portable digital music players

[Travis Roy]

OH, more on this.. I ran into this:

http://wiki.xiph.org/VorbisHardware

A list of players that support OGG..

Derek Martin wrote:

> Since recently I have some extra money in my pocket, I'm interested in
> buying some sort of portable music player.  My criteria are these:
> 
> 1) MUST play both MP3 and OGG formats, since I have a substantial
>    amount of both, and no current physical access to my source
>    material in order to re-rip to one or the other...
> 
> 2) Should be small and lightweight -- my main use will be to enhance
>    my jogging experiences
> 
> 3) 128MB of RAM is ideal.  I can live with 64MB.  More than 128MB is
>    not necessary, and probably a waste of my money.
> 
> 4) Ideally, it should interface easily with Linux.  I have USB,
>    ieee1394, and smart-card interfaces available.  Unfortunately the
>    USB is only USB1, but the device should ideally do USB2 for when I
>    upgrade.
> 
> 5) Price and battery life are considerations.
> 
> 
> So, if you have any experiences or suggestions, I'm interested to hear
> about them.  Links to reviews are also welcome.  Of course I will do
> my own research concurrently, as well.
> 
> Note that I am NOT interested in car audio systems at this time.
> Presently I have no car, and no need for a car, and thus no need for a
> car audio system...  =8^)
> 
> TABIA!
>