Transcend recently introduced a new addition to its successful line of T.sonic MP3 players – the T.sonic 615. Based on the popular design of Transcend’s best-selling T.sonic 610, the new T.sonic 615 boasts familiar good looks and an extremely lightweight compact design. The T.sonic 615 has a lustrous pearl-white casing and a brilliant dual-color OLED display that is easy to read from any angle, even in broad daylight. As a high capacity (up to 4GB) portable music player, the T.sonic 615 allows for storage of up to 1000 songs, and on a full charge provides 15 hours of seamless music entertainment.

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You know MP3 players have reached critical mass when they reached a disposable price of $8.50. The AAA battery powered DN-2000 is a basic no-frills player, no screen and no memory. The player has an SD slot where you can add your own memory up to 1GB.

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The Sony NWZ-A820 Walkman MP3 player series offers high-quality music, photo, and video playback, along with built-in Bluetooth audio streaming, EX-style earphones, and phenomenal battery life.

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The Sony MDR-AS50G Active Headphones feature an innovative design that spirals down for easy, compact storage, and it helps to ensure a secure fit. The modular cable is ideal for fitness and portable applications. The sound quality is good, and the price is fair.

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If you have a cheap generic flash MP3 player with a voice recording feature, you can mod it to accept a standard microphone. Great for lo-fi podcasting. First open it up. Inside you’ll probably find something like this:

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During the early days of the iPod, Mac planned to create a bulletproof case for the iPod. I’m not sure if the bulletproof iPod made it’s way to the market or not. Bulletproof iPod? Ever heard of it before?

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These are the top flash-based MP3 players today, but ratings and rankings can change quickly due to pricing and technology changes.

1. Creative ZEN

Built-in Capacity: 32GB
Screen Size (inches): 2.5
Voice Recording: Yes
FM tuner: Yes
Video Support: Yes
Photo Support: Yes
Price: $300

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Last year in Orlando, Samsung’s UpStage was one of the biggest announcements of the CTIA show. And this year in Las Vegas, Samsung may have done it again. Today the company announced the Samsung Instinct SPH-M800, which will land at Sprint this summer. The Instinct looks a lot like a certain cell phone from Apple, but Sprint (thankfully) isn’t positioning it as an iPhone killer. Rather, a Sprint spokeswoman called it just an iPhone competitor. We’re not quite sure what to make of that, either.

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Following in the steps of the much-hyped (and deservedly so) 20GB H320, the 5GB H10 is the first microdrive player from iRiver to be widely available. Joining the microdrive mania later in the game, the iRiver H10 truly outclasses the competition in the features department, with a built-in FM tuner, a voice recorder, a photo-friendly color screen, and a removable battery. Plus, it’s Janus compatible out of the box. However, its controls aren’t as intuitive as they look, and battery life was disappointing.

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There was a gap that needed to be filled in the Sansa product line in between the Clip and the View. This gap was filled by the Fuze with a bigger screen, more capacity, and a memory slot compared to the Clip; but it wasn’t quite the flagship as the View with a lower resolution screen, smaller size, smaller capacities, and weaker video playback abilities.

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