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Apple iPod touch
$399 • apple.com
It has Wi-Fi for browsing the Web and buying songs from the iTunes store. It has touchscreen controls. It
plays videos, and on its luscious 3.5-inch widescreen display they’ll look damn good. Oh, and it also has a music
player. In other words, the iPod’s finally become a full-on, no-boundaries, first-rate infotainment device, and if
you care about such things, you likely already own a touch. While we couldn’t get our mitts on one before going
to press, we do have a small concern: Is 16 gigs enough to store all of our music and a whole season of 24?
ON THE SHELVES Now. Like you didn’t already know that.
WORTH THE WAIT Is the pope Catholic (and do you think he bought a Zune)?
Portable Media
Scorecard
MEGA PLAYERS
MIDSIZE PLAYERS
MINI PLAYERS
MP3 SPEAKERS
Model Price
1 0 6 WIRED TEST
Capacity
(GB)
Size (inches,
H x W x D)
Weight
(ounces) Platform
Battery Life
for Audio
(hours) Audio Formats Video Photos
FM
Tuner Rating
Archos 605 WiFi $300 30 3.2 x 4.8 x 0.6 6.7 Mac, PC 14 MP3, WAV, WMA Yes Yes No 9
Apple iPod classic $249 80 2.4 x 4.1 x 0.4 4.9 Mac, PC 34
AAC, AIFF, Apple
Lossless, Audible,
MP3, WAV
Yes Yes No 8
Archos 404 Camcorder $300 30 3 x 3.1 x 0.6 6.8 Mac, PC 14 MP3, WAV, WMA Yes Yes No 7
Creative Zen
Vision W
$300 30 3 x 5.3 x 0.9 9.7 PC 10
Audible, MP3, WAV,
WMA
Yes Yes Yes 6
Microsoft Zune $199 30 4.4 x 2.4 x 0.6 5.6 PC 14 AAC, MP3, WMA Yes Yes Yes 6
Apple iPod touch
$299
(8 GB),
$399
(16 GB)
8 or 16 4.3 x 2.4 x 0.3 4.2 Mac, PC —
Cowon D2 $200 4 2.2 x 3.1 x 0.7 3.2 Mac, PC 34
Apple iPod nano $199 8 2.8 x 2.1 x 0.3 1.7 Mac, PC 26
iRiver Clix
Rhapsody gen 2
$190 4 1.9 x 3.2 x 0.5 3 PC 15
AAC, AIFF, Apple
Lossless, Audible,
MP3, WAV
APE, FLAC, MP3,
OGG, WAV, WMA
AAC, AIFF, Apple
Lossless, Audible,
MP3, WAV
Audible, MP3, OGG,
WMA
Yes Yes No —
Yes Yes Yes 8
Yes Yes No 8
Yes Yes Yes 7
Samsung YP-K3 $149 2 3.8 x 1.7 x 0.3 1.8 PC 18 MP3, WMA No Yes Yes 7
Sony NWZ-A815 $140 2 3.5 x 1.8 x 0.4 1.9 PC 29 AAC, MP3, WMA Yes Yes No 7
Philips GoGear SA6045 $130 4 2.1 x 3.7 x 0.5 2.6 PC 14 MP3, WMA Yes Yes Yes 6
SanDisk Sansa Connect $150 4 3.6 x 2.1 x 0.6 2.8 PC 12 MP3, WMA No Yes No 6
Meizu M6 miniPlayer $150 4 3.1 x 1.9 x 0.4 1.9 Mac, PC 30
Apple iPod shuffle $79 1 1.1 x 1.6 x 0.4 0.6 Mac, PC 12
FLAC, MP3, OGG,
WAV, WMA
AAC, AIFF, Audible,
MP3, WAV
Yes Yes Yes 5
No No No 8
iRiver S10 $170 2 1.7 x 1.2 x 0.4 0.6 Mac, PC 7.5 MP3, OGG, WMA No Yes Yes 7
Sony S2 Sports
Walkman
$90 2 0.6 x 3.8 x 0.6 0.9 PC 18
Cowon iAudio 7 $170 4 1.3 x 2.9 x 0.7 1.8 Mac, PC 50
AAC, Atrac, Atrac-
3plus, MP3, WMA
ASF, FLAC, MP3,
OGG, WAV, WMA
No No Yes 7
Yes Yes Yes 6
Creative Zen Stone $40 1 1.4 x 2.1 x 0.5 0.7 PC 9 Audible, MP3, WMA No No No 6
SanDisk Sansa Shaker $30 512 MB 2.8 x 1.6 x 1.6 2.6 Mac, PC 8 MP3 No No No 6
Toshiba Gigabeat U202 $100 2 3 x 1.4 x 0.5 1.5 PC 20 MP3, WAV, WMA No Yes Yes 5
MPIO FL500 $90 1 1.4 x 2.6 x 0.6 0.8 Mac, PC 9 MP3, WMA No No Yes 4
Model Price Size (inches, H x W x D) Weight (pounds) Batteries Remote Rating
Harman/Kardon Go+Play $350 9.5 x 20 x 9 3.9 (4.9 with batteries) 8 D cells Yes 8
Chestnut Hill George $499 8.6 x 14.2 x 5 15 None Yes 7
Altec Lansing inMotion iMV712 $350 7.5 x 18.5 x 8.5 10.5 None Yes 6
Cambridge SoundWorks PlayDock i $200 6.5 x 13.5 x 6 5.2 (6.3 with batteries) 8 C cells Yes 6
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