Four touch-screen MP3 players

By Donald Bell on 08 April 2008

For better or for worse, MP3 player manufacturers are tripping over themselves to add touch-screen navigation to their portable MP3 and video players in an effort to compete with Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch.

There are plenty of benefits to using a touch-screen interface instead of traditional button navigation, including increased screen real estate, a cleaner look, and the potential for new ways of manipulating data using dragging, pinching, and swiping gestures. In practice, however, no one does touch-screen media players as well as Apple. In fact, we're already starting to see some spectacular failures.

With the exception of the LXPI, the MP3 players shown here also include some type of wireless capability to complement their futuristic touch interfaces. Whether it's the integrated Bluetooth of the Samsung P2, or the full Opera Web browser of the Archos 605 WiFi, these iPod Touch competitors have more to offer than discounted prices and pretty looks.

Apple iPod Touch (Full Review, Specs, Images, Video, Where to Buy)

If the Touch is the player that you want, that you really, really want, you've probably got one already. Fence-sitters should stay there until next year when third-party apps or version 2.0 comes out.

Topics: touch screen, mp3, player, touch, apple, navigation, ipod, media players, archo, futuristic

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Comments (11)

  • dirty ballz commented on 11/09/2009 16:49 Report abuse

    i got a but pod its very cool. . .

  • Ash commented on 13/08/2009 19:10 Report abuse

    I have the Iphone and they r awesome im sure the ipod touches r just as cool u just cant call on them so i would recomend one!!!

  • leah commented on 12/08/2009 05:05 Report abuse

    awsome

  • RubY Is DumB commented on 05/05/2009 10:50 Report abuse

    i have the epod and its just amazingly wonderful

  • wtf commented on 05/05/2009 10:48 Report abuse

    these are the best

  • pickles commented on 02/05/2009 10:03 Report abuse

    i get to go get one suckers jk but i do get to go get one because i got paid today and it waz 486.27 and i am going to go get one :) bye tlk latttttter gtg bye :D

  • rubs commented on 13/04/2009 19:11 Report abuse

    hey i recken that they are the best thing

  • ruby commented on 13/04/2009 19:09 Report abuse

    does them come with charger ear phones and micrichipp

  • anaIbeadz commented on 02/04/2009 06:35 Report abuse

    i want one! i got my refund in a week cmon andre lets go get us some

  • sassycassie commented on 21/01/2009 08:25 Report abuse

    ninjazzz...what now

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