He specifically asked for flash rather than a hard drive one, I think because the tiny form factor is the main thing (he wants it to be very unnoticeable that he's listening to music)
And song quality is a factor, since he's kind of an audiophile.
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Volans - Oct 20, 2005 4:02:28 am PDT #5210 of 10003
move out and draw fire
amych - Oct 20, 2005 4:05:55 am PDT #5211 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
You may want to have a little talk with him about that apple problem of his.
Tom Scola - Oct 20, 2005 4:10:44 am PDT #5212 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Right now, Apple kind of has a lock on the market for flash chips, so if you want to get a player with the kind of capacity you're talking about, you have to go with a Nano.
tommyrot - Oct 20, 2005 6:25:40 am PDT #5213 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, no one else has a flash player with anywhere near the capacity of the Nano. I'm not really sure, but I think the max for a non-Nano flash player might be 1 Gig.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2005 7:51:47 am PDT #5214 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Volans - Oct 21, 2005 3:49:03 am PDT #5215 of 10003
move out and draw fire
The search for the perfect Flash MP3 player is winding to a close...but now that I've seen this, I'm sorely tempted: [link]
tommyrot - Oct 21, 2005 5:08:23 am PDT #5216 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think the Sony mp3 players look cool. Dunno much about them though (except they finally ditched their stupid propriatary file format/DRM scheme).
Tom Scola - Oct 21, 2005 9:17:20 am PDT #5217 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
NoiseDesign - Oct 21, 2005 9:45:57 am PDT #5218 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
I kinda figured that was coming when they announced that the next Treo would run Windows Mobile.
I guess it's time to start saving to upgrade to a new PDA phone next year. I'd love to cling to the Treo 650, but I've played with one too many abandoned OSes over the years and my experience is that it's best to just see the writing on the wall and move on.
I've had a Palm since the original Palm Pilot.
Then again, I also had a Newton 2000 and 2100.
Jessica - Oct 21, 2005 9:46:51 am PDT #5219 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Huh. Guess I'll wait to get a new PDA then.