A large holiday season is ahead and all the buyers are looking to purchase quality products. Everyone has a list to buy items for personal use or to gift someone. One of the most popular and attractive electronic items is MP3 player. With devices like iPod touch, Go Gear and Galaxy S2, Apple, Philips and Samsung are the two major players of MP3 player market. In this post, we will talk about some of the fabulous MP3 players that give you freedom to do much more than just listening to music. Read on to know more.
1. Philips Go Gear Connect 3 MP3 Player ($139 for 8 GB)
The music player has unique set of features and an excellent media for music playing. Connect 3 is powered by Android 2.3 gingerbread that is usually present in smartphones. Therefore, you can say that the device is a smartphone without the phone part. It is available in two variants, one with a memory of 8 GB and other with 16 GB. Both the variant comes with Sound Isolation headphones.
In the box, you will find the Go Gear player, headphones, USB cable and quick start guide. Connect 3 fits perfectly in your hands and its 3.2 inch capacitive touch screen is very responsive while circulating the playlists or playing with apps. It is Wi-Fi enabled just like its predecessor and is capable of up to 720 p playback.
You can personalize the player with widgets that display information on the home screen and download apps from the Android market. Connection with a PC can be established by using the given USB cable. It lacks an in-built camera that brings it down when compared to other Android MP3 devices available in the market.
Good: Comes with powerful Android 2.3 gingerbread
Bad: No camera and screen looks small
2. Creative Zen Touch2 Android MP3 Player ($99.99)
The Zen series of portable music players has long been associated with excellent audio quality and this player makes no exception to hold the same standard. Apart from playing music, the Wi-Fi enabled player allows you to connect to the internet on the go. It features a 3.2-inch touchscreen display and works on Android 2.1, but it lacks the access to the Android market. The touch screen allows you to navigate with ease and responds to every touch.
Look at the picture and you will think that this is a phone; it even has GPS, FM Radio, accelerometer, Bluetooth and micro SD card slot.
With built in 2 megapixel camera and Wi-Fi support, you can capture high resolution images as well as videos and upload it directly to your favorite social networking sites.
Good: Built in camera
Bad: No access to Android market
3. Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 ($269.99)
With a 5-inch screen and Android 2.3 operating system, this player makes a perfect alternate for Appleâs popular iPod touch. Galaxy Player models are powered by 1 GHz ARM Hummingbird Cortex-A single core processors and they all comes with 8 GB memory, rear 3.2 MP camera, VGA front camera, FM Radio, 802.11n Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth.
If you look at the dimensions, it is 5.6 x 3.1 x 0.5 inches and weighs 6.4 ounces.
Good: Features a big 5 inch screen, excellent battery life, expandable memory, supports VOIP and voice chat
Bad: Expensive, sometimes display colors looks dull, heavy
4. Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0 ($229.99)
The player is the first real competitor for iPod touch that gives all the features of Android OS without any annoying phone stuff. It is powered by a 1GHz processor and works with Android 2.3. This player has a storage capacity of 8GB, front VGA camera and rear 3.2 MP camera that supports image resolution of 720 x 480. If you talk about the dimensions, it is 2.5 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches and it weighs 4.3 oz.
Good: Attractive design, solid battery and support around 250,000 apps
Bad: Poor camera
5. Latte ICE Smart 8 GB Smart Media Tablet by Latte ($179.99)
Powered by Android 2.3, this device with 5-inch dual touch screen fits perfectly in your hands. It has ARM 11 800 MHz fast CPU with built-in 3D accelerator and its memory is expandable up to 32 GB. The player looks like iPod touch but it has more power, versatility and features that makes it more or less a mini tablet. It has a 5″ Dual Touch Resistive TFT LCD, 1080P FHD Video support and 802.11g Wi-Fi support.
Good: Fast processor
Bad: No camera
