The PSP doesn't begin to replace an iPod. It doesn't even try. It looks like a fantastic PVP, but it's an awful MP3 player. It's gigantic!!! Not to mention that the iPod has this little thing inside called a hard drive. I've got a relatively small one and it's got a 30 GB capacity.
Now I'd love to have a PSP, more for the games -- I can already play DIVX on my cellphone/pocket pc -- but you fanboys are grasping at straws here.
I love iPod haters. They're so funny. They actually convince themselves that a product -- one that is beyond argument the best in its market by a long shot -- sucks. Not just that it's not the best, but that it's "lame." And by the way, some Subway riders do other things like, walk, drive, cook, run, lift weights, and a million other things that actually require them to make their eyes and hands available for other things. I'm sure those subway riders with their iPods and blank stares would be perfectly happy to own a PSP in addition to their iPods. They just don't. The two aren't mutually exclusive.
Ummm I believe any creative hard drive based player blows an ipod out of the water when it comes to sound quality. In fact I have even converted two ipod owners to the creative line of mp3 players.
http://www.mp3.com/iPod+Mini+vs.+Zen+Micro/stories/1149.htmlhttp://gear.ign.com/articles/520/520463p1.html"One of Creative's trademarks has always been sound quality. The Touch features the same 97dB SNR as its forebears, so you can rest assured that your MP3s (or WAVs) will sound as good as they can"
http://gear.ign.com/articles/503/503034p3.html"The iPod did not. I was under whelmed by the iPod's sound. It lacked the all around definition I enjoyed with MiniDisc. I ran a test which revealed too much. I took a CD track, ripped it in WAV, 320kbps, 256kbps, 192kbps, and 128kbps. I also recorded the track to MiniDisc (in SP mode, which is roughly 160kbps ATRAC) optically from my Mini System. I enjoy bass in my music, so I set the EQ on the iPod to Loudness (I also tried Bass Boost and Hip-Hop, both resulted in too much distortion at higher levels, on ALL the tracks) and my Sony MZ-R900 to Setting 2 (max bass). The sound from the MiniDisc was consistently better than the iPod on all fronts, even the WAV file, which is when I knew something was wrong. When a compressed file sounds better than the original WAV file, the difference in sound quality has to be attributed to the unit. This isn't to say the iPod sounds bad, it just doesn't sound that good. MiniDisc is known for its great sound quality, but I was disappointed by the iPod's sound. I understand that I am an audiophile and that the bass problem is one most of you wont have, but overall, the iPod doesn't sound that good. Distortion was prevalent with almost every EQ, and that was on WAV files, not MP3. Mike has always written that the iPod sounded the worst of all the HDD players, and I can verify it's true. The iPod doesn't sound as good or as loud as the iRiver iHP-1xx, period. I tested many songs encoded in mp3 and WAV, and the iPod just doesn't sound as good as the iRiver (with or without an EQ). It suffers from more distortion, and doesn't sound as rich and full as the iRiver's. The average consumer will probably be fine, but anyone who cares for the fidelity of music will be less than enthused. The iPod is very loud though, 15mW per channel. In the end, I found the iPod's audio fidelity to be below my standards, most people, however, will not."
And when it comes to audio that is my field I have been working on audio for film and television for the past 15 years. True audiophiles wont even use a mp3 player as a door stop.
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