i owned the old version of the studio-V and it died on me twice-- first time it died is when i bought it after ~3 months with headphone jack problems. it got immediately replaced and it completely died a month after the warranty got expired. the problem with the second one is that it got bricked after putting few new songs from the studio V microsd/internal drive and rebooting it after not putting any songs for a long time.

dx100 UI can be pretty confusing from the start, but once anyone uses it for a while, it is much better to navigate through. same experience i had when i come from creative zen changing to a cowon pmp which took me more than one week to navigate it properly, then moving to ipod and rockbox UI which took me a few days as well, then hisoundaudio UI which is pretty easy and simple about 15mins, then to the nasty T51 UI which is until now i am still abit confused on how to navigate to it properly, to a dx100 about a few days as well because it has too many things that it can do.

currently waiting for my F807 and i hope our corrupt customs did not keep it from themselves because i was supposed to receive it last monday lol

I know it's just Apple, but does anyone else really like the form factor of the current iPod Nano? If I could have that in 64gb with a SD slot and digital out I'd buy it instantly.

I know it's just Apple, but does anyone else really like the form factor of the current iPod Nano? If I could have that in 64gb with a SD slot and digital out I'd buy it instantly.

I have the previous-gen Nano, the small square ones. It's tiny, so it's convenient for when I'm snowboarding or biking and just put on a playlist. Ergonomically, it's hard to navigate the UI because I need something with more length to hold onto.

That's why *I* love the form factor of the new Nano as well. If I didn't have mine, I'd buy one for "active use". Who knows, I lose the little damn thing all the time, so it may be sooner than later that I upgrade.

With that said, I know a lot of people think that Apple missed the boat with the latest iPod Nano. People were already wearing the previous-gen ones like a watch because it was so small, so the natural evolution would be to add some sync/alert/mirroring capabilities with the iPhone (ala Pebble Smartwatch).

But as it is now, it's priced a bit too high and is lacking features. For only $50 more, you could get an iPod Touch with the same capacity that can do LOTS more than the Nano can.

I think the main thing is that the old one was difficult to navigate around. It was more like a shuffle than anything else. That's why I liked the increased size. Should be decent enough to navigate, but not cumbersome. I have a last generation touch so I won't be getting it, but just wishful thinking for a simple player with digital out and decent size mixed with Apple's build quality. Guess if that actually happened it'd cost $500 or something.

Speaking of iRiver, does anybody know what the deal is with this thing?