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I'm not in the US. I'm in Brazil. You cannot go into a reputable store here and find other players. Perhaps if you are really determined to buy non-Apple and a
by mlongo 16y ago
I'm not in the US. I'm in Brazil. You cannot go into a reputable store here and find other players. Perhaps if you are really determined to buy non-Apple and are willing to spend a couple of hours looking you might find something but probably it will be no more than a memory stick that can play mp3s.
You might go to on street vendors who import a variety of cheap and mostly low quality iPod clones directly from Hong Kong.
I don't remember it being very different in Australia and a couple of European countries I've been to, but I might have been blinded by my fanboyism. :-)
- dagw 16y agoEvery large electronics store I've been to in Europe has mp3 players from a good half dozen companies prominently on display. So while the iPod may dominate, it's not like other players are in any way hidden or hard to find.
- mlongo 16y agoThanks for the feedback. Its been a while since I was last in Europe, I probably just didn't remember that being so. It certainly isn't so in Brazil. Those other mp3 players normally can only be found in small, not so reputable stores here. Mostly they are from unknown Chinese brands. Other than that, I only remember seeing a model from Sony, this year, in a large electronics store, as you put it. Everyone has an abundance of iPods, however. There is also an abundance of very cheap iPod clones, in those not-so-reputable stores.
- papachito 16y agoAre you kidding? There are plenty of quality mp3 players that can actually read free and quality formats such as flac and vorbis. I'd never get an ipod because it doesn't support the formats I use (and lacks an FM tuner last time I checked, may have one now) and what dagw said.
- brazzy 16y agoAmazon Germany's MP3 player category by brands: http://www.amazon.de/gp/search/other/ref=sr_sa_p_4?rh=n%3A562066%2Cn%3A!569604%2Cn%3A571712%2Cn%3A571714&bbn=571714&pickerToList=brandtextbin&ie=UTF8&qid=1271755501 http://www.amazon.de/gp/search/other/ref=sr_sa_p_4?rh=n%3A56... Apple: 140 entries Samsung: 106 Philips: 97 Sony: 79 Creative: 70 iRiver: 52 Trekstor: 50 ...