"KnightRdrX" wrote in message


hi, I'm not sure where to post this

Search newsgroups for groups with the word "mp3" in them, for starters.

But I'm looking for a 256 MB one that's small and rectangular with an
arm band that can record several hours from a distance (for a class)
I've been looking at the Nuvu Creative Labs one and the IAudio one. I
only want to spend about $130
I'm reading mixed reviews.

I heard both can die at any time.

True for any non-trivial piece of electronic equipment as well as many of
the trivial ones.

What's with that?

Nothing is forever.

And skip protection? It's not a cd, why would shaking it have any effect
on it?

Flash memory based MP3 players will gracefully absorb shock until either the
batteries fall out or they are physically damaged. IME it takes a lot of
shock to damage them. The hard drive based ones are much more sensitive to
damage caused by shock, but until you actually damage them, they generally
run skip-free.

any suggestions?

Try posting in alt.music.mp3.hardware.