Originally Posted by StarG
Any other good alternatives in the market now? I like the Zen Micro for its small size and its backlit keypad. My wife has troubles selecting songs with her iPod mini when it's dark.
Thanks for the quick response,
mongatu.
The problem with picking a DAP is deciding which features you really need and which features you can do without.
I suggest u check out this site, they have tons of information about DAP's
http://dapreview.net/news.php
I am very partial to flash players(I own an iaudio G3) as I don't like moving parts and it is inevitable that hard drives will fail. if I were to purchase a HD based player it would probably be the cowon/iaudio X5 or the Rio Karma which has excellent sound. I don't use Itunes and I have my music encoded in OGG, MP3 and WMA formats so i would not buy an Ipod. Ipods and Itunes are way too restrictive although you can get around the restrictions with a little effort.