I remember my friend had the Archos Jukebox. I remember thinking it was the greatest thing ever because it could hold 20GB of music.

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The iPod in 2001 brought more headphone wanderers into the fold with its monolithic success, but for many, it's not the musical companion of choice. Some of our readers' submissions took the 'portable music player' topic a little loosely, but here are some of our favorites.

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http://www.wired.com/gadgets/portablemusic/multimedia/2008/11/gallery_music_players

The irony being that 90% of the people who contributed to that have iPods...

I love how its now becoming cool to NOT like iPods.  

It should actually be titled favorite portable music players.

I don't it has anything to do with not liking iPods. There was a time when the iPod was not the best MP3 player and I have fond memories of the past memory players I used. Some of them to this day have features that I wish the iPod had.

I think there's always been a trend against iPods from electronic geeks. Not sure if it's bigger now or before. I used to hate the iPod because I didn't feel it was the best MP3 player but everyone in NYC seemed to have one. I don't follow electronics like I used to but I think the iPod probably is the best MP3 player out there.

I love my ipod.