NY Times review and slide show of waterproof MP3 players
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Full article:
www.nytimes.com/.../20080403_PHYS_SLIDESHOW_index.html
By SARAH BOWEN SHEA
The New York Times
"SOME swimmers joke that the only way to fight the boredom of laps is to get a good song stuck in their heads. The first generation of waterproof MP3 players didn’t always offer sweet distraction, because the devices held too few songs and sometimes shorted out in water.
Now that second-generation MP3 players offer better technology, fitness swimmers can listen to Maroon 5 and the Bravery instead of recreating a song in their heads....
.....To gauge the feasibility of listening to music in the pool, Katie McClelland, 31, a swimmer with Dallas Aquatics Masters who has broken two FINA world records for amateur adults in *** stroke, tried four waterproof players and one case-headphone combo. “When I swim by myself,” she said, 'I could use the entertainment.'”
Slideshow:
#1: AQUAPAC MP3 CASE AND WATERPROOF HEADPHONES
#2: FINIS SWIMP3 V.2
#3: SPEEDO AQUABEAT
#4: NU TECHNOLOGY DOLPHIN 1GB WATERPROOF MP3 PLAYER
#5: INTOVA 256MB WATERPROOF MP3 PLAYER
It is really silly they missed the waterproofed genuine Shuffle sold here. This is a retail iPod shuffle modified to be waterproof. No bulky cases. Nothing different about how it works or handles music downloads.
I'd like to hear from someone who has gone this route. I really enjoy my shuffle and ipod, and if I heard some good reviews I'd be tempted to get my shuffle waterproofed. I'm curious about what it feels like swimming with headphones in your ears, and also if it all stays in place when sprinting or doing flipturns.
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It is really silly they missed the waterproofed genuine Shuffle sold here. This is a retail iPod shuffle modified to be waterproof. No bulky cases. Nothing different about how it works or handles music downloads.
I'd like to hear from someone who has gone this route. I really enjoy my shuffle and ipod, and if I heard some good reviews I'd be tempted to get my shuffle waterproofed. I'm curious about what it feels like swimming with headphones in your ears, and also if it all stays in place when sprinting or doing flipturns.
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