for the last year or so i have been using a blackberry and have had to do without FM radio on my phone. it wasn’t a feature i used a lot, but enough to annoy me when it’s absent. i’ve never felt the need to get an MP3 player, in fact my camera and various other devices all offer this functionality and all remain unused, although the same radio programmes i want to hear when on the move are often available as podcasts. the other day i stepped from the car to catch a train whilst in the middle of a radio show that i wanted to hear. as i stood on the platform i contemplated downloading the podcast later that evening, finding where i’d got to etc. and i realised that it just shouldn’t be this way, and it didn’t have to be. so this is what i’ve bought. it looks like a nano, offers a sufficient (for my purposes) 1GB storage, FM radio, MP3, AMV, WAV, is a voice recorder. it has a 1.8 inch colour screen etc etc. it costs £14.
