Most MP3 players can be summed up in one word - small, pink, shiny, whatever (those words actually sound like the beginning of a joke I know). And the word for the MAX-IVY? Scratchproof. The casing is black magnesium, which promises to reject even the most determined of keys in your bag. It's got blue touch sensitive controls, and plays MP3, WMA, OGG and displays Jpegs. It'll even display lyrics of of .lrc files, although why you want to be singing along to a personal stereo is beyond me. It's available as a 1GB, 2GB or 4GB version, which costs £95, £119 and £169 respectively.
Product page: Maxfield
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