player is no 16. |
| sensitive controls are designed to be intuitive so that | | | | For now Apple' iPod is the number 1 choice when |
| searching through songs or playlists is easy, quick and | | | | comes to Mp3 players. Microsoft and Creative are far |
| fun - try taking a cruise down this strip). | | | | behind and have a lot of catching up to do before they |
| A new feature is the removable disk. Removable Disk | | | | can really compete with Apple. |
| lets you connect the player to the computer and | | | | |