[max americana]

>But thanks to smarter mobile phones like Apple’s own iPhone, listening to music is now mainly a function of your phone, not a separate device like the iPod. <

Don’t care. I have other MP3 players and prefer to use them over the Ipod which couldn;t even handle a 30 minute jog while my Sandisk was built for physical exercise.

[Gil4]

“my Sandisk was built for physical exercise.”

I have an iPod Nano 6th gen (the small Nano.) I think I prefer it over my Sansa Clip. The Nano is thinner and lighter. The raised buttons on the Clip are much easier to use while exercising than the touch display on the Nano, however, even though the display is pretty cool..

[itsahoot]

Don’t care. I have other MP3 players and prefer to use them over the Ipod which couldn;t even handle a 30 minute jog

[antiRepublicrat]

over the Ipod which couldn;t even handle a 30 minute jog

That's why they make the shuffle, weighs less than half an ounce, is the size of a matchbook, and has a built-in clip, with voice control so you don't have to touch it while running. If you try to drop it, it'll just suspend from the headphone jack, it doesn't have enough inertia to pull out the plug or even yank on your ears very hard. It's also quite hard to damage by accident.

Yep, iPhones will not replace all iPods.