Which USB mp3 player to purchase?

[Matthew Palmer]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 07:17:46PM -0600, Alligator wrote:
> A dilemma, I bought a LG - Ubuntu would not recognize it. Next a Sony
> walkman network, it works up to the point of pressing play "No Data", so
> Sony decodes mp3. What should I purchase that works?  I want a small
> device not an iPod, something around 512M. Tell me what works for you!

I've got an iRiver T30MX 1GB, and my wife has a Samsung YP-T6 1GB (see
http://www.hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog/general/my_new_love.html; it was mine
until she saw it, said "that's cute", and relieved me of it, so I bought the
iRiver).  They both have similar feature sets (1GB storage, OGG support,
microphone recording, takes an AAA battery, very small), but the Samsung
looks a bit cuter and has an FM radio function.

Both devices work beautifully under Ubuntu (in fact, that's all either of
them have ever known).

- Matt