For better or for worse, MP3 player manufacturers are tripping over themselves to add touch-screen navigation to their portable MP3 and video players in an effort to compete with Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch . Whether it’s the integrated Bluetooth of the Samsung P2 , or the full Opera Web browser of the Archos 605 WiFi , these iPod Touch competitors have more to offer than discounted prices and pretty looks. Apple on Tuesday shuffled (har, har) its lineup of matchbook-size digital music players, announcing a new iPod Shuffle with double the storage space and slashing the price of its 1GB models to AU$65. In the same week that Apple doubled the capacity of its iPod Touch to 32GB, Creative has taken the odd step of releasing a 2GB version of its Zen MP3 player. Apple Computer shuffled in new iPod Mini and iPod Photo music players and dropped prices on some models. SanDisk hopes to grab a slice of the flash MP3 player market back from Apple when it releases its Sansa music players on Friday. Read more

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