Thinking about getting a new iPod?  Why is that?  Did your old one break, causing you to stumble upon the poor customer service at Apple?  Chances are, your iPod conveniently broke just after the 1 year warranty expired.  Darn!  Why didn’t you upgrade to the 2 year warranty?? Well, because it cost $60 and I thought the stupid thing was going to keep working longer than a year.  Yeah, we all did.  Well, that one is gone, and it’s time to get a new one.  Hopefully you backed up your music, photos, and videos on your computer.

So the question is, are you going to stick with Apple?  Are their products superior enough to warrant the sky-high prices, fragile products and poor service?  I mean, if the product is going to break in a year anyway, maybe you should spring for a competitors product that is significantly cheaper.

One of these alternatives is the Taidian M66 HD MP5 Player.  This product plays MP3, WMA, APE, and FLAC audio files, and RM, RMVB, FLV, AVI(compatible with DIXV, XVID, and MPEG4) DAT, WMV, and MPG video formats.  It also comes with a USB port and cable that allows high speed data transfer from your computer to your new MP5 player.  This means, assuming you did backup your music and video library, it will be accessible on your Taidian MP5 player almost immediately.  This player features a 5.0″, high resolution, color screen, and 8GB memory capacity that is competitive with the iPod touch.  In addition, it comes with a TV-out cable that allows you to view stored videos on your TV screen.  Was your iPod able to do that?

This product comes with the same 1 year warranty that your iPod did.  However, it costs just over $100 brand new.  Rather than submitting to the strangle hold that Apple has on the portable player market, consider the benefits offered by competitors.  You might be surprised by what you find.