Remember defunct Packard Bell . They are back in a merger with NEC. I recently bought their new mp3 player ,the AudiostarFM. It set me back $187. I was skeptical at first as it had only 1GB of memory but i soon fell in love with it. For one it looks amazing ,much smaller than a nano.IT always gets attention. It is also feature packed . It plays videos(great for music vids) ,has a clear radio,displays pics and has a large screen and good sound quality.Moreover you can transfer your songs through media player 10 or drag and drop via explorer. Only downside is the interface which lags and you cant browse while listening to a song.
I recomend this player over the nano.Try it out and rid the world of ipod zombies.

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