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Sure, sure, you're hopelessly, helplessly in love with your iPod. That doesn't mean your precious doesn't have pimples. What about iPod's notorious lack of endurance between recharges, the sealed case that means you may have to scrap the thing if the internal battery dies, and the proprietary digital-music format that joins you at the hip to Apple's iTunes online store? Apple may hold more than 60% of the market for hard drive--based digital-music players, but even iPod devotees may have wandering eyes--and competitors are crying "Pick me!" by delivering fetching...
Leading the iPod-killer list is Sony's NW-HD3 Network Walkman, a player that attacks Apple at its stylishly minimalist core. Sony engineers understand that consumers want products that look as good as they sound, and the 20-GB NW-HD3 reflects that with its slim, anodized-aluminum casing. The player offers excellent sound and a menu that's easy to navigate using a four-way directional button. The company claims the player can go 30 hours without recharging. But Sony style means Sony price: at $349, the NW-HD3 costs $50 more than Apple's 20-GB iPod...
...want to spend that kind of cash on a pocket player. Less memory equals lower price; a 5-GB hard drive can store up to 2,500 songs, enough for many people, which is one reason the iPod mini is as popular as its big brother. That's also why the mini is attracting competition from devices such as the iRiver H10. (An iRiver ad campaign features headphone-wearing models biting into apples over the tag line SWEETER ONE.) The H10 is about the same size as the mini, has about the same storage capacity and likewise comes in designer...
...opportunity for the league to reach its fans through the one line they always have open. Later this year, Apple plans to shake up that industry even further. The company that transformed digital music is jointly developing a cell phone with Motorola. Called the Rokr, it will merge the iPod with a mobile phone in what could potentially be a huge new market for both digital music and cell phones--that is, if the phone venture can find a carrier willing to enter the uncharted territory of music via phone...
There are many such devices on the market, and they're quite easy to use. They come in three basic flavors: pocket drives (the iPod qualifies as one), portable drives and desktop drives. The more compact the drive, the more you'll pay per gigabyte of storage space. For example: Seagate's nifty pocket model, which resembles a yoyo, provides 5 GB of storage for about $200 or less, depending on where you buy (compare prices at cnet.com; for product details, see seagate.com). Seagate's larger yet slim 100 GB portable runs about $220 and up. The Maxtor OneTouch...