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For better or for worse, MP3 player manufacturers are tripping over themselves to add touchscreen 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 touchscreen 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 touchscreen media players as well as Apple.
The X-Series Sony Walkman almost does it, with a brilliant OLED screen, but misses the mark with its exorbitant price. The Cowon S9 also has a glittering OLED display but is let down by its interface. The Samsung P2 has integrated Bluetooth. They're all viable alternatives to the Apple behemoth.
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