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I don't understand why people are dismissing ipods because they are "common" or "popular". I hear TVs and computers are pretty popular things nowadays too... better not buy one or you'll be another conformist!
I had my first Nano 2nd gen for 6 months and despite dropping it a couple of times (once a 5ft drop onto concrete), it still worked perfectly. I wanted something a bit bigger though and got an 8GB Nano 2nd gen to which the first thing I did was get water all inside it putting on my bestskinsever skin and to date that's still working fine also.
So I mean like maybe you were unlucky your Nano copped out on you?
But anywho if you want to watch videos then it really depends if you want a hard drive based player or a flash player - personally I'm not keen on hard drive based players but if you wanted one an iPod video, Archos, Zen Vision M or W would be a good choice. As for flash based, well there are loads to choose from but the upcoming iriver W10 looks awesome (and to a lesser extent the Clix2).
I think a lot of people have seen so much of the ipod that its aesthetic style has become stale. I remember when ipod was released and it was the freshest, most innovative piece of tech on the market. That style has, unfortunately, become watered down over the years (for some people) as we've become accustomed to it.
I really like the design of the new iRiver stuff. Visually, I think they're the best around (more of a head-turner than any ipod) and if the memory capacity was larger I wouldn't hesitate to buy one. The w10 certainly does look like a cool bit of kit and I think that 8gb will probably be enough for me so I'll definitely be keeping my eye on that. Thanks
As for my decision to not go for another nano; its not based on any one reason. There's the aforementioned style-factor, then there's the matter of video playback and then there's my various negative experiences with ipods (however limited that may be). They are a good product, but there are so many others that deserve greater recognition from the more, shall we say, 'sheep-like' persons in our societies