iPod Wannabe's

[TheGreatSatan]

My wife likes the idea of an iPod with a radio/dock option, but we're both freaked out by the insane price for an iPod touch. What other MP3 players have an option to drop it into a dock with speakers too?

[LiTHiUM0XiD3]

chinese knock offs with ****ty resistive touch screen r about the only thing that use the exact same port other than that your basically stuck with 3.5 headphone jack based ones..

[AmEv]

The Sansa line, IIRC, has the same physical port, not sure about the electrical connection.


*Have you checked local classifieds, such as Craigslist?

[Lothair]

I literally use my iPod Touch as a portable computer every day. I'm typing this on my Touch right now. Most of my posts are posted from my Touch, actually. It's a fantastic device. There isn't a better one like it out there in my honest opinion.

However, it's a poor choice if all you want to use it for is music. It would be better to just buy a clock radio with a line-in option and then buy an affordable mp3 player. Sansa is what comes to mind. And they have a very few mediocre actual docking stations.

But if you're dead set on that idea, iPod is the way to go. Buy used or a cheaper model. But keep in mind that the Touch is an absolutely fantastic device that does SO much more than video and music. I've had one for years and could not imagine my life without it. It's just far too handy and useful.

[d_stilgar]

I have a Zune and love it. It's similarly priced to an ipod, however, and there are fewer docks for it. If you don't have issues with iTunes (I've never been in love with the software and it always seemed to mess around with my music files and libraries too much) then I say go with an iPod. They're expensive but nice and you'll have a very large selection of docks.

[msmrx57]

My wife has a Creative Zen that she loves. There aren't any docks specifically made for them that I know of, but there are plenty on cheap docks with 1/8" input plugs.

[MrGoat]

As a purebread music player I love my Sansa. Cheap, reliable and most importantly I can use a subscription music service with it. As far as docks go the new Sansas dont use the Ipod style connector any longer they only have Mini-usb and the port for the headphones. I bet you could mod say a Dell soundbar to work with one... this is a modders forum afterall...

[OvRiDe]

I like my Sansa as well. There are some speaker docks for them as well..

http://anythingbutipod.com/2006/09/a...-speaker-dock/

If you looking for anything but an ipod.. you might check out...

http://anythingbutipod.com

[chaksq]

There are a good number of speaker docks with a 3.5" headphone jack input, as such they will work with anything. For that sort of thing I personally use an adapter cable to the line-in on my bookshelf stereo.

[slaveofconvention]

My son has an iPod Touch he wants to sell - I'll ask him if it's the 16 or 32gb version - if you're interested that is - he's only selling it because he now has an android phone which he uses for his music...