Hey guys, I'm thinking of buying this on Monday. It's not too pricey and has a long battery laugh for audio(which I need for those bus rides to school and work). Can any else recommend some good mp3 players as well? Thanks in advance

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/s...761710en02

here is another one I might buy too
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/sony...811e31en02

Sansa Fuze if you're just looking for a plain MP3 mplayer.

I am afraid I cannot give much advice as to which player you might want buy..., but I could recommend having a look at some gadgets by iriver or COWON. Pretty nice stuff in my opinion, especially quaility-wise.

Sansa Fuze is far from plain, it can show video. And the sony player you linked to does not understand ogg vorbis files, so I would never buy it.

Check out Sansa Clip. Cheap, long battery life, no problems with tags containing kanji, can play mp3, ogg, flac, wma.

Christoph_D Wrote:Sansa Fuze is far from plain, it can show video. And the sony player you linked to does not understand ogg vorbis files, so I would never buy it.

Check out Sansa Clip. Cheap, long battery life, no problems with tags containing kanji, can play mp3, ogg, flac, wma.

I own one and love it. I meant plain as in not an iPod Touch or Android based player (Walkman Z, SGP, etc).

Christoph_D Wrote:Sansa Fuze is far from plain, it can show video. And the sony player you linked to does not understand ogg vorbis files, so I would never buy it.

Check out Sansa Clip. Cheap, long battery life, no problems with tags containing kanji, can play mp3, ogg, flac, wma.

Cool I'll check it out

If you want a barebones mp3 player, those are probably good.
But if you are looking for something a little more, you might want to check out an ipod touch or Samsung Galaxy Player. I bought the samsung player a few months back and its been awesome. Can play music, movies, surf the web, games, fm radio, and even has gps to keep me from getting lost! And best of all, I can run anki on it

In this day and age, I don't know why anyone would get just a plain MP3 player. Yeah, an iPod Touch is more expensive, but it's a lot more useful overall. I started with an iPod Touch, which is basically an iPhone without 3G capabilities, but you can still use it on WiFi. I'll list some of the Japanese related apps I have. As Zarxrax mentioned, it runs Anki, and GPS helped me tremendously while in Japan for taking trains and buses. I also have dozens of Japanese textbooks and novels in ebook form, two Japanese dictionaries (each has different features I like), the Reviewing the Kanji app for easy reference, streaming Japanese radio and television and several games in Japanese. Not to mention the fact that I have the device's language set to Japanese for immersion purposes. Using voice control in Japanese is a lot of fun imo. I'm someone who is always on the go, and my iPhone makes it easy for me to study anywhere. Oh yeah, the iPhone and iPod Touch plays music too of course.

I'm happy with my Ipod Classic (160gb). It's loaded with podcats and japanese pop.

The problem with devices such as the iphone and whatsoever is that their battery life is quite low. My Ipod lasts quite some time, and I use it a lot. If you only want the device to listen to music/podcasts get a powerful music player. If you want a computer like device buy an android phone.

CarolinaCG Wrote:The problem with devices such as the iphone and whatsoever is that their battery life is quite low. My Ipod lasts quite some time, and I use it a lot. If you only want the device to listen to music/podcasts get a powerful music player. If you want a computer like device buy an android phone.

The battery life is very low that it makes the features of Android and iPhone smartphones somewhat useless on the go! It really is frustrating to the point that I removed my SIM card from my Android and put it in airplane mode to conserve battery life, sometimes I regret getting it, other times I can't think of not having it!
That Samsung Galaxy Player seems interesting, maybe if it has a dual-core cpu I would sell mine and get one (-_-

The samesung galaxy player isnt dual core, but its been plenty fast for just about everything I've needed it for. When watching videos, I can usually get 4+ hours out of it easily, and even then, the screen display is the largest draw of battery life. For listening to music, I'm sure it could get something like 10+ hours, EASILY.
When its in sleep mode, it draws maybe 5% of power (or less) per day. I often go for several days without a recharge.

Yes, I have an android, its battery life lasts around one week because I barely use it. Anki is really slow on it (that's why I don't use it much).

I don't really think that the iPhone's battery life is that short. I have an iPhone 4, and I use it non-stop on days I have class. It depends on what you're doing with it really. The only thing that really drains it fast is 3D games. I have Katamari Amore, and that will drain my entire battery in about four hours. I just don't play it unless I'm near or will soon be near an electrical outlet or a USB port. I use mine as an alarm to wake up to, so I'm in the habit of sticking it on the charger and having it at 100% daily. Rarely, do I ever run out of battery life before the end of the day, and I can't think of once that's happened in recent memory. It's also worth noting it only takes about ten minutes to charge it fully if plugged into a wall charger.

Here's a snapshot of what battery life looks like:
http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/057/Purp...480-75.jpg

The Sansa Clip is probably the best thing ever made for just playing audio. It's cheap, has a slot for miniSD to expand the storage, plays every audio file format I've ever tried, and it's just all around awesome. Great battery life too. I used to have a job unloading trucks and the thing would last 8 hours straight.

Zarxrax Wrote:If you want a barebones mp3 player, those are probably good.
But if you are looking for something a little more, you might want to check out an ipod touch or Samsung Galaxy Player. I bought the samsung player a few months back and its been awesome. Can play music, movies, surf the web, games, fm radio, and even has gps to keep me from getting lost! And best of all, I can run anki on it

the samsung galaxy player sounds good, i'll search it up now

CarolinaCG Wrote:I'm happy with my Ipod Classic (160gb). It's loaded with podcats and japanese pop.

The problem with devices such as the iphone and whatsoever is that their battery life is quite low. My Ipod lasts quite some time, and I use it a lot. If you only want the device to listen to music/podcasts get a powerful music player. If you want a computer like device buy an android phone.

I would get that one but the price is really high so I'm aiming just to focus on mp3 (audio). The sony one states that it lasts 50 hours (I assume that it's probably less than this, probably 40-45 hours at best). Depends on song length,etc. Plus the reviews are high as well (I look at this the most). Plus they add in speakers along with the original package(it may say sold out online but they have it in-store near where I live)

I only bought an Ipod classic because of its memory, otherwise I would definitely have bought a sony mp.

iPod touch or iPhone, because they run Anki. Maybe other devices do to, but either way, I wouldn't buy anything with the intention of studying Japanese that didn't run Anki. Just sayin.

ipod touch now is much cheaper than the iphone, save ur pennies abit more and get the ipod touch

Hey ta12121!

I have an iPod Touch too, and I love the Japanese apps for it. I'm sure there are good apps for Android too, but the prices are comparable if you can live with the fixed memory of the iPod.

There're tonnes of great apps for free or cheap; anki seems to be overpriced for UK buyers, but maybe not for US buyers. But there are a few great dictionaries, really cool Aozora Bunko readers and so forth! Plus it can play video, of course, has access to Japanese podcasts via iTunes and so on (though of course, they are accessible without an actual iPod ).

Ps: Writing this from my iPod also has 日本語 input with just the press of an on-screen key

My problem with Android is you can't buy anything from the Japanese marketplace so things like ATOK can't be purchased. On the flip side prepaid iTunes cards work like a charm.

CarolinaCG Wrote:I only bought an Ipod classic because of its memory, otherwise I would definitely have bought a sony mp.

True, they do have large amounts of memory. (8gb,16gb,64gb I think)

mikankun Wrote:My problem with Android is you can't buy anything from the Japanese marketplace so things like ATOK can't be purchased. On the flip side prepaid iTunes cards work like a charm.

People say there is a way to bypass it and download Japanese apps. I haven't been able to do so with mine but for now, I will be downloading the update to the OS of my andriod nexus S phone.

JapaneseRuleOf7 Wrote:iPod touch or iPhone, because they run Anki. Maybe other devices do to, but either way, I wouldn't buy anything with the intention of studying Japanese that didn't run Anki. Just sayin.

I get anki for free off the andriod market, that's something I know iphone users don't get but that's because Google decided to offer most things for free.

I will get my new mp3 player this thursday after my classes. I wanted to get it today but I was hanging out with some friends after my classes in the morning. One thing now that I'm doing different is, I know one of my friends tends to go to events that have a lot of japanese people. So it's a good chance to network and make more jpn. friends. Should help me get my speaking up and going. I've finally come to the decision that in order to improve speaking by yourself, shadowing is pretty much the best way to go about it. I know that immersion is making the jump to speaking much smoother than I thought it would.