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I've read many good reviews of the old Nike version, and was eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Philips since I've not been able to get hold of a Nike 128. However, the only reviews of the Philips version I've seen have been here, and sadly they don't seem to be good. If you can get hold of a Nike version then I'm sure taht would be a good buy, as long as it has enough memory for you (I can only find the 64).
Is the old version done by rio and nike? Were they good|? why did nike change them?
Another MP3 player good for running is the Compaq iPAQ.
I've had it for about 8 months now and love it. No problems at all. A little slow to download onto, but not too bad.
Very light, don't know you have it on. The belt clip is very secure (can put it straight onto shorts without it falling off).
cheers
Road cycling is lots more dangerous than pavement running for me.
I did really like the Nike/Phillips player when it worked so perhaps Trying to keep up and Wee piglet should not be put off by my experiences. My wife says that the manufacturers of gadgets should employ me as a tester because if I dont't break them nobody will. As I work in a hospital it's probably just as well I'm not allowed near any complex equipment e.g. anything with a plug and an on/off switch
Yes, the version I'd read so many good things about was made by Rio and Nike. I don't know why they stopped making them together. About mid 2002 I decided to get the 128 version (upgrading the Diamond Rio I'm already using) but by that time they seemed to have disappeared from the shops over here, and also from the websites. The 64 meg version was available, but too small for my purposes.
If you are interested in a Nike/Rio you might still find one on ebay.com - hang on and I'll look... yup, they're still there! See here. The Nike PSA 120 is the one I'm wittering on about.
Just to clarify... my piggy little memory was playing tricks with me on the memory size in the player. 64 meg's is the larger one i.e. the PSA 120 - and 32 meg's was the smaller one. I don't think there is a 128 meg one. The prices up there on ebay.com look really good - I'm going to get a coffee and ponder them with my credit card in my sticky little trotter....
The Rio is OK, but a bit bulky, and the battery life seems a bit variable. OK if you charge it every night though. £50 to a weee piglet like you.
I'm suffering a crisis of conscience now - in the midst of my MP3 drooling I remembered that I'm supposed to be saving my pennies for a Timex SDM... I think I'd better hold back on the MP3 for now, but thank v. much for offering. You prefer the Kiiro, then? Maybe when it comes to upgrading I should look for something smaller?
The Rio would be too big for your little trotters to cope with anyway.
Do you know whether it'll play Audible books? (The one I currently use will play them, and sometimes it's lots of fun to listen to a book on long Sunday runs
I think you're right also about the size of the Rio and my trotters
Err, audible books - not sure. I think it's only the MP3 format it takes. Is there a prog to convert the formats somewhere ??
I can get 3 hours of 'taped' radio onto it at decent quality, so that should be enough for most trots.
(sorry, completely green on such matters)
1. you can play most CD's (some are now copy protected though) and record them on your PC as MP3 format and use those.
2. You can use a file sharing system - such as Kazaa and download tracks off the internet as Mp3's
3. You can record digital radio (BBC) using a prog called Total Recorder and convert that into an MP3 as well
I'm sure somebody's asked this before but I would appreciate going through it one more time.#
Is it possible to copy CD's in mp3 format using Windows XP and if not can I reformat from wma which is what it does now to mp3?
Please be gentle with me in any explanation because I really am rubbish at computers
Got the shortlist down to :
Muvo MP3 64mb;
Chic 128mb or
Kiro 128mb.
Cant seem to find Kiro (out of stock at Amazon apparently) so down to Muvo or Chic.
Decisions, decisions.