Good Portable MP3 Player for Ubuntu?

[Nick Webb]

On 3/4/07, Steve Furbish <sfurbish at nerdshack.com> wrote:
> Nick,
>
> If all you want is audio playback then I highly recommend the Cowon
> IAudio U3.
>
> http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/u3/
>
> Shows up on Ubuntu as a removable drive and handles about every type of
> audio file you might want. I don't know if it'll do the full 20 hours of
> playtime that it claims as I've never gone more than 12 hrs in a
> sitting, but it does have great sound and is pretty easy to use. I've
> got the 4G version but I don't use video because that screen is really
> small.
>
> Steve

Thanks Steve,

Will the U2/U3 also recharge via USB or do you have to use the
additional power adapter?  It's great that these players support ogg
and FLAC.

Nick