So, apparently, I'm having a bad week.
A couple of months ago, I wrote a few posts evaluating a bunch of the MP3 players on the market, because I was debating about what I was going to replace my current MP3 player with. What I have right now is about 4 years old, which in electronics, is ancient. But it has a jog-wheel, which is a must-have feature for me, that isn't offered on any current MP3 player.
The landscape in players hasn't changed much in the past 6 months. iPod is still the king, and nothing on the market has a jog-wheel. iPod definitely has the best fast-forward/rewind flexibility, but they unfortunately implemented it in a way that I couldn't possibly use in a car, without looking at the player (I want a device that I can easily operate without having to look at it, so that I can use it while I am driving -- that ends up meaning that it should have dedicated volume buttons, too).
A little while ago, I dropped my MP3 player, and the jog-wheel broke, but I decided to try to limp along with it for another few months. Now, the power button is flaky. So, I can only turn it on or off by pushing it about 100 times, and hoping that one of them takes. So, my temporary solution is to leave it on all of the time and carry around my A/C adapter everywhere I go, so that I can keep the battery charged. Obviously, this is a problem that I'm going to have to solve soon, so I guess that I am going to have to buy something in the very near future.
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