MP3 players and portable video gift ideas

• Top picks
• Budget
• ipod speakers
• earbuds

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  Donald Bell
  CNET Senior Editor
  Donald Bell is CNET Reviews' senior editor for MP3 players and portable audio, and one half of the MP3 Insider podcast blog and weekly podcast. He also likes getting his hands dirty with digital audio tools for musicians and DJs. Read full bio.

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  Jasmine France
  CNET Sr. Associate Editor
  For more than five years, Jasmine France has covered a variety of tech products for CNET--from scanners to keyboards to GPS devices--but she's happiest where she is now: sitting atop a pile of MP3 players, "testing" every music service known to man, and jamming a variety of earbuds in every shape and color into her absurdly small ears. Read full bio.

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