Best MP3 Players - 2 to 4 inch Screen Size, Battery Level On Screen Display, MPEG-1 Video Format

'The E-Series Walkman has a lower rated battery life than before, and there's still no podcast support. '

'No podcast support .'

'the touchscreen isn’t great.'

'somewhat mundane interface'

'I had trouble even finding suitable video to use for my tests: The device supports only certain .avi files and variants of Windows Media (.wmv) files.'

'The main issue is the control pad--it's just bad.'

'Sluggish UI.'

'The video was grainy and exhibited poor contrast, and bright colors--especially yellow--appeared blotchy and badly pixelated.'

'an inconvenient two-line-and-a-brick-style power adapter.'

'Creative Labs second iteration of their portable media player, the Zen Vision, follows in the footsteps of their Zen Portable Media Center, which failed miserably when it was introduced.'

'The Creative Zen only comes in black, the control pad feels cheap'

'It is a little uncomfortable to use the interface'

'The Cowon A3 isn't the slimmest or lightest portable video player we've seen'

'The A3 is big'

'short battery life'

'It's heavy'

'Bulky.'

'scrolling through fullscreen images - especially those big Raw files - caused a real lag that soon became frustrating.'