MP3 Players > Apple MP3 Players > 4 GB to 8 GB

Advantages: Colour Screen, Games, Upto 1000 Songs, Easy To Use
Disadvantages: Battery Wears Down After A Few Months

The iPod Nano second generation is a man's best friend, for listening to music and podcasts anyway. The slimmer version of Apples original creation comes with various new features not evident in the first generation version, all of which are improvements. Firstly, a bright and great looking colour screen, which appears small but is big enough to house all the information regarding the audio you are listening to on screen including the Songs name, ...
...is. The 4GB can hold a colossal 1000 Songs which should quench your thirst for music. However, do remember that images and podcasts use up more memory and so you may not be able to reach that amount if you have images and / or podcasts. Also, this version has an astounding 24 hour battery life, though i found that after listening to my iPod for a couple of hours a day for 8 months, i can barely get an hour in. This is one of the very few faults ... Read review

Advantages: Holds music, largeish screen, ok for the gym
Disadvantages: Battery life is poor, the screen is dark, not as sleek as a nano

After the death of my old 40GB Ipod Classic I bought a 32GB Ipod Touch and a 4GB Ipod Mini for the gym as its replacements (I absolutely love my Touch - it should come with a heart between the I and the touch). Yet what do I make of the mini? It's functional - it was the right price range on Ebay and did what I wanted it to do - play music long enough for me to have a variety at the gym. Yet something about the mini just doesn't feel right and ...
...at the gym as the size is a lot smaller. I can hold the essential tracks on it - enough for a good few hours workout - but not my entire collection (but as my music collection is 20GB size that is hardly surprising)! However, it's not as good as an Ipod nano - which would hold the same number of tracks, but the nano is smaller. The battery life also sucks (my Classic lasted three times as long, but that was twice the size so doesn't really count ... Read review

Advantages: Small, easy to use and stylish.
Disadvantages: Lack of included software

I bought this MP3 player in October 2007 shortly after it was released. After owning for almost a year now I have had very little problems with it, none detrimental to its operation. After I noticed a sctratch on the screen I perchased an invisible shield full body protection kit which I later removed due to the fact it reduced the picture quality slighty. I was very impressed by the overall styling of the product and how it felt operating it. One ...
...included software with this product. I previously had an old copy of iTunes (from the first gen Shuffle) but it refused to comunicate with my iPod. As I am not an experienced downloader I was tentative at first by after a while I managed to download and install the software and there were very little problems from then on. Over almost a year now the only problems I have had were things like freezing screens, album art not showing up or being in the ... Read review

Advantages: Looks great
Disadvantages: Nothing

This mp3 player is amazing!the looks are stunning,nice and thin and easy to put into your pocket.It is really good quality and has not broke for me and i've had it over 8 months. Easy to put all your songs on to it from your pc.Its easy to use when you get going with it and has a very good volume control,which is good as most mp3 players are not these days.you can either look at the albums,song name or artist.Really good if you are wanting to find ...
...ipod.Its cheaper aswell.This is a yet another great product from sony! You can put screensavers of your photos and it holds videos aswell.A very good thing if your on the planne going aboard and fed up of listening to music. I cant think of any bad points about this product,its well worth the money! ... Read review

Advantages: Packed with applications, very handy and easy to use.
Disadvantages: Keyboard is hard to use, no flash player and not very durable without a case.

...obviously, is a drawback. Hopefully, Apple will look into sorting this out for future versions. Other than that, the Safari browser is very good. It's fairly quick, like other browsers, it depends on your connection speed as to how fast your pages load. The iTunes store is a great inclusion on the device. I like the idea that you can be sitting out with your friends and if someone mentions a good song or you hear a good song then you can just access ...
...wi-fi hotspot). It's really good. You can then listen to it using the iPod feature, which is what the device is built around. But the other functions kind of put the iPod section into the shadows. The touch screen is very responsive and so far, using my brothers 8GB version, I haven't encountered any problems with the screen. Again, like all iPods, the back is very prone to scratches. My brother keeps his in a case but in the few days before he ... Read review