Wolverine vs. Ipod. Ipod gets sliced and diced.

I saw this media player by accident while looking into an ipod. I was having a hard time deciding between the ipod and a Creative Zen Vision (the big one) because both had many negative reviews online.

While at my local Fry's I see it there. I asked the guys there about it and nobody could tell me about it. So I called my brother to look up some user reviews online and they were all positive.

This was enough for me to buy it and take it home. I wasn't planning on opening it until I researched it myself. After finding nothing but positive reviews, I took a chance and opened the package.

This thing is awesome!
I don't own an Ipod, but can give you some differences between them after researching both.

With this media player you do not need special software like Itunes. It is read like an external hard drive on your system because it is an external hard drive. If you have Windows XP or Mac OS 10.1 you don't even need to install drivers. This was a big plus for me. I don't like idea of having extra software on my computer.

You can drag and drop files straight onto the player. You can even add non-media files like text files, etc.

The device supports 7 media cards as well. Ipod does not. You can take pictures on your digital camera and pop your card right in to either view or download. To get photos on Ipod, you need to add them through Itunes.

The MVP9060 even supports many Windows video formats as well as quicktime .mov files. With an ipod, you'll need to buy quicktime pro to convert videos to a usable format that Ipod can read.

The package was also complete with everything I need to get going. It comes with an ac power adapter. With Ipod, you have to charge through usb or buy an additional ac power charger. It comes with the wiring needed to view videos and photos on your TV. You have to buy those separate for Ipod as well.

The only bad thing I have to say is that the color was not a good choice. On the box it looks like a cheap "made in China" toy. Don't let that fool you, it is a wonderful player.

It's also a little bulky, but I couldn't care less. Good luck to you in finding a perfect media player.