Best portable MP3 player with a radio?

[galadrium]

I am going to be taking a trip with many long plane rides so I need an mp3 player with a built in radio too. Any ideas on a good player?

Thanks DU!

[AlCzervik]

1. I didnt know that had mp3 players with a radio.

I have a mini ipod if you are looking for something really small, it holds 1,000 song, no radio though.

[Not Me]

2. I have an iRiver 256meg unit that also has fm...

It works okay...but they ripped me off -- after 1 year I am still waiting for a $20 rebate. (They claim I never sent the proof of purchase barcode...I know I did.) I will never buy one of their products again.

Actually, I am very disinclined to buy anything with a mail-in rebate.

[Salviati]

3. I've got an Iriver Ihp-120...

It's got a built in radio (fm only) I have very few complaints about it, nothing that won't be fixed in the next (and unfortunately delayed, that being one of the complaints...) firmware upgrade. It's worth taking a look at it to be sure.


http://www.iriver.com/index.asp

If you're not looking looking for a hard drive player, I believe they also sell flash models with fm tuners

[SnowGoose]

4. on-the-fly playlists in firmware upgrade?

Say,

would you happen to know if the newest firmware upgrade will include on-the-fly playlists? It seems so silly not to include that function.

[Salviati]

7. I believe that it is supposed to

This is from a post on the iriver site detailing what should be in the next two firmware upgrades:

Release approx. end of July - early August

1. On the Fly delete
2. On the Fly format
3. Playback Speed Control
4. Gapless Playback
5. Unicode support in DB
6. Ogg Vorbis support for DB
7. Hebrew support
8. Sub directory support in TXT folder
9. Enhanced Shuffle Mode
10. Tag support updated
11. 6 (display) Line Lyric support
12. A bug that in the remote when NAVI button was used in the Playlist is now fixed
13. Programmable On the Fly Playlist
14. LCD Screen Bug in Radio Mode fixed
15. Reduced Noise on the LCD Screen while using remote
16. External Battery support
17. Japanese file support updated

Release approx. October

1. Volume Control in Record Mode
2. Recording without the infamous "pauses"
3. Mono recording support
4. SAD Support
5. Auto Sync Support
6. Korean menu support

This is a translation from the Korean iriver webpage, so errors in the translation might exist. Please note that the release dates are not 100% set and might be changed.

[LoZoccolo]

5. Radios are cheap.

I would even consider buying one seperately. It's gotta be like $10 for some of them. I wouldn't take a compromise on what mp3 player is the best just to get a radio with it.

[galadrium]

6. good point. Thanks.