iPod Killers For the Holidays

An anonymous reader writes, "MP3 Newswire has an excellent rundown of 29 new digital portables for the upcoming season. From the article: 'We have run the iPod Killers for Christmas/Summer series since 2004. In that time we [have] reported on 149 portable players and NOT one iPod killer from the bunch. That said, [this time] we may actually have a couple of genuine challengers to Apple. This holiday season will see Microsoft pump tens-of-millions of dollars to hawk their new Zune portable, and SanDisk's 8GB e280 flash unit is compelling high-end users. Both can realistically grab double-digit market share from the iPod... Whether they do or not waits to be seen.' The article also makes a good case as to why the Sony PSP should be included in market figures for digital media portables."

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Re:Why exactly is the Ipod cool????

[Anonymous Coward]

I have this player below. 20GB drive, 7 hours video playback(I tested myself), 3.5" screen, built in camera, an FM tuner, works on non windows platforms, contains a video recorder, even has a microphone. The cost is 149USD. This is what I bought, and its WAYYY better than the ipod. I even used ipodder and have it convert every video to the player's resolution and format. Oh, and the player supports many more formats than the ipod.

I can record from the microphone, fm tuner, camera(still or video), and video input!!! The ipod is a toy compared to this player.

description...

The SP-PMP is the perfect size for viewing your favorite movies, TV shows or home videos. With its huge 20 GB hard drive you'll have all the storage you need for all your favorite media, plus with its built-in FM tuner you'll never miss a beat! Share your movies, photos, music with friends and family on the TV or stereo via the audio and video out cable.

# 640 x 480 (30fps)/ 320 x 240 (30fps) video recording
# MPEG4, AVI, DIVX, MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG, JPEG, BMP, GIF file support

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SP-PMP51C