Ipod or MP3???

[giggles321]

Hi
I am after either an Ipod or MP3. All I want is to play music on it...... I dont understand all the memory types, hard drive/memory stick/flash etc. I dont want anything to fancy, just simple!!
Any ideas on which one to buy. I am totally confused!!
Thanks

[Ethel]

How many tracks do you want to store on your player?

You can get very simple mp3 players for less than �20 - but it is pointless if the storage isn't big enough.

[giggles321]

I would like to be able to store loads of music on it, just not sure which to buy.

[Hammer]

Music tends to take up around 1mb of memory per minute of music, so 1gb will hold around 1000 minutes or about 20 albums (very roughly speaking).

Flash memory (or built-in memory) is more reliable because there are no moving parts, but only goes up to around 8gb I think (such as the ipod nano). Hard drives are bigger but are more susceptible to bumps and knocks because they do have moving parts (like the video ipod).

Ipods or other MP3 players - up to you really, you do pay a bit more for ipods but they are very easy to use and are well made.

[fo3nix]

I'd go with the video iPod.