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The Ipod may have overtaken the Karma in terms of capacity (the Karma had 20gb three years ago!) but not in terms of features and sound. But of course I had to get an Ipod (Graduation gift) because they just have too many accessories and has become the new standard. It is hard to find cases, special speakers, cool skins, and specially designed accesories. The only downside to the Karma is the fact that you need a special drivers and software (don't you always? except for flash players)and can't use it as a mass storage device for files. Which is good for 20 gigs, to have a more organized way to select what you are looking for. The Karma lets you select playlists, artist, and tracks, etc by letter. When You have over 100 artists never mind tracks, the Ipod you have to use the scroll wheel to go down to an artist like 'Whitney Houston' or 'Xzbit,' it could take a while before the speed sensor kicks in and sppeeds up the process. Sometimes there is a pause between tracks that takes awa y from the artists intent. It gives the music a rdio station, club or party feel, as opposed to a pause between songs. Cross fade is a nice feature that lets the player start one sng while fading out another.

Conversely I have a friend that listens to audio books that wishes to turn the cross fade off but can't. What I love about the Karma is the fact that you can toggle crossfade easily from the player as opposed to having to use Itunes and then not having it crossfade at all. With a flashplayer, you just drag and drop, without waiting for it to sync, compress, or convert formats. It was a much cheaper alternative to the Ipod.Compared to flashplayers, they both have cumbersome software to get the songs on the player. I have both the Karma and the Ipod Photo.

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