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mbutlerdelrio
May 23, 2003, 07:27 AM
This is a very good alternative to iPod if you just want music. Comes in 128 MB, and 256 MB. It is upgradeable via SD memory cards. My co-worker has one and I just bought 2 for myself and my wife.

www.swdeals.com has them for a good price with free shipping and tax if you say you saw it on pricewatch.com

Oh......it also integrates with iTunes 2, 3, 4. It's a smooth and slick interface.

1. http://gear.ign.com/articles/383/383286p1.html
2. http://electronics.cnet.com/electro...html?tag=subnav
3. http://www.mpio.com/product/product...d=17&category=1

~rio :cool:


Mal
May 23, 2003, 07:42 AM
Very nice, although I would suggest that it was not meant to compete with the iPod directly. But for anyone that doesn't need or want 30 GB's of music storage, and therefore want a smaller, cheaper alternative, that looks awesome!

JW
Jaykay
May 23, 2003, 07:49 AM
Originally posted by skywalker
Very nice, although I would suggest that it was not meant to compete with the iPod directly. But for anyone that doesn't need or want 30 GB's of music storage, and therefore want a smaller, cheaper alternative, that looks awesome!

JW

Yeah, i cant see it as a competitor to the iPod but it sure is a nice little Mp3 player.
iJon
May 23, 2003, 08:01 AM
seems like a great solution if you dont plan on having lots of songs on a player at the same time.

iJon
bokdol
May 23, 2003, 08:06 AM
does anyone know of any compact flash media mp3 players?
mbutlerdelrio
May 23, 2003, 11:21 AM
MPIO makes several multi media and compact flash mp3 players.

http://www.mpio.com/product/mp3.html

~rio
sparks9
May 23, 2003, 05:17 PM
I actually considered buying one of these, but you really can't compared it to the ipod. what is 128 mb (or 256) compared to the ipods 10-30 gb?? nothing.

But yeah the FL100 definitely looks like a very good player especially if you have no need to carry your hole music library or if you want to use it while doing sport activities or the like.

I would definitely buy this one over one of those sony mp3 players (the ones using memory stick).
toughboy
May 23, 2003, 08:14 PM
This thing is no alternative for iPod...

Maybe "archos" or other "archos-like" products can be an alternative for iPod but they look more like brick then a mp3 player...

iPod is the best in size, sound quality and of course design!...
ilben77
May 24, 2003, 07:29 PM
Originally posted by toughboy
This thing is no alternative for iPod...

Maybe "archos" or other "archos-like" products can be an alternative for iPod but they look more like brick then a mp3 player...

iPod is the best in size, sound quality and of course design!...

Ipod is the best in design and size, but i read several reviews where they compared a lot of mp3 players including the Ipod, the conclusion was the Creative Zen had the best sound quality, followed by the Ipod (by a small margin though)