January 02, 2004
Why do I need another MP3 player?
I'm not sure about this one.. I already have an Archos MP3 player, that I took to Europe with me. It has a 6gig capacity, more than enough to hold all the music I could want. It worked quite well, with a great decent battery life (rechargeable NiCads). The only real drawback was that loading music into it was a bit slow (USB 1.0 connection).
I'm very interested in the new mini-iPods that Apple is rumoured to be launching next week. I love the utility of my iTunes application and if I can buy a 
2-4gig mini-iPod in some color other than that ghastly white for about $100 I am going to be seriously interested in acquiring it. Especially cool would be a Firewire interface so I could transfer files quickly.
Time will tell - it would be a great move by Apple to expand the low end of their market. As Arstechnica says it would go a long way toward dispelling the belief that Apple cannot make products "for the rest of us" (ie. affordable).
Posted by artandscience at January 2, 2004 12:35 PMI had a NOMAD for a bit, but ended up heaving it away as it took months to boot up when i started filling the hard drive. I also have stayed away from the larger capacity mp3 players because there hasn't been a really fast way to move media on or off the device in bulk. Copying 1000+ mp3's takes days, and in most cases fails repeatedly during the process.
Anyway, the whole reason I'm even commenting here is to encourage you to check out my site (yes, marketing) and download any tracks you like. At this time, all my music is free (in mp3 format.)
thx.
Posted by: Jeremiah at January 5, 2004 08:45 PMthis is a test of my comment posting mechanism.
Posted by: stefan fielding-isaacs at January 19, 2004 01:45 PM