At the top of my list of gadgets to buy (hopefully before the year ends) is an mp3 player. Ever since my old trusty mp3 player got busted a few months back, I wasn’t able to recover from it anymore and buy myself another one. But of course it’s still on the list. The only thing that’s holding me back right now is my confusion on which player to buy.
The iPod is an option, of course, but it has gotten overrated, IMHO. I’ve been eyeing the pink Zen V Plus too, but something about it feels wrong. Hehe. Maybe the shade of pink. 
And then there’s the new pink i.Beat from TrekStor, and suddenly, my options got shaken up again.
Truth be told, I’m not so much into the specs, as long as I love its appearance. Say, you show me a cute pink laptop, I’d probably trade my MacBook for it. NOT!! Haha. But you do get what I’m saying, right? I’m un-geeky that way. Pfft.
The i.Beat p!nk by TrekStor is an interesting find. For only $79.99, you get yourself a pink mp3 player that carries features and specs that can match iPod or Creative. (Check out its product page.) I just don’t dig hollywood singer Pink’s signature at the back of the mp3 player as I am not really a fan of Pink. Oh well. There goes another pink gadget to die for.
More about this product after the jump.
* Playback functions
* Playable file formats: MP3, WMA, WAV, SMV
* For music purchased on the Internet: WMA-DRM9-compatible
* Movie player to play videos in SMV format
* Integrated stereo FM radio
* Folder navigation
* SRS WOW - Surround sound effects
* Hardware
* Sharp TFT display with 65.000 colors
* Maximum 2 GB - space for approx. 40 albums
* Powerful lithium-polymer battery (charged via the USB)
* Maximum operating period of approx. 10 hours (approx. 4 hours charging time)
* Integrated voice recorder to record notes
* High-quality aluminum/plastic housing
* Recording
* Directly record from radio (as WAV)
* Record voice from integrated voice recorder (as WAV)
* Programmable recording
* User interface
* ID3 tag display
* File name display
* Equalizer visualization
* Language of user interface can be selected
* Additional functions
* 8 equalizer settings and 5 repeat functions
* 20 radio station presets with automatic station search
* Picture viewer to display photographs in JPEG format, BMP format
* Slide-show function
* User-defined equalizer for individualized sound
* Shuffle function
* Resume function (continue where you stopped when the device was turned off)
* Files can be deleted directly on the player
* Digital clock
* Calendar
* Automatic shut-off with sleep timer function
* Connections
* Earphone jack
* Communication with the PC
* Fast data transfer
* Suitable for new Windows® Vista
* Suitable for Windows® 98(SE)¹ , ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac® OS X, Linux® from Kernel 2.6.x
* Mobile data storage device (”USB Stick Device”)
* Firmware update possible
* Software
* MAGIX MP3 Maker SE (software for music administration, podcasts, Web radio, and much more)
* SMV converter for various video formats
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