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"iPod Versus Sony Thing"

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Looks quite good and its £190, so cheaper than the 'pod.

Opinions, puhleez.

The iPod doesn't require you to change formats, but it doesn't play WMA files.

"Audio formats supported:

AAC (16 to 320 Kbps) - iTunes proprietry format
MP3 (32 to 320 Kbps)
MP3 VBR
Audible - audio book format
AIFF
Apple Lossless - what it says
WAV"

And the Sony didn't originally support MP3 - they only put that in when everyone told them how stupid it would be not to.

This player was slated at cnet.com rightly so; It only plays "Atrac" which only Sony uses, and the only software that you can use to transfer songs to it is Sony's crap Sonicstage. What were sony thinking designing a portable music player that doesn't play Mp3 and wma??

Every single wma and mp3 that you have has tobe converted into Atrac before it gets uploaded - making for really slow transfer times and a loss in quality form mp3/wma to atrac.

Avoid like the plague, its about time Sony realised that they have to conform to consumer wants and not the other way round.

Cnet reviews:

[URL]http://reviews.cnet.com/4852-6490_7-30959614.html?tag=uo[/URL]

HHAT wrote:
> If you do get it Para, tell us what it's like... I like it.. just
> rather get one final opinion of it :-D

I'll probably get either this or the Zen.

The Zen looks nicer, I think, and it's cheaper too.

It says:

File formats supported
WMA

Yes
WAV

Yes
OGG

No


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Nothing about mp3s on the spec

If you do get it Para, tell us what it's like... I like it.. just rather get one final opinion of it :-D

Ah, so it is :-)

The one you linked to :-)

Link me please

Paradox: wrote:
> Is that from the Sony thang?

Yup, from the circuitcity site

HHAT wrote:
> I quote
>
> Play all your favorite formats: Listen to MP3, WMA, WAV and ATRAC3
> files.

Is that from the Sony thang?