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zherok:
Debating between the P3 and S9 now I guess. Everything else is like a $100 more for a comparable model. The M8 btw is a phone, although this is apparently not a feature worth mentioning much (I guess?) There's supposed to be a phone-less version called the M7 out eventually, but the smartphone model is something like $300, which puts it in the same company as the Sony model and a 32gb iTouch.

P3 says it does H.264, which the S9 apparently doesn't... But since nothing supports the MKV container anyway I don't think I have anything the P3 would play that the S9 wouldn't; rather I'd have to convert almost everything over.

edit: forgot to ask, among these players, which support drag and drop? My RCA player does, which means I don't have to install shitty software on every computer that connects with it just to use it as an external hard drive. USB thumbdrives are dirt cheap, but having only to keep track of one device that I'd be using for other functions as well would be ideal.

fohfoh:
AFAIK, the S9, P3 and Sony all support drag and drop. So it's easy to deal with and easy to share music if you want. (Can also store files on it too if you want.) and no 3rd party software garbage.

The Sony is indeed expensive, but surprisingly nice.

Even if there's support for it, you still need to convert it to the right size to play on the S9 or P3 anyways. So it's a null issue.

EDIT: Just noticed a new version called iAudio9 that has a built in speaker that seems quite nice.
* fohfoh wants!!!!

zherok:
Kinda leaning towards the P3 on the format front, since it supports AAC... But the screen on the S9 is hard to pass up... Hmm...

kostya:
fohfoh, you are lucky that you can actually take a look at those players at the store. The only things that I have seen at my local Best Buy (they have forced every other electronics store out of business) are iPods and Zunes (in terms of large capacity or video players). They used to have other players but apparently no one bought them.

DaggerLite:

--- Quote from: fohfoh on November 22, 2009, 10:11:30 AM ---AFAIK, the S9, P3 and Sony all support drag and drop. So it's easy to deal with and easy to share music if you want. (Can also store files on it too if you want.) and no 3rd party software garbage.
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I can't exactly disconfirm this statement, but I think Sony media will require Media Go (and with it, Quicktime) to be installed to freely transfer media to your device. Not sure if it's an actual requirement.

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