Ten of the Best... iPod rivals

Flash colours? No thanks

SanDisk Sansa Clip

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If absolute compactness of design is what you are after, the Clip doesn't really put a foot wrong. It's small, light, easy to use and pumps out a decent enough sound, while the clip provides a simple and secure way of attaching the player to your person without making you look too much of a boob.

Reg Rating 88%
Price £25/$40 (1GB) £35/$60 (2GB) £49/$60 (4GB)

SanDisk Sansa Fuze

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SanDisk is excited by the idea that we'll soon all be hot-swapping our media from our phones to our cars to our hi-fi systems to our MP3 players. Maybe. In the meantime, we just like the idea of a small Flash-based MP3 player that sounds great and comes with the option to add a shedload of extra memory yet doesn't make us go poking about deep into the player's menu structure to find the content it holds, as we had to do with iRiver's E100.

Reg Rating 90%
Price £65/$80 (2GB) £75/$100 (4GB) £100/$130 (8GB)