MP3 Player Shopping: E-Book Capabilities? Yes, Please!
My current MP3 player is barely functioning. It is jammed up and only plays about half of the songs on it, never labels them correctly, and won’t let me remove them at all. It also shuts off if it jiggles and occasionally locks up, always on the same songs. Clearly, it is time for me to consider investing in a new MP3 player, especially with my new personal challenge of training for a half marathon.
I don’t have any money to spend; however, I have accumulated enough points in my MyPoints account to earn $75 in gift certificates to spend at Overstock.com (side note: MyPoints is seriously awesome. Leave a comment and I will send you an e-invite.)
I began shopping around the discount site to figure out what kind of MP3 player I want, which is when this story starts to relate to books. I narrowed my many choices down to the ones with the best gigabyte to price ratios - and that’s when I found Latte’s iPearl. It has 8GB of memory, FM radio, and a microphone. It can double as a USB storage device and can hold and show digital pictures. And … you can read e-books on it while listening to music (or with the music turned off if you cannot multi-task that well).
This aspect was the deciding factor for me. I take public transportation a lot and often am already carrying so much stuff with me for work that I sadly don’t have room for a book. This will be the perfect way to always have something to read on me!
June 22nd, 2009 at 7:26 pm
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