View Full Version : I'll take this $700 portable mp3 player! Who's got coupons? :)
Alien
08-25-2000, 06:31 PM
Pretty cool.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/bazaar/mart/cart.cgi?action=view&type=item&itemid =3474&at=color (http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/bazaar/mart/cart.cgi?action=view&type=item&itemid=3474&at=color)
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eminem
08-26-2000, 10:15 AM
OMG 6.0 Gigabytes!!
moonsee
08-26-2000, 10:41 AM
OMG $699!!
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http://mp3.com/moonsee
Diesel
08-28-2000, 06:05 AM
It's designed by Compaq. It runs on Linux. Anyone else see something wrong with that?
I don't like it already. http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/smile.gif
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<font color="#000000">[Edited by Diesel Dan on August 28, 2000 (edited 1 time)]</font>
eminem
08-28-2000, 11:23 PM
I got a nice one for $180 at http://www.audiovox.com
JHowse
08-30-2000, 12:27 PM
Yeah. That Compaq name sure does sour it. Linux? You mean to say this is an x86 based device? Nah.... The concept sure is interesting, though.
jourgenson
08-30-2000, 01:19 PM
hmm...must stop self from coveting new, untested technology products...but there so shiny...
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Diesel
08-30-2000, 01:37 PM
Last time I checked, Linux ran on much more than x86. SPARC, PPC, and lest we not forget, Crusoe.
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On an long enough timeline, everyone's survival rate drops to zero.
I remember seeing something like this, but it was a build-it-yourself and meant to be connected to your car radio. It also ran with Linux and at least a pentium 133(doesn't take much to uncompress MP3). The amount of space was up to the size of hard drive you wanted to purchase. It is in Maximum PC(3/00) and with all the stuff came to about $1300.
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JHowse
08-30-2000, 03:06 PM
Dan, which do you think that it would be? I mean, we are talking about an embedded platform, in a way...
nootch
08-31-2000, 10:34 PM
Creative's NOMAD Jukebox looks much better. 6 gigs and it looks kinda like a discman. They were taking pre-orders at E3 this year, my friend ordered two for $399 each (they'll retail at about $600-700 I believe), and of course he's sending one straight to eBay. http://www.aliensoup.com/ubb/smilies/supergrin.gif
whoops, forgot the link! http://www.nomadworld.com/products/jukebox
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<font color="#000000">[Edited by nootch on August 31, 2000 (edited 1 time)]</font>
Diesel
08-31-2000, 10:59 PM
JH> Could be anything, but this seems like an ideal application for Crusoe.
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JHowse
09-01-2000, 09:44 AM
Hmmm. That Nomad looks better. 8 MB of RAM? Wow, that little thing probably has more power than an old 486/33 I used to have in my first two years of college. Imbedded systems are usually rather fast, for what they do, anyways.