MP3(Not mera phela phela pyar) Selection

Music is smt which is very difficult to resist now. From our doodwallas to paperwallas to our dudes, all now days can be seen with a white or a black lace, lurking from thr neck. While travelling to office or sitting generally, MP3 palyer is becoming kind of O2 for ears now. But it require susbtancial amount of investment , as this is the thing for youngsters most of them r in thr starting age of earning money...
I also brought one mp3 few days back. what i got in time span when i m searching for brand , price listing, quality, factors which i shld look over while selecting MP3, i m shaping all these in words.
1. Battery life: a common mp3 takes 2-2.5 hr to charge and run for 7- 10 hr. this is the most imp thing which used to get detiriorate as time passes away. apple got best battery. sony and philips also quite good. recently sony launched W series of mp3 , in which initially 3 min charge will allow mp3 to run for 90 min. it take 1.5 hr, to charge completely, can run for 10 hr.charing is done by lappy mostly now, but can take charger whose cost starts from 100 to 600.

2. Size: Mostly Mp3 is used while gyming, running or in bus , car, so it require to be put in pocket sufficiently. philips and sony has bigger mp3 , apple's mp3 is quite nice. recently philips launced a small mp3 also.

3. Quality: Quality is in terms of keys, sound, display (if any), Warranty also. Keys quality can be checke by pressing it again and again if one feels thr is some loose connections then better to opt for some other piece. Sound can be detected by putting hands on ears as earpiece is in ear, this will avoid noise distraction, if some one feel some disturbance, then just reject it.put sound volume at high as well as low to check speaker intensity. Display can be detected by taking one point in mind that u have to use in daylight also so is colur combo is such like that u can see things in sun light or not. in shops environment is completely different. See for warranty card also.

4.Price: A imp factor from which we have to trade off the quality. first of all on net we can't get whole info on a single site. most famous brand is philips, apple,sony but thr r other also like gemini, sensui, sandisk,samsung , creative, transend etc. Getting thr info is quite difficult so search differnt sites on net. acc to myknowledge price starts from 500 of gemini in which no memory is thr and we have to use memory card which cost around 200 so overall it comes of 700. ranges goes to 15000 for high end. http://www.techtree.com/India/Guides/MP3_Players_Pricelist_July_06/551-74629-586-4.html
This is one source of knowledge.

5. Start purchasing: Just dont give one day for it, but visit it 2 -3 days and then take some de cision. initially aee the best apple , pjilips, sony , see it , feel it. Then if ur price range is lower, then say to different peoples to search for various companies in thr surrounding. and then take their feel and compare it with best quality and then trade off between different things.

Feeling is quite important thing while buying a MP3 b/c feeling is always difficult to feel.

Cheers...
P.S. : Give comment if u find some more thing to be look upon while buyin MP3.