It costs roughly as much as an iPod Nano. And promises to fill a void that Apple's music player left behind, too.

Testing the best MP3 players is no trivial matter ... So, yes, they do far more than storing and playing lossy MP3 files from iTunes – much as I still love my old iPod Classic.

Today, every smartphone is a portable media player; however, prior to the smartphone explosion in the 2007-2012 time frame, a variety of handheld players were available to store and play music.

At this point, there are really only two major players in the high-end portable music space: Astell & Kern and Sony (where the Walkman brand still lives on). We've used earlier versions of each ...

Explore the best dedicated Bluetooth mp3 players, and find out why my favorite portable music player with a touchscreen is an ...