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MP3Player/Cell Phone in One

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-can-it-make-toast dept.

Kanasta writes: "LG has a cell phone an MP3 decoder in one, but only in Korea. It has a slot of a MultiMediaCard, which apparently is used in various other mp3 players. Includes a built in remote, and there are speakers on the charging unit! It says 'You can download MP3 music to the phone,' but what exactly they mean isn't clear."

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  1. Elevator music for your cell calls by Thanatos · · Score: 4

    Anyone know where I can download some "muzak" for this, so I can put my callers on hold and let them listen to some nice, soothing, RIAA approved non-infringing, no royalties needed tunes?

  2. We'd better ban mobile phone networks now... by Spider-Jerusalem · · Score: 4

    ...if people are going to be able to send mp3s to each others phones.

    These damn information sharing networks, the world will be a safer place when we get rid of all this dangerous networking technology.

    S-J ; p

  3. What would be really cool by (void*) · · Score: 3
    is to be able to play that MP3 while you are having a conversation. Then I could subliminally play "I've got my mind set on you" by George Harrison while talking to my GF!

    (No, don't sue me Mr Harrison! I haven't got MP3s of your song, honest! :-) )

  4. This will only cause problems. by garethwi · · Score: 3

    Imagine having spent ages downloading 'Enter Sandman' for your hold muzak, and then Lars calls...

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  5. Why bother. by michael.creasy · · Score: 3

    I just do see why everyone wants to integrate everything together. I don't see this being a logical move, my cell phone should make and recieve calls, it should get my phone numbers using bluetooth from my PDA and it should leave playing music to my MP3 player. Also, I would have thought that the sound quality will not be that great, I mean how many times have you spoken to someone on a cell phone and then face to face and realised how different they sound. This is nothing more than a gimmick just like Casio's MP3 watch. Sure it maybe fun for a few days, but it won't be long before you'll go bac to seperate devices, especially when your phone battery dies in the middle of an important call because you've been playing MP3s all day. For-pay Internet distributed processing.

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  6. Re:Seen it before. by Emil+Brink · · Score: 3

    Just in case anyone got interested, before you dive into the muddy hell that is www.ericsson.se, here's a quick link to a tiny picture of the MP3 player accessory for the T18. To complete that, here's a link to some information about the device itself. Don't expect any hard info (such as memory capacity, battery life, price, or availability) though... ;(

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