| I already have a 2-3yo creative zen 40gb MP3 player, and whilst I think that it is a lot better than the ipods that were available at the time it can't do quite what I want, and AFAIK neither will the newer ones. The key elements of these things is that they are battery powered and that they incorporate a card reader, meaning that they are completely self contained devices that you can use to copy the contents off a memory card so that the card can be reused. A laptop/PC/Mac is not needed to work them. They are also small enough to pop in your hand baggage without worrying about weight, packing etc etc.
I was thinking that with one of these devices I could wait till I got home from holiday and then sort out the pictures. However if they are too expensive/unreliable then it's either a fistful of memory cards or a laptop. I would rather not go the laptop route as I already have one, but it isn't really up to the job due to weight/disk space/age. A new, lighter, faster one with more capacity would set me back the best part of £1,000. The fistful of memory cards is a viable option, but as I have more than one camera, and they different kinds of cards then if the price is right one of these things becomes a viable alternative.
(BTW I do quite like the new creative mp3 players, but they don't really offer much in the way of extras over my current model)  |