The iPod touch features a roomy 8cm screen, built-in wireless and a slick touchscreen interface ($299 for 8 Gbytes, $399 for 16 Gbytes; apple.com). Samsung’s YP-P2 features its own 7.6cm widescreen touch-controlled display and stereo Bluetooth for wireless listening. But with only 8 Gbytes and no expansion slot, storage runs out quickly ($200 for 4 Gbytes, $250 for 8 Gbytes; samsung.com). At 6cm, SanDisk’s Sansa View screen is as small as we’d go. But it does claim to have the longest battery life—seven hours for video versus five for the others ($150 for 8 Gbytes, $200 for 15 Gbytes; sandisk.com). Archos’s 605 WiFi sports an 11cm screen, huge storage and pop-out kickstand. Built-in Wi-Fi allows you to buy videos wirelessly. One drawback: downloads can take hours ($300 for 30 Gbytes, $400 for 160; archos.com). But at least you’ll have a great video library.
