I would go with iriver h340 because of your reasons and the sound is great!!
Hi i am new to the fourms and i am going to purchase an mp3 player and i am cnsidering either the ipod 40gb or the iriver h340. The reasons why i am looking into the ipod are, size, simplicity and style. the reasons im looking into the iriver h340 are, it can play movies, view pictures and color screen. I am also wondering about the sound quality on both of the players. What do you think? thanks for your help.

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