Mintmaster
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Hi all,
I'm looking for a flash based MP3 Player that can serve as a USB drive, but can't find what I'm looking for, and it's rather frustrating.
Here's what I want for sure:
1. Good capacity, at least 1GB
2. Supports drag and drop, and can function as a USB drive
3. Has a built-in USB connector. I don't want to carry around a cable to transfer music/data files.
4. Allows you to browse and select a song while the current one is playing. This is pissing me off the most. I had a crappy old 32MB iRiver I got as a gift, and it offered this feature. Why the hell isn't this more common among small players? How hard is it to hire a half decent coder for a product that you're going to mass produce? Ugh.
Here's what I'd also like, but am willing to settle without:
5. USB 2.0 and decent transfer speed. This probably should be in the above list, but I'm patient.
6. SD memory expandability. Wouldn't mind adding a fat, fast 2GB SD cards that can also be used for a camera/PDA.
7. Good navigation controls.
8. Inexpensive (preferably <$100).
9. Small size (a given nowadays).
The iRiver players are nice, but don't have #3, and maybe not even #2. I thought the Creative MuVo was the one, then I read this, and found it lacked #4. The Ultra ULT31756 was close, had #6 and #8 as well, but again no #4. The Sandisk Sansa e100 does have #4 as well as SD expandability, but unfortunately it has no built in USB port.
Am I asking for too much? I mean seriously, if you have 200-500 songs, you don't want to scroll through them one by one to find a song you want. And having a USB port is very useful. I don't know one MP3 player of the hundreds on the market with those two features that I put in bold.
Please help! Thanks in advance.
(PS - should this have been in the hardware forums? I've seen similar threads here.)
I'm looking for a flash based MP3 Player that can serve as a USB drive, but can't find what I'm looking for, and it's rather frustrating.
Here's what I want for sure:
1. Good capacity, at least 1GB
2. Supports drag and drop, and can function as a USB drive
3. Has a built-in USB connector. I don't want to carry around a cable to transfer music/data files.
4. Allows you to browse and select a song while the current one is playing. This is pissing me off the most. I had a crappy old 32MB iRiver I got as a gift, and it offered this feature. Why the hell isn't this more common among small players? How hard is it to hire a half decent coder for a product that you're going to mass produce? Ugh.
Here's what I'd also like, but am willing to settle without:
5. USB 2.0 and decent transfer speed. This probably should be in the above list, but I'm patient.
6. SD memory expandability. Wouldn't mind adding a fat, fast 2GB SD cards that can also be used for a camera/PDA.
7. Good navigation controls.
8. Inexpensive (preferably <$100).
9. Small size (a given nowadays).
The iRiver players are nice, but don't have #3, and maybe not even #2. I thought the Creative MuVo was the one, then I read this, and found it lacked #4. The Ultra ULT31756 was close, had #6 and #8 as well, but again no #4. The Sandisk Sansa e100 does have #4 as well as SD expandability, but unfortunately it has no built in USB port.
Am I asking for too much? I mean seriously, if you have 200-500 songs, you don't want to scroll through them one by one to find a song you want. And having a USB port is very useful. I don't know one MP3 player of the hundreds on the market with those two features that I put in bold.
Please help! Thanks in advance.
(PS - should this have been in the hardware forums? I've seen similar threads here.)