Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler abi's top 5 mp3 players of 2009

http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2009/12/top-5-mp3-players-of-2009.php

SanDisks decision to incorporate a microSD slot on the clip was a great decision. The clip+ is definitely the "budget killer". In 2010 I hope Cowon decides to come out with a version 2 for the S9 that will have expandable memory, which is the only thing I find is lacking on that unit. I would love to try out the Samsung P3 sometime...slick player ! Great list of players overall. 2010 should be interesting. Can't wait to see whats in store.

Nice! I'm still enjoying mine (Sansa Clip+)

How much memory have you added to it? I just recently picked up a 8gb microSDHC card for a Sansa Fuze. You can find them fairly cheap these days.

I bought 2 4 gig so I could have one with classic rock and one with all blues.

At the end of the article it states there will be more emphasis on web browsing, streaming radio and HD video in coming years. Thats great and all but with the touch screen players I would like more of an emphasis on the basics which I find lacking on most touchscreens and will need to be better to support things such as streaming radio and hi-res video. I would like to see atleast a 50+ hour batterly life, minimum of 64gb + microsdhc slot and keeping prices par. HD video seems more like a gimmick on such a small screen, being able to connect to an HDMI source seems like a good idea but it is one of the last features I would want or use for an MP3 player.