Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
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How slow is slow?
At least a second to advance to the next alphabetical band. Which, if you have a full 60GB iPod, and you want to listen to uhhh... Sonic Youth, can take forever. You can plan ahead and create playlists of what you want to listen to, but that requires planning ahead.
I was in a car last night that had an audio-in jack in its stereo which seemed...well, better than nothing.
Get a bracket for the iPod, and it's great.
I usually work by playlist, so that wouldn't be the biggest deal for me--but it is annoying.
They need to have a CD-quality jack, and a nice applicable iPod (or whatever works for each MP3 player) cable. Very civilised.
Huh.
Chrysler and Apple announce iPod integration.
Selfishly I don't mind that people are going iPod (although I'm unlikely to get a Beemer or a Chrysler), but I think it should be about as much integration as possible with as many units.
eta: But I would like an Acura someday...
Selfishly I don't mind that people are going iPod (although I'm unlikely to get a Beemer or a Chrysler), but I think it should be about as much integration as possible with as many units.
ITA. (I think all cars should have auxilliary audio-in jacks, and third-party mounting brackets to fit a variety of players, like they have for cell phones.)
I'd like a USB port. Actually there is a car radio that has an USB port, but no factory units yet.
What they really need is a short-range wireless standard that is adequate for audio streaming so the car can play any compatible player that is in the cabin. Like phones with bluetooth.
Which car stereo has a USB port, Gud? That would be handy for us. And we don't have iPods, but we do have aux players, so it would be nice to be able to plug into an eighth inch jack for the laptop or the player or whatever. And we're Napster, so we're unlikely to go to iPod, even when we replace our current mp3 player. Yeah, a wireless solution would be nice.
The Optimus LCD keyboard is supposedly being released in February. The product page says it will cost "less than a mobile phone" which isn't terribly helpful since mobile phones can be awfully expensive.
Not well, apparently: [link]