I don't think he will be needing to buy music. The stuff he will be listening to are all out of copyright. So no need to connect to iTunes or Rhapsody or Napster. He won't need a player that listen to DRM music. He will need a player that can play simple mp3 files.
Hello,
I plan on giving my friend an mp3 player as a present. He does much farming work and bought these earmuffs which can connect with an mp3 player via stereo headphone jack.
He doesn't need videos / movies on the mp3 player. He just wants audio capability. He plans on listening to speeches and other spoken word stuff (audio books, etc) and maybe some classical music. He doesn't need radio stuff capability.
Because he's a computer newbie / mp3 player newbie / electronics newbie, I want the mp3 player and loading and unloading audio files onto it as user-friendly / simple / easy as possible for him. I don't want to see him getting frustrated trying to figure out how to load his mp3 player with audio files.
As a full-time student on a tight budget and because of the good price a few-months-old gadget goes for, I was planning on getting an mp3 player from a place like ebay or craigslist.
If you can give your suggestions for perhaps older models (1 year old or so... or whatever is not the newest generation), I'd appreciate it. Or if there are newer models that have a good price, please let me know, too. (My guess is that newer models demand a high price.)
It can be any brand.
The gift-recipient uses Windows XP.
Thank you.

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