Writing for the Chicago Sun Times, Andy Ihnakto writes that all other portable MP3 players are held to iPod’s standard. Just as todays’ golfers are measured in relation to Tiger Woods. Ihnatko explores a few other also-rans from Nomad and SonicBlue, but concludes with the obvious; Apple’s product is the best. He also ponders what the iPod could become now that it has evolved into “an electronic wrapper for a database of content synchronized from your desktop.” Read on here.
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