I really find this funny. Listen. I use to be on the look for a better MP3 player, ohhh 8gb, wow 16gb, dang.... 32gb...... and then 80 and 120gb using micro drives that skip all the time and never last....
Then I thought about it. Hummm. My cell phone contract is coming up soon. What are my options to get 1 device that does everything really good.
The iPhonie is nice, but it explodes and it is pretty limited as to memory expansion.
Palm has the pre, and I am not really that familiar with it.
And then there is Blackberry.
1. The Blackberry Bold is small
2. The Bold has a better screen than any of the MP3 players I have seen
3. It may only have 1gb of internal memory, but it has a Micro SD slot that I quickly put a 16gb card in for only $60 (online)
4. When the 32gb cards are out, I can ^^UPGRADE^^
what a concept people
5. While the standard battery may not be "that good", the standard battery will hold its own with a fancy MP3 player, and I get phone, internet, apps, etc. And I went and got a 3500mah extended battery that fits the standard case because it is that slim with the "big battery" Only using the phone as an MP3 player gets me 10 days of battery life... Do that with your Zune, Ipode, etc, right...
6. The Bold has many case options (belt clip, arm band, etc)
7. I know I am stuck in a 2 year contract, but hey, a $99 MP3 Player is not bad, especially with the ability to make phone calls, wifi, blue tooth, and the software is really easy to upgrade.
Couple that with a nice set of Shure noise canceling earbuds and you can throw the other mp3 players out the door, and then in 2 years, I will be looking at a new one that takes a 64gb or 128gb memory card.
Go figure, and the old phone (mp3 player) is very well setup.
anyway. My 2 cents...