Portable Media Buying Guide

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There are hard disk players (hdd mp3 players), flash mp3 players (solid state), and it's all portable audio...

What does it all mean?

Well, once upon a time there were only flash mp3 players - read this guide to mp3 players, if that's what you're really interested in - and they allowed you to listen to music (in mp3 file format).

Now you can watch movies, create digital photo albums, or do everything (listen to music, too) in what's known as a portable media center (or personal media center), and you can have hard disk players. Note:

1. Flash players have smaller storage, but have no moving parts so you can listen to music whilst doing a sporting activity.
   
   
2. Hard disk players have a much larger storage (storing thousands of songs, or photos), but cost more and not great on the move.

So, what type of portable media player you buy all depends on what you want to use it for. Okay?

These are the most popular portable mp3 players at Amazon right now:

Portable Media Player Specifications

Specification ranges always change, but this is what you should be taking note of:

Find more information from the manufacturer sites

Portable Media Player Manufacturer Sites

So, what do you want to do now?

• Read this mp3 players buying guide?
• Learn more at this portable media player buyer guide
  
• Buy a popular mp3 player - Apple iPod or Archos Jukebox
• See what's on offer at Amazon's Portable Media store