Last night I spent a fair amount of time researching MP3 players, as I fancied one for my birthday, which is later this month.  For some time I have quite liked the look of the Philips SA3115, which has a very respectable 1GB of memory and an enormous colour screen.  However, there were other factors to consider beyond the MP3 player itself.  The thing is, I currently play pretty much all my music through my computer, so the need for an MP3 player is somewhat redundant.  The only time I would need an MP3 player is in the car, which raises problems of its own.

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