Originally Posted by bhartman36
Honestly, I don't know why they even bother selling anything other than the iPod Touch (in terms of MP3 players). Both the shuffle and the nano look comically small to me. I mean, I get that people want small, wearable devices for working out, but when you get to the stage where the interface suffers, what's the point?
I agree 100%, I love the Sansa clip+, it's UI is tailored made for easy in and out for working out etc. the new nano is a bit kludgy.
I think the touch and similar devices will ultimately be relegated to people who don't trust "the cloud", for whatever reason. For the first group you mentioned, the exercisers, I think streaming music from the cloud is a no-brainer. All they'll need is their cell phones, which they're probably already carrying. And for audiophiles, I think the only missing piece is the bitrate. 256kbs MP3 or AAC probably isn't going to cut it for them, but with enough storage and speed, streaming FLAC becomes a real possibility.
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