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Another iPod Competitor

Posted by timothy on from the looks-worthy dept.

rael9real writes "NOMAD has intoduced a new player. It has USB 2 and FireWire (finally), and supports WMA and MP3. It has a 20GB drive like the high-end iPod, and supposedly holds more music because it supports WMA (though why someone would want to use WMA is beyond me). It *is* cheaper than the iPod, though. Looks like a definite competitor. Maybe it'll drive iPod pricing down." Update: 10/14 21:21 GMT by T : Note that the listed specs for the player mention only "USB," not USB 2.

4 of 409 comments (clear)

  1. Re:you confuse me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The average car can hold you and four supermodels, or you and three dozen rabid, incontinent weasles.

    So you want the weasles, right? More of something is automatically better.

  2. Re:Numbers head-to-head vs. 20 GB iPod by GlobalEcho · · Score: 5, Funny

    Plus you can get the Zen with a multi-button mouse!

    (/me ducks, runs)

  3. Want LOTS of music on it? by shrikel · · Score: 3, Funny
    holds more music because it supports WMA (though why someone would want to use WMA is beyond me)

    I'm waiting for them to come out with one that supports .mid, so I can fit MILLIONS of hours on the drive. My dream is to listen to music constantly for the rest of my life without repeating a song once.

    And those horrible video game music loops don't count. ;)

    --
    Any sufficiently simple magic can be passed off as mere advanced technology.
  4. Re:OGG! by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even though the customer may have no clue what OGG is, the salesperson does.

    *And* he'll even have the same unit at home!