Five great MP3 players with bookmarking

Perhaps most MP3 player owners never even have a use for bookmarking, but it's certainly a desirable feature for some--we've received more than a few reader e-mail messages asking for advice on which devices possess the ability to insert placeholders in audio tracks. Most users who desire this feature are audiobook enthusiasts who want to ensure they won't have to scrub through hours of the spoken word if their players' autoresume function fails, or who want to go back and forth between music and audiobooks. However, bookmarking can also be a handy tool for podcast subscribers and people who listen to long, continuous tracks, such as DJ sets. Surprisingly, relatively few MP3 players offer this feature. Most Creative and Archos devices include it, but other brands are less reliable. The five products below are all great MP3 players that offer bookmarking. These players should also be compatible with the protected-WMA requirements of the NetLibrary eAudiobook service, increasingly offered at local libraries.