e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

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I picked up a Nitrus 1.5GB for $119 after rebates a couple of weeks back. For my purposes, the form-factor and capacity are perfect. It fits in the pocket and you don't even know it is there. The capacity blows away flashed based players and the form-factor kills the larger HDD players for carrying around, especially during physical activities.

I previously had a larger HDD player for when I wanted a lot of songs and a flash based player for on the go and running. Now the Nitrus does both. Most of the larger HDD players will skip when you jog or during other physical activities, the Nitrus never misses a beat. I have been snowboarding with it for 2 weeks and it worked great. Plus it gets about 16 hrs per charge.

It has a neat synchronization feature that allows for easy updates/swapping out the music and it will automatically check for new firmware. The only thing it is lacking is on-the-fly playlist creation.

If Cornice is going to increase capacity and hold price points, these will be the players to have.