There ’s a portion of the great unwashed out there who call up they ’re too “ cool ” , too “ hip ” to own an iPod . ( Communists . ) For these multitude , the New York Times has put together a pocket-sized fiesta of non - iPod to thirst after . For the tantalizing details , jump . parole .
After interview a college freshman who ’s too busy discovering himself to admit that the iPod is a quality product , the article looks at theSanDisk Sansa e200 , theCreative Zen V Plus , theiRiver Clixand the Samsung Yepp YP - T9J. All of these anti - iPod come with feature article that Apple has choose to brush off , like built - in FM wireless tuners and microphone . The iPod still has the edge in terms of aesthetics and is still the slim out of all of them .
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What many people , especially tech dweeb like us , title keeps them coming back to the iPod is its interface . For a lot of folks , Apple ’s roll bike and menu structure are a perfect fit ; it ’s the standard that others are hold to , unfairly or not . The Sansa sports the best interface among the anti - iPod as it ’s the cheeseparing to replicate the iPod ’s system without create right of first publication military issue .
Video . Yes , these anti - iPods also play video , furnish you convince the video into a formatting that the player can read . The Yepp manage video recording the best , thanks to its bright screen door . The Zen ’s fare the worst , due to its smaller and dimmer screen .
So , all in all , the non - iPod are able-bodied to play all your digital music , less euphony buy from the iTunes Store , which is all they really need to do . Oh , and they ’re not an iPod . Rock on , rebellious youth .
swinge the praise of the Non - Nano[New York Times ]
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