Advice on MP3 Players?

[mi_guida]

I freely admit that I know nothing about MP3 players. Usually for technological things I don't understand I'd turn to my father, but given he's just bought himself a new record player, he knows less than I do.

Here's the situation:

I currently own a 64MB player, which will take around 15 tracks, or one album. It's a dear little thing, but pretty feeble really.

I would like to own a larger one that actually carries sensible amounts of music. I have 7.3GB on my computer; the question of how much I want to carry round is probably semi-answered by... What sizes of memory do these things come in? And for how much?

Also, which makes are good/bad/realiable/hold battery charge/anything else I ought to be asking?

You are all wise people, and if you can offer any advice, or point me towards any website offering advice, I would be very very grateful.

Comments

[mi-guida.livejournal.com]

I think I'd probably get the 20GB one. One query: With an iRiver, does it come with charger? Or would I have to add the cost of buying that separately to the cost of case and decent headphones?

The other option is that I get a smaller one and just cycle my music onto it... it's semi-birthday present, so I suppose it depends on cost a bit.

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

Yes, it comes with a charger and a leather case - well, mine did, at least. And the headphones that came with it were pretty decent, but your mileage may vary.

[mi-guida.livejournal.com]

Mother is in favour of the 20GB idea, so I'm going with that size (slowly making decisions, huzzah!). The place you linked to - does that look to you like it comes with charger and case? I couldn't make out that it did, but maybe I'm missing something...

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

I have no idea, I'm afraid - mine came from Hong Kong. You could email them and ask...

[mi-guida.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan. This is why I dislike internet shopping - I seem to lose all my logical faculties (all the more so when shopping for things I don't know much/anything about!).

[mi-guida.livejournal.com]

That website wouldn't let me email them to ask questions unless I had an account number or order number, gah.

However, this definitely comes with a case and computer charger - in technical llanguage, does "Power supply unit" mean a mains charger, or a battery?

Sorry about all the questions...