Stone Beats Shuffle

Ars has a review of some alternatives to the iPod Shuffle. The two he looks at are the Sansa Express and the Creative Stone. I'm a fan of SanDisk's MP3 players, and would probably recommend the Express, though I admit I've never used it. Based on his review, the Stone looks pretty good too, for what it is. I thought it was funny that he questions how it can be $40 less than the Shuffle. I don't think there's really any mystery there at all. Apple like to mark their prices up to way more than is justifiable. All of their products are like this, and the Shuffle is no exception. People make the case that the iPod costs more due to the UI and such. The Shuffle, though, lacks any of this. Push a button, play a song. That's all it does. Somehow, to the idiots of the world, that is worth 80 bucks.