Apple iPod Touch vs. Samsung P3

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Apple iPod Touch vs. Samsung P3

JUDGES: Donald Bell, Jasmine France, Brian Tong

iPod Touch

Samsung P3

Apple's iPod Touch is one of highest-rated MP3 players on CNET, but it's also one of the most expensive, starting at $230. That's a lot of money to drop on an MP3 player, especially when a touch-screen competitor like the Samsung P3 delivers many of the same features as the Touch, for about $80 less. The price difference is dramatic, but it's unclear whether the Touch is suffering from an inflated ego, or the P3's price is too good to be true.

To determine which of these touch-screen, music- and video-playing portable beauties is really worth your time and money, we've subjected each device to five rounds of criticism from three of our toughest judges. So let's stretch those fingers, and break out the good headphones, because the battle of CNET's top touch screen media players is about to begin.

About the judges

Donald Bell is a CNET senior editor, a Zune user, and the guy who gave the iPod Touch an Editors' Choice Award, which makes him an ideal punching bag for opinionated CNET readers.

Jasmine France is a senior associate editor for digital audio at CNET. Of the seemingly endless array of products that pass through her hands, only the strong survive.

Brian Tong is an editor and host of Prizefight on CNET TV. He's currently shifting himself from iTunes to the Amazon Music Store.