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WISE MONKEY: Portable mp3 & mp4 players
Portable Music Players
The Consumers' Association Which? magazine recently published results of their latest tests of 23 of the newest portable players. With the price of technology falling, many players are now mp4 as standard i.e can be used for video and photos as well as music. As a result, for the first time, there were more new mp4 players to test than there were mp3 ones. It should be pointed out that the review was deiberately looking at products to rival Apple's dominance in this market, hence their absence from this list.
Test scores are based on the following criteria and ignore price -
Covenience 30%; Sound Quality 30%; Battery 15%; Features 10%; Use on the move 10%; Durability 5%
Their website reviews more than 100 models, meanwhile here's a list of the ones they rate as best buys.
BEST mp3 PLAYER
1 69% - Samsung YP-U3
BEST mp4 PLAYERS
1 72% - Samsung YP-T9
2 69% - Cowoon D2
3 67% - Cowoon iAudio7
4 67% - Sony NW-A805/806/808
5 65% - iRiver Clix 2
6 64% - Phillips SA5115/SA5125
http://www.which.co.uk/mp3players
Source: Which?, Nov '07
