In homage to the tiny MP100 we decided to see where it would fit, at 40x28x17mm we found it would slide into any pocket even that little coin pocket on Jeans which really server no real purpose. Next we took the 128mb Oregon player into the office kitchen to see if it would fit into an apple, after some feverish hollowing action courtesy of LP with a mad glint in his eye, we had cut a hole to slide the 28 gram baby into.

Of course such a small player doesn't have huge amounts of memory and we managed to get just over 2 albums of 128kbit encoded MP3's onto the MP100, but this is really for those times when you want a device that is as small as you can possibly get.

It isn't all sacrifices though, Oregon Scientific refused to ditch the LCD display so there is a 2 line backlight one shoehorned into the front of the MP100, the top line is used for counters and battery status while the lower section shows track details using a scrolling text feature.

The battery is not that small at all in fact we ran it head to head with our Ipod and found it to be an equal with about 10hrs replay from the lithium ion battery, charging via the USB 2.0 interface is rapid and convenient plus the USB 2.0 is not only speedy for MP£ transfer but allows the MP100 to act as a storage key.

Having lost the Oregon Scientific Mp3 Player down the back of the sofa and various other favourite hiding places we did wonder if it was too small, but a short trip out on public transport soon changes your mind, one downside this revealed was the poor quality headphones.

While Oregon Scientific have bundled the MP100 with everything you need including the combined headphones and lanyard, its a shame then that the headphones do nothing to enhance the perfectly good audio output and would lead us to spend as much again on a decent headset.

Driving the MP100 is easy despite its stature, the on off control is at the top of the unit while all other options are driven from a micro joystick to the right of the display, from here you control playback and also the volume and equaliser functions.

There is meant to be a 256mb version out in the UK in Q1 of 2005 but for now the 128mb version on review here retails at £64.99 which is a tidy sum for an MP3 player smaller than a matchbox!

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