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New MP3 Portables

Posted by michael on from the no-ogg-in-sight dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This has been a busy week for the announcement of the latest crop of MP3 portables, probably just the start of many more with the holiday season only a few months away. First Samsung has announced their first jukebox model the Yepp YP-900, a 10GB unit using Toshiba's 1.8-inch drive for storage (same one as in the iPod) and eschewing FireWire (400 mbps) for a USB 2.0 (480 mbps) connection to transfer files. Mambo has also announced a jukebox player called the Digital Media-X PhotoBank Jukebox that is more akin to the Archos Jukebox Multimedia in that it can store and display photo files and possibly video files in the future. The Mambo holds 20GB of memory on a more common 2.5-inch hard drive, making it a heavier unit than the YP-900. Like the Yepp, the Mambo also goes with a USB 2.0 connection, heating up the competition between FireWire in digital music portables. The most interesting feature about the Yepp? It also has a MMC/SD card slot to facilitate trading tunes to and from other digital music players. (Take that SDMI). Finally SonicBlue has started shipping replacements for the Rio 600 and the Nike PSA[play 120 (made by Rio for gym workouts). Both the Rio S30S for the exercise-minded and the Rio S10 come with 64MB of memory and are upgradeable to 192MB through MMC flash cards. The S30S comes with an FM radio, while the base-optioned S10 is claiming 35 hours of running time on a single AA battery. Both players transfer files via USB 1.1's 12mbps port."

3 of 321 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Ogg Vorbis support? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We will stop it when we have the hardware. Until then, just live with it, mkay...

  2. Re: I've had good experience with Apple service by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I switched from various brands of PCs to using Macs about seven years ago. On the rare times when I've had an issue with a Mac that was covered by warranty, I've had incredible service just like what you describe. In fact, there was one time when I did something to cause a hard drive to die. I knew what I'd done and was very willing to pay to have it fixed. The guy said they'd cover it anyway. To be honest, service like that is a big part of the reason I happily pay a few more dollars for a Mac. I don't WANT Apple to start allowing cheap clones again, because the excellent service is part of what I'm paying for when I buy their hardware.

  3. That's how HPAQ works... by The+Pi-Guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    iPAQ touchscreen dies. Send you a box, stick iPAQ in box, shipper picks up... and then it differs from there. HPAQ bitches about how Linux is loaded on there. They try to charge $150. They send iPAQ back. I replace bootloader with CE bootloader. I send it back. They say "We found Linux." I say "Update the problem description! They say "Ok, fixed." They ship it back with a replaced stylus lock. Touchscreen still not sensing right. Finally, call and scream. Compaq says "Someone might get back to you within 48 hours." Later that night, someone calls: "We're sorry. Linux really was supported on the iPAQ. We're shipping you a new one." Courier arrives next day, delivering new iPAQ, and asking for old one. New iPAQ works.

    Lesson: Wipe it clean before sending it back.

    --j