[semi-OT] mobile OGG - player recommendation?

[Todd Slater]

On 12/4/06, Kristian Rink <kristian at zimmer428.net> wrote:
> Folks;
>
> looking for a slim, usable, portable music player to have some noise
> handy whenever "on the road". Requirements:
>
> - needs to be capable of playing OGG, MP3 (and possibly FLAC?);
> - a maximum of 2 GB memory (that should suffice for my needs);
> - flash-memory, no hard drive;
> - decent battery lifetime using "conventional" batteries/ rechargeables;
> - Linux compatibility (usb-storage preferred).
>
>
> Does anyone around here own a device like that and can recommend
> spending money on it? :)

I have a Samsung YP-MT6Z. This is likely discontinued by now, but it
is very nice and runs forever on a single AA battery. 1GB holds more
than enough of my oggs encoded at -q3.

My only complaint is that it's not so "slim," it's actually kinda fat.

Todd