Also, since they are using their own music player you cannot import tunes into iPod. Right now, only music purchased through iTunes store can be downloaded directly to iPod. It’s weird but since there’s no universal format for mp3 players at this time, you have to use whatever player is support by a particular music retailer.

If you want to make your music portable, you can simply burn them onto a CD. Of course, they also have all other excellent features you would expect from Wal-Mart, which is that they sell everything and at a great price.

Check back often as we continue to track Wal-Mart music service. Hopefully they’ll partner with one of commercial mp3 player companies in near future and give you opportunity to download your files to a portable mp3 player.

Overall, a great store with great musical selection. Very modern and up to date music catalog.

The best mp3 players will include as much functionality as possible inside case of media player itself. If you need to do frequent memory upgrades as you add more tunes, then perhaps you should go ahead and buy one with a large hard drive even though you will have more space than you would need. You also want to consider life of battery.

Are you going to be using your media player in frequent short spurts like driving in car or while you’re outside jogging? Then design of machine is a bit more important because you have a greater chance of dropping or scratching mp3 player.

If you plan to use it for six hours per day while doing chores and other tasks, then battery life and sound quality is important. You don’t want to stop playing music every couple of hours and you don’t to hear bad versions of really good songs in your ear.