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Creative Labs to Release Video Jukebox Portable

Posted by Hemos on from the interesting-device dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Following the success of the Archos line of digital video portables, Creative has announced they will release the Zen Portable Media Player this fall. Like the Archos the unit will sport a 20GB hard drive, 3.8" screen and will be able to record your favorite TV shows on the fly."

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  1. What the article fails to mention... by Johnny+Fusion · · Score: 5, Funny

    The use of the name "Zen" is intentional. The short battery life, will lead to a blank screen partway through your latest pirated movie, leaving you to only contemplate the emptiness of it all.

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    1. Re:What the article fails to mention... by XorNand · · Score: 3, Funny

      I dunno about you but I'm guessing that the vast majority of purchasers will only be using this two minutes at a time. It is made for one-handed operation, right?

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  2. Favorite? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But can it also record shows I don't like?

  3. Re:Why not a full fledged notebook? by linzeal · · Score: 4, Funny
    For one, as a habitual laptop user in public places it begets thievery, as the Slashdot Article yesterday attests to. Smaller items are easier to use and pay attention to the people around you. It is very difficult to sit with a laptop with a 15" screen and stay aware of your situation.

    My sister, who hates most technology is raving about the RCA lyra unit but describes it in very untechnical terms like sophisticated naming (IDv32 tags), compact music (mp3pro), and other such layman's views on mp3 devices. I overheard a conversation at a bar recently that went like this;

    Man 1: I need to get me an mp3 player for my job, all my cds keep getting scratched up.
    Woman: My sister has one of them, a 1000 song holder. Apple makes it, like you know those educational pcs so you know it will be good.
    Man 2: You need to get one that can hold 10,000 songs or you are going to get bored listening to the same 1000 songs.
    Man 1: 10,000 songs? My computer can't hold that many, how would I get them on my mp3 player?
    Woman: You can use them like memory, just plug them in the printer port.

    Etcetera ad nauseum.

    Printer port I'm assuming she is talking about USB or he better have patience as one of his virtues.

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