Would anyone in the US even want one of these? Maybe some hip 20 year old girl, but I can't think of any other target audience for this sort of thing.

They look a little bigger than my Zen Stone, which by the way, I love. These little player are perfect for running or the gym. I'll never understand why people would want to run with a brick strap to their arm. I was going to get a shuffle, but the Zen Stone with armband was $25 less.

@Thomas Palmer:

That is a pretty big, audience, who also spend a lot of money. so why not ...

@baltwade:

So a 1GB zen stone ($33.85) + armband ($??) is $25 cheaper then a 1GB ipod shuffle ($49)?

what's with these?my 4year old samsung was smaller than this!

Theres something about coked out blondes i dont like.

@Zeasar:
it probably was when he bought it.

my e280 was $180 new, about 8 months ago - they can be had for under $80 now, so I also get a lot of strange looks when I tell people I bought it because it was cheaper than a 2GB nano

Not sure on sound quality, or size or cost difference but it looks like these would be great for skipping across a pond. Of course if you had throw away money ipods would skip nicely as well.

Maybe I'm just old.........nah. I guess I really just don't give a shit about having music WHEREVER I go, to warrant having an ipod/small MP3 player.

@smeee:
im guessing it has to do with the drip numbing little smeee before he's finished?

@smeee:

yeah, the voice was grating on me as well... had to reach for the volume before the ol' ear drums began their plasmatic dribbling.

@Out2gtcha:
we're on different ends of the spectrum - im one of those dorks who ALWAYS has headphones sitting on my neck from the time i wake to the time i sleep. it's like my pope hat.

The avalanche has already begun,
it is too late for the pebbles to vote.

-Ambassador Kosh, Babylon 5

@nutbastard:

Hey, each to their own..........

Yeah I do like music but am not prone to wearing earphones except for gaming/TS/Vent.

"Look at me.......Im the pope, I have a pope hat and stuff!" *DANCES*

@strider_mt2k: Babylon 5 reference FTW! Hats off to you, sir.

@Zeasar: I bought my Zen Stone at Circuit City last year for a little over $30 and the arm band was a little under $20 so my total was $50 and change. Every place I looked, Circuit City, Best Buy, and BJ's (it's like Costco), the iPod shuffle was selling for $75. Maybe I could have gotten a better price ordering online, but I wanted it that day.

@Out2gtcha: I totally agree. The only time I use my MP3 player is when I workout or run. Otherwise it just sits in the old junk drawer.

... also got a zenstone this past summer. size and shape and everything about it is great but i hate how it doesn't play anything other than .mp3 or wma

ooo ya, at the time i bought it too, it was significantly cheaper than the shuffle, plus mine was 2gig ^_^

I love having my tiny little Conwon U2. It's the size of a lighter, tough as nails, amazing battery life and plays almost anything (except AAC). What drives me nuts is how much Ipod specific stuff there is out there. I can plug any apple mp3 player into my car and control it from the dash but can I even get a line in for my stereo noooo, that would be too difficult. WTF?

"When you snatch the pebble from my hand, Grasshopper, make sure that my earbuds are not in, or I shall kick your ass all the way from here to Okinawa...."