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Here is a link reviewing the Rio.

http://www.i4u.com/article1854.html

 

i'm not a fan of the mini, i think it's too much $$ for the storage you get. for ~$100 more ($399) you can get the 40GB ipod. best bang for the buck imho.

ogg? are you ing kidding me? are you a slashdot troll or something? as for wma, it's complete crap. AAC (not fairplay) is a completely open standard, since you were pitching the ogg line.

there's a good reason ogg isn't widely supported on portable devices - processing power. sure it gives you small files, but it would suck way too much power on a portable device to do the advanced decoding.

As for the fm tuner bit - there's a reason I carry half my music library in my pocket, so I don't have to listen to the radio!!!

 

"ogg"? what's this? Microsoft word asked if you meant "egg".

Don't need a Ipod (I need something small so I can go biking with). Right now I use a Samsung Yepp with 64MB. Good for one hour worth of music before you recycle the songs.

 

the other great thing is the no-brainer interface w/ itunes, syncing of playlists, etc. managability is a HUGE factor considering the size of my library.

 

Also, UnaB, why don't you tell us how you really feel. You're being coy about your opinion there...

 

maybe you didn't see my bPod:

 

ogg is short for "ogg vorbis," an unpopular but loudly touted by a minority as the one true audio format.

 

if you don't need the capacity, or your library is smaller and you don't need good music management software, then by all means go with something less expensive.

 

or if you just want to spend most of your time being frustrated with an inferior interface and crappy software

 

don't forget, if you don't like the ipod interface you can always install linux!