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1
 Creative Labs Zen X-Fi 2 (32 GB)
listed since 10/2009
Creative Labs Zen X-Fi 2 (32 GB)
Storage capacity: 32GB; Storage medium: Memory Card, Flash memory; Battery life: 25h
"The touchscreen isn’t perfect, but it has plenty of features and sound quality is superb."
1 Review
 
 
2
 Cowon O2
listed since 08/2008
Storage capacity: 16GB; Storage medium: Flash memory; Personal Media Player (PMP), Portable MP3 Player
Cowon's O2 may not be an iPod killer but for media, its long list of supported file formats, which includes  …
1 Review
 
 
3
 Walkman NWZ-A828 (8GB)
listed since 05/2008
Storage capacity: 8GB; Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 36h; Portable
The Sony Walkman NWZ-A828 is described by CNet.co.uk as a divine player with marvellous sound quality. It is worth  …
1 Review
 
 
4
 Apple iPod touch 3G
listed since 09/2009
Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 30h; Portable MP3 Player, Personal Media Player (PMP)
"There's no doubt the 8GB iPod Touch is a great games machine, and at a new low price of £149, with a  …
10 Reviews
 
 
5
 iPod Nano 8 G 5e génération
listed since 09/2009
Apple iPod Nano 5G (8GB)
Storage capacity: 8GB; Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 24h; Portable
"The 5th gen iPod nano is inarguably Apple's best yet. It's still more expensive than its peers, but it'  …
1 Review
 
 
6
 Apple iPod touch 3G (64GB)
listed since 09/2009
Apple iPod touch 3G (64GB)
Storage capacity: 64GB; Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 30h; Portable
"The iPod touch is now even harder to resist thanks to a boost in capacity and performance - it's a real charmer."
6 Reviews
 
 
7
listed since 02/2010
Storage capacity: 4GB; Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 30h; Portable
"In case you hadn't noticed, my criticisms of Sony's NWZ-E443 are basically just nit picking because the fact of the matter is that it'  …
1 Review
 
 
8
 Walkman NWZ-E443
listed since 09/2009
Sony NWZ-E443 (4 GB)
Storage capacity: 4GB; Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 30h; Portable MP3 Player, Personal Media Player (PMP);
1 Review
 
 
9
 Beat DJ YP-R1
listed since 10/2009
Storage capacity: 8GB; Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 25h; Portable
"Put simply, the YP-R1 is a delight to use. Its touchscreen interface is the best you'll find on a device without an Apple logo, it'  …
1 Review
 
 
10
 Apple iPod Nano 5G
listed since 09/2009
Storage capacity: 8GB; Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 24h; Portable
"The video camera and FM radio are great. The more affordable 16GB model isn't much cheaper than the 8GB iPod touch, but it'  …
8 Reviews
 
 
11
 Sony NWZ-S545
listed since 09/2009
Storage capacity: 16GB; Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 42h; Portable
"The Sony S-Series Walkman NWZ-S545 is a solid entry-level MP3 player thanks to its easy-to-use design, excellent  …
1 Review
 
 
12
 Zen X-Fi II
listed since 11/2009
Storage medium: Memory Card, Flash memory; Battery life: 25h; Portable MP3 Player, Personal Media Player (PMP)
"For: Excellent sound quality. X-Fi expand works! The price is right. microSD expansion. Good earphones bundled. Against: Touchscreen is horrible. No one  …
2 Reviews
 
 
13
 Apple iPod touch 2G
listed since 09/2008
Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 36h
As a media device the touch scores a lot higher, but with the current state of its games catalogue and support,  …
5 Reviews
 
 
14
 Cowon S9
listed since 08/2008
Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 55h; Personal Media Player (PMP)
The decision whether to pick the S9 over an iPod touch will be a personal one. Reg Hardware felt that the touch  …
2 Reviews
 
 
15
 SanDisk Sansa Fuze 4GB
listed since 08/2008
SanDisk Sansa Fuze 4GB
Storage capacity: 4GB; Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 24h; Portable
PC Advisor proclaims the Sansa Fuze a worthy competitor to the iPod nano, rivalling its sound quality, as well as offering more features for less money.
1 Review
 
 
16
listed since 01/2010
Portable MP3 Player, Personal Media Player (PMP)
"The Mintpad has an excellent feature-set and is easy to use, but that screen really is small. The focus on  …
1 Review
 
 
17
listed since 09/2009
Storage capacity: 32GB; Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 8h; Portable
"Highs: Incredible 3.3-inch OLED display; small, lightweight; sensitive capacitive touch screen; high-def 720p video output  …
1 Review
 
 
18
listed since 09/2009
Storage capacity: 16GB; Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 8h; Portable
"The Zune HD is an extremely refined personal media player and should be the video junkie's player of choice."
1 Review
 
 
19
 Sony NWZ-X Serie
listed since 02/2010
Battery life: 33h
"In either of its two versions, 16GB (NWZ-X1050) and 32GB (NWZ-X1060), this player offers excellent sound,  …
8 Reviews
 
 
20
 Sony Walkman NWZ-S544 (8GB)
listed since 10/2009
Storage capacity: 8GB; Storage medium: Flash memory; Battery life: 3h; Portable MP3
"For: Attractive design; easy to use; punchy, vibrant picture and sound. Against: Integrated speakers sound poor  …
2 Reviews
 
 
  Creative Labs Zen MX (8 GB)
listed since 06/2009
Storage capacity: 8GB; Storage medium: Memory Card, Flash memory; Battery life: 30h
Both audio and video file format support are very limited in Creative's Zen MX 8GB PMP. While audio quality  …
1 Review
 
 

Tests

"Apple iPod Touch 64GB"
1 MP3 Player (approx. £280)
Computer act!ve
Published on 10/2009
On test: Apple iPod touch 3G (64GB)
"Apple’s iPod Touch is essentially an iPhone with all the phone functions ripped out. You would be forgiven for wondering exactly what the point of such a gadget might be, but in practice it’s an extremely impressive and handy device." Review details: Single Test   → Test results
"Archos 2 8GB Review"
1 MP3 Player (approx. £60)
TrustedReviews
Published on 6/2009
On test: Archos 2 (8 GB)
Among MP3 players, Archos largely is known for its video playback. The Archos 2 though, with 8GB storage will be decidedly known for its cheap price. Undercutting and over-speccing the nearby competition, is this the cut-price MP3 player of 2009? Review details: Single Test. One MP3 player was reviewed and rated on design, and features, sound quality, usability, value and video quality.   → Test results
"Microsoft Zune HD preview"
1 MP3 Player
CNET.co.uk
Published on 6/2009
On test: Microsoft Zune HD
Placing the Zune in direct opposition to Apple's iPod touch, Microsoft's Zune HD is a touchscreen version of the original. With OLED screen HD radio and video, along with Internet Explorer as new additions, the original features also remain. Review details: Single Test   → Test results
"Samsung Q1 music and video player"
1 MP3 Player
Register Hardware
Published on 11/2008
On test: Samsung YP-Q1
Samsung's MP3 players have been moderately impressive with a fair turn of style going some way to counter-acting the lack of anything stand-out. The latest line, including the Q1, seem to suggest that sound is where Samsung hopes to separate its players from the rest of the herd with support for FLAC and OGG Vorbis as well as a number of audio enhancement technologies and comprehensive sound shaping tools and preset equalizer settings. Review details: Single Test   → Test results

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Portable Media Players

Portable Media Players are an evolution of the MP3 player, which while retaining the main function of music playback, throw the extra benefits of video playback and picture viewing into the mix. It may not seem all that appetising to view movies on the 2” screen on many devices, but the best will come with the option of a direct connection to a television giving you the option of viewing your videos on the big screen.

When looking for a PMP the size of the hard drive is very important, there is no use in having a device capable of playing back music, video and photos when all you can fit on it is one music video and a picture of your dog. 20GB should really be looked at as the bare minimum and will let you keep a couple of albums and even full movies and television shows in your pocket.

With the larger screen, battery life can be an issue, but thankfully PMPs can often provide just as much power for music playback as a standard MP3 player. The previously undisputed king among MP3 players is the iPod, but Apple has yet to introduce a fully video capable player, the closest it has yet come is the 5th generation video iPod and the iPhone, which many consider to be the best way of getting video on an iPod.

PMPs have a slight price premium over straight MP3 players but some come with some extra features such as wifi connectivity or card slots that would be too large to integrate into a smaller MP3 device.
This category contains tests on PMP, MP4 player, MP3 player with video support, PMPs, MP4 players, MP3 players with video support.