Frontier Labs NEX Ia

Advantages Small & long battery life
Disadvantages small buttons and a complicated file structure

...The Nex iA is a well priced player and although may not be top notch in sound quality or features, is very successful I providing value for money. -Physical Size- The player itself is quite small, even with its fabric case on, allowing it to easily fit into a pocket. It makes use of its space in the positioning of buttons and sockets etc. in easy to access area. Despite its fairly small size, it is not small enough to easily loose and can fit comfortably into your hand. It is however heavy for its size, largely due to being powered by 2 AA batteries. It is made from a strong white plastic which could look cheap but protects it well from scratches. It also has a tendency to look like a cheap ipod. -Features & Storage- The player itself supports MP3 and WMA format, with OGG being introduced in an update. The playback depends... Read review

Advantages Uses compact flash cards for storage.
Disadvantages Larger and heavier than some mp3 players.

.... Frontier Labs also do a non-"plus" model, but for the few extra pounds the "plus" model is more worthwhile. Another model is the NEXKube, which is a bit smaller and only costs £39.00, but has no LCD display.... Read review

Advantages Very small for Data Capacity, Fast Transfer Rate
Disadvantages Drains Batteries, Moving parts

...carefully, and once sort of there it on my desk while still in the card reader, and it still goes fine. The problem with these small disks is that of course they need small motors too, and these in turn do use up a lot more power than solid state memory. This is noticeable, were in my mp3 player the battery is stated to last twice as long with a CF card rather than a Microdrive. The next best thing of all is that you needn’t pay £175 for one of these; you can, as I did, get one for only £139 with an mp3 player! You need to look for the NEX IA+ by Frontier Labs, it’s a great little player suited perfectly to the drive. I think there may however, be some issues with the drive’s compatibility in camera’s, when I tried it in my friend’s Cannon Powershot A75 the card did not fit as it was too deep for the slot, so I’m not too sure what... Read review