# mp3 players with radios and recorders?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-players-with-radios-and-recorders/477084>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 14, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-players-with-radios-and-recorders/477084 "2008-12-14T03:38:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![gitfiddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-players-with-radios-and-recorders/477084/1 "2008-12-14T03:38:21Z")

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My wife’s purse was stolen a couple of days ago (right before we’re moving back to the U.S.), so for Christmas I might get her a new mp3 player. However, she wants one like mine (a Zen Vision:M) because it doubles as a voice recorder and a radio and has video playback. In doing some searches, though, I can’t find any other players that do the same thing. Ipods still don’t have voice and radio, do they? She really wants an ipod (because it’s a little thinner than mine), but with these extra capabilities. Just curious.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-players-with-radios-and-recorders/477084/2 "2008-12-14T04:30:12Z")

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I think that, nowadays, voice recording and FM radio are pretty standard on mp3 players, even the cheap ones. But I don’t have any familiarity with ipods, just other brands (like SanDisk and Creative).