my daughters on her second zen. first was replaced just inside the warranty period this one is failing now after about another 8 months.

>The latest iPods have capacity of up to 80 GB. Personally I would not invest in one of those given the proneness to failure. Apple doesn't shout this in their ads but iPods are basically expected to last a year or two.
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>>I wonder when will MP3 players catch up with these larger capacities. They still seem to be hung up at 2 Gbytes. My children have Zens and the way they treat them and the words disc drive make me wonder they work as long as they do.
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>> >Verbatim announced a 12 GB USB drive that will retail for $179. I think it will available in the next month or so. It's a 1 inch by 3 inch drive. So it will still fit in your pocket.
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>>>>http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=4f59
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>>>>Soon be able to back up everything on these
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>>>>Nick