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The New Nomad Jukebox, And Handheld Oggs
Tha_Zanthrax writes: "The best portable MP3-player has become better!
The people from Tbreak.com have recieved a Nomad/Creative Jukebox 3. They have yet to write a review but have put up some detailed pics on their messageboard. It's a bit smaller, but the best improvements are the firewire-port and the 2 (!) internal batteries for 22 hours of operation. Too bad I recieved my Creative JB2 last week ..." If you have a hankering to play Ogg Vorbis audio, though, it looks like the first handheld ogg player has finally arrived in the form of a (payware) app for the Sharp Zaurus called tkc Player, available from theKompany. Where's there's one, there will be more. Woo-hoo!
Even though you have to download software seperately if your a Windows user, Apple's 10 GB iPod is by far and away better.
There is no way any objective person could think this unit is superior.
It's got a 10 GB HD, 32 MB of Ram, the battery life is 10 hours, you can store your contacts on it, you can use it as a hard drive, you can even *BOOT* off it. There are also 3rd party apps to extend the functionality.
And still it's less then half the size of this thing!
For me, that's a key feature This thing is way too big for my pocket (the Nomad is *still* discman size!). It's just not practicle, whereas my iPod fit's in my shirt pocket (and isn't nearly as heavy).
The iPod is so small, and it's interface so simple and elegant, that I take it everywhere, even just nipping down the to the shop. I know I'd think twice before taking this thing outside with me.
I guess it depends on how much you like music.
- If your a big music fan, then your better off with something cassete player sized (ThinkGeek has one, though bigger that the iPod, it has slightly more storage, and still of a practicle in-your-pocket size)
- If your not a big music fan and only want something for long journeys then this could be the unit for you. But if you are, you'd be better getting a discman for 30 USD instead...
Even though the player is payware, I'm sure it's worth it. It sure looks like it from the screenshots.
/FS community. They have developed Aethera, Kamera, KDE Studio, Kivio, and Kugar, all of which are available under the GPL for free.
theKompany is a good company which has done a lot for the KDE
Support the companies that support Free Software. Buy something from theKompany.
The iPOD also has the size advantage - ie it will fit in your trouser, or shirt, pockets without any problems. You are going to need cargo pants for the RIO. Size makes a big difference when it comes to usability, and for most intents and purposes the 10Gb configuration of the iPOD is plenty for many people. I don't have either but I would rather put my money down for the iPOD, especially since it looks good.
Jumpstart the tartan drive.
Eh?
Just because you don't like something, doesn't make it "wrong" for others to like it.
The new XP look is nicer than the old Windows look, just like I prefer the "metal2" icewm theme to "warp4." Does that make me a "most vomitous" person?
Never underestimate the superficiality of some people who think that just because someone's taste in what looks good is different, they're stupid.
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