Portable music

By Rachel Zarrell for Boston.com

If you’re willing to forgo an iPod, deals on mp3 players this year make them very inexpensive.

Sears is offering a Mach Speed 1.8 GB player for $14.99, and a 4 GB player for $19.99.

Best Buy has the SanDisk Clip Zip player for $27.99.

If you just have to have an iPod, Toys “R” Us has the iPod Touch 4th gen 16 GB for $199.99.

You need headphones to listen to it all, and Target has the Beats Solo HD ones in several colors for $179.99.