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Title: Portable players
Post by: nila on May 02, 2003, 08:23:39 am

iPod's releasing the new version iPods which look pretty nice. They look like nice little mp3 players.
BUT
They're falling behind. Who wants an mp3 player when you can have a divx player and mp3 player with colour screen.

check this out:

http://shanebrinkmandavis.com/homepage/JBMM/PrereleasePicts/
http://www.k55.ch/mp3/mmjb/

I LOVE TECHNOLOGY!! :)

This stuff is happening fast, cant wait till this is released.

or this:


http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/333/C1383/
http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/723265

Title: Re: Portable players
Post by: iCamp on May 02, 2003, 12:05:11 pm

because I could care less about watching videos on a small screen.

They are cool little players but they've been demoed for several months now with no release.  I think I first saw the RCA Lyra last summer!

The iPod will remain the king due to the brilliance of the interface.  I agree, it's kind of behind the times in terms of features but the one thing it does well (play music) it does better than anything.  I'd like to see Apple drop the price by $200 but that won't happen until the competition really forces them to.

I'd love to see these HD based devices shrink a little more and integrate full PDA functionality.  That would interest me much more than divx compatibility.

Title: Re: Portable players
Post by: whoeveryouare on May 02, 2003, 12:15:06 pm

Technology is great so long as you ignore all the many aggravating aspects of it.