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e.Digital Promises Another iPod Competitor
joefefifo writes: "e.Digital has a press release describing their Odyssey 1000, supposedly due out in the fall. Some stats: Looks like an iPod, uses USB 2.0., has a 20GB capacity, built-in mic for voice recording and navigation, FM Tuner with 12 presets, Mac & PC compatible, iTunes compatible, runs e.Digital's MicroOS 2.0. Except for the choice of OS, looks pretty sweet. Any chance someone will get it to run Linux instead?" Like Toshiba's little player, it uses USB 2 rather than Firewire.
Features:
WMA Digital Rights Management (DRM) support
iPod has NO DRM and works great. Stick with it to avoid getting fucked.
sulli
RTFJ.
>Sometimes it seems they're the ONLY company who won't compromise ideals in favor of cost; that's why their designs are so successful.
You do know why they are the ONLY company who won't "compromise ideals" in favor of cost?
Because they have their proprietary hardware locked up tighter than a new game console. Once you're stuck with a mac, you don't have a lot of choice if you want to stay mac, so you buy one of their overpriced designs and voila! apple remains successful. The only time apple opened their designs up enough to let other companies make them they got eaten alive so they closed it right up again, probably for good this time.
This strategy is a very good way of making a lot of money from a relatively small amount of actual customers. Another company that uses this exact same strategy is Microsoft.
Why anyone would like to buy a closed Open-Source OS on welded shut hardware beats the heck out of me...
Maybe its just me, but I think it totally SUCKS that cards from a Mac II won't work on any modern Mac at all. In fact, I'm pretty sure cards mean for PowerPC Macs won't work on modern Macs either (anyone care to let me know on that one?) That type of design choice blows chunks. At least I can find (with a little trouble) a PC motherboard that supports an ISA slot knowing I can add an extra serial port (for example) for just $2.
PC design gives you choice, Mac design bonds you in chains and crazy glue (mostly minus the glue).
Just my 2 cents on Macs...
If you could be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you could be told what to say or think - BoC
Ummmm .... I care! If it was running Linux, then I can get this thing to do MUCH more than what it was intended for.
For example, I could possibly whack on a USB network adaptor, and use it as a portable samba storage unit. I could carry this around and download photos from a digital camera. I wouldn't have to buy any more memory storage for the camera (especially the exhorbatent Memory Stick! Are you listening Sony?!). I could not be limited to only mp3 and wmv files, but I could play ANY audio format that Linux can natively play.
Please, don't be jaded by the continual effort people make to get Linux running on every device. Getting Linux to run on this e.Digital device would be DAMN BRILLIANT!
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