Don't buy Sony? Cute, until you try to use it that is. Let's buy ipod, crown, sandisk instead!
My ipod nano died a watery death, and I'm looking for a replacement. All I need is something basic to play music and podcasts.
I was looking at the Sony walkman found here, and had some questions for folks who know these players:
http://www.epinions.com/prices/Sony_NWZ_S616F_4_GB_Digital_Media_Player
1) What kind of rewind/fast-forward do they have? I listen a lot to podcasts, and need to be able to cover ground fairly quickly.
2) Do they have decent bookmarking? that is, if I'm 1 hour into a podcast and shut it down, will it remember where I was? Or can I make it do this?
3) Is there another decent brand in the same (~$80-120) price range? I looked at some of the Sandisk players, but what I found online was the REW/FF was pretty pitiful. The two points above are pretty important to me.

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