iRiver CD / MP3 player with radio

I have owned my iMP 550 since shortly after it was released. I can't remember exactly when that was but it has been at least a year! I love my CD player. It looks great and it does what I need it to do. It has several awards including a CNET editors award: CNET Editor's Choice "If you're looking for an MP3 CD player, you'll be hard-pressed to find a better choice at any price." There are problems with it however... First and foremost is the battery life. Whilst companies often overstate the battery life of their products, this seems to be a gross overestimation as far as I am concerned. I can ... more

There is nothing that doesn't appeal about this CD-Digital audio player. I say digital audio player, because it doesn't just play MP3's like most other CD players - due to the fact that you can upgrade the software which runs the device, it can play all the latest types of digital audio. There have been five such updates since I purchased this device, and the company promises that there are still plenty more to come. I cannot rave about this device enough - when my last portable CD player got stolen, I wasn't very unhappy. There were so many things I didn't like about it, in a way I was kinda ... more