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MP3 players

50Twuncle
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My wife wants an MP3 player
She has tried "petrol station £10 cheapies" and was not impressed with the controls
So we are now considering an Apple Ipod Shuffle - but I am unsure whether a shuffle allows MP3's from any source other than the Apple store - can someone please confirm and also are there better alternatives (at a similar price of around £45) ?
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  • DUTR
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    My wife wants an MP3 player
    She has tried "petrol station £10 cheapies" and was not impressed with the controls
    So we are now considering an Apple Ipod Shuffle - but I am unsure whether a shuffle allows MP3's from any source other than the Apple store - can someone please confirm and also are there better alternatives (at a similar price of around £45) ?

    Does your wife have a smartphone? Many have MP3 capability that will near match the ipod .
    there are some Philips units within the budget.
  • 50Twuncle
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    DUTR wrote: »
    Does your wife have a smartphone? Many have MP3 capability that will near match the ipod .
    there are some Philips units within the budget.

    No - no smartphone
  • Syman
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    the best mp3 player i owned was (in fact i still have it) a sandisk sansa clip.

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  • DUTR
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    No - no smartphone

    Depends on the phone owned, as it doesn't need to be a smartphone, even my old Ericson K750 played mp3, oh the apple will play regular mp3 well at least my ipod touch does.
  • 50Twuncle
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    DUTR wrote: »
    Depends on the phone owned, as it doesn't need to be a smartphone, even my old Ericson K750 played mp3, oh the apple will play regular mp3 well at least my ipod touch does.

    Her phone does not play MP3's - believe me !!
  • shammyjack
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    Syman wrote: »
    the best mp3 player i owned was (in fact i still have it) a sandisk sansa clip.

    Clicky

    I second that . 2 in my household the latest version Sansa Clip + 8Gb fit a 16Gb micro sd card and you can store about 6000 mp3s = it has an fm radio .
  • DUTR
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    Her phone does not play MP3's - believe me !!

    I believe you, whichever player you/she ends up with, may be good to upgrade the headphones, often the headphones are the weakest chain in the link.
  • forgotmyname
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    Bought my ikkle un one of the ipod shuffle clones. Its working well. OK its
    not upto ipod standards (touchscreen isnt that sensitive) but at less than £20
    its a bargain.
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  • Yorkie1
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    shammyjack wrote: »
    I second that . 2 in my household the latest version Sansa Clip + 8Gb fit a 16Gb micro sd card and you can store about 6000 mp3s = it has an fm radio .

    I've got one of the non-expandable ones and am very pleased with it, too.
  • abibee
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    Another vote here for the Sansa Clip. Neat little thing it is.
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