Sound quality was average at best. Bass levels were where they should be, but more complex songs (like a classical piece) sounded tinny and hollow.
The Opal also includes digital voice and line-in recording, which is a nice addition to a 2GB player that, at $70, is priced less than most.
A bump up in design and capacity over the Shuffle, the iPod Nano is designed for the person who doesn't care about video, and wants a nice screen but a slender design. With capacities of 2 GB to 8GB and prices ranging from $149 to $249, the following players have one tough competitor.
Creative Zen V Plus
The first thing that struck me about the Creative Zen V Plus was its vivid OLED display. For such a small screen, the viewing angle is superb and choosing a song in the dark is made even easier with the light-up buttons to the right of the navigation joystick. Much like its competitors, the player is loaded with useful extras like video playback, voice recording, and FM radio, but its small navigation joystick is difficult to use, and to be honest, it just seems cheap.
  Creative Zen V Plus |
Although the company was probably going for the clean look, it would have been nice to see more buttons on the face instead of the sides, as this set-up made it far more difficult to navigate the player than it should have been.
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