Which is better to get: an ipod or an mp4 player?

[Good Will Riker]

Which is better to get: an ipod or an mp4 player?

 

[Hermiod]

An iPod is an MP4 player.

 

[trekkiedane]

The name MP4 player is a Chinese marketing term for portable media players that comply with certain standards and formats. The name itself is a technical misnomer, since most MP4 players are incompatible with the MPEG-4 Part 14 or the .mp4 container format. Instead, the term symbolizes their status as successors of MP3 players. [

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But as there is a hack that makes ipods play FLAC files that would be my choice -if I'll ever need another portable music device