Flash-based MP3 players are dead, and the nail in the coffin is this Rio Nitrus 4 GB MP3 player. It specs out exactly like the old 2.5 GB version released last summer (USB 2.0, 16 hour battery life, yada yada) but with an introductory price of just $250.
With the price of 4 gig mini players down at $200 street within a month, 1.5 and 2 gig models are sure to hover between $100 and $150 after the dust settles. Then comes the 10 gig mini player, and the cycle continues… will it ever end? What madness!