ipod, HD3 or the PSP

 I missed my chance to import an iPod this week and it seems that it was for the better only... I have two other options...

 

The Sony HD3. It is not only smaller than the iPod, but also with a longer battery life. It plays protected Artrac from the Sony Music Connect stores and mp3's. The Mp3's have a wrapper which prevents you from copying the mp3 files to other computers.

 

The PlayStation Portable. Strictly speaking not a mp3 player, but it looks like such a dream... and at 200 USD it's an absolute steal. I figure I can live with about a 1 gigs worth of music at a time (the memory stick for this is quite expensive though.

 

Will have to wait a bit though... By then Apple would have launched the next slim line of iPods... and that will make things really really difficult. :)

 

But Sony will be launching the HD3 sometime next year, so at least I'll be assured of support in India which is not available for any other player on the market.

 

Decisions, decisions