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Commodore - Back In The Hardware Biz At Last?
Aphrika writes "Commodore is back in the hardware business [via current owners Tulip Computers] and this time they're taking on... Apple? Due for release in August are three MP3 players; the eVic, fPet and mPet. The eVic is a 20GB (hence the name) hard drive-based player, while the mPet and fPet are closer to the Muvo/iRiver styled flash players. They'll also be hoping you pay a visit to the Commodore World Music Store once in a while to stock up on tunes..." We also recently mentioned Commodore's 'TV Game' and ROM-store projects over at Slashdot Games.
I was a C=64 owner and fan back in their day which was my youth. Ironically today I'm a Linux zealot and Mac lover and go no where without my iPod.
I'm torn. I feel ashamed because of it. Bastards.
/(o^_^o)\
Let's not forget that one can hate his government, but love his country.
But will it have 64 kilobytes of RAM?
there server is hosted on one of their mp3 players....
Does that mean we'll get iTunes for C64s now?
The PC Weenies: 11 Years of Online Tech 'Too
I wonder if the server is also a Commodore 64, slashdotted after 3 comments!
And all your base are belong to us, Slashdot editors!
But on topic, I think this is great! Nothing quite like reviving an old computer brand name to rekindle the embers that we thought were long dead. I foresee that Atari will be back with their own portable media player; then we'll see the iAmiga, followed by the eAtari, followed by Apple's own iPod-GS, and then even IBM will join the fray with a portable player called the iPC-jr, complete with cooling fan and proprietary bus that won't take anyone else's add-on harddrive.
Heck, I might even get big hair and a skinny tie, too!
I find this really sad. Those products look terrible, and re-using the old commodore brands (Vic, PET) just makes it that much more sad. Though, it's not *that* sad, because Commodore stuff was never really that good (the Amiga had its moments though).
They need to fire their copywriter ASAP, that's for sure:
With this USB 2.0 data&music carrier you can easily extend your pc, notebook or mac with an extra storage harddisk.
PC, notebook, or Mac? What if I have a Mac Notebook do I have to order two? Is it really a hard disk?
The stick can be used for copying, store and move data...
The English can be used for speak and write words!
Exclusive Commodore design!
Yes, we used both red *and* blue plastic on this bad boy! Ka-ching!
you can enjoy listening hours and hours to all your favorite songs with just one battery!
Wow, just one battery! Folks, portable music doesn't get any better than this. Hell, even my car works with just one battery!
The player is including a neck cord,
It's including a neck cord with what? Its tax forms?
Just connect the camera to the docking, drag the made photos to the storage device and you can make new photos again!
Hey, I hope nobody finds my maid photos.. my wife will kill me. I better not connect the camera to the docking as they suggest. And besides, when my memory card fills up, I do what any smart person does! I buy a new camera to hold more pictures!
Beware the docking..
Will it be able to play old C64 games as a bonus, and if not who is going to hack it so it can.
An Education is the Font of All Liberty
There should be a requirement that websites wanting to incorporate the word "World" in their name be able withstand (at the very least) a late-evening Slashdotting.
The way their current bandwith tolerance looks, iTunes-level traffic would not only crash their server, but also burn down the office it's kept in.Just once I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'You're making a scene.'
NO!!! If this is true, you didn't have to tell me! I was better off not knowing. Damn Slashdot.
Given that it's called a an fPet, you can yell at it when it has been bad:
NO CARRIER
Get a Slashdot-proof web site.
There ain't no rules here; we're trying to accomplish something.
Lawrence Person (lawrencepersonh@gmailh.com (remove all "h"s to mail)
http://www.lawrenceperson.com/
Search your feellings.. You know it to be true!
"The Wright brothers were the first to fly with a heavier-than-air machine, but boy did they have a lousy plane"
No, the people who hacked on old Commodores are more likely to be using Safari. What, you wanted me to go from the Amiga to fucking Windows?
Hey freaks: now you're ju
"At Last"...like we've all been waiting ;)
Advice: on VPS providers
A few predictions:
Commodore will do poorly. Apple will feel no pressure whatsoever and will not change their pricing, as it is already quite fair. And Slashdotters will continue to be befuddled at their inability to understand the music player market, affect the profitability of Microsoft's OS division or impress girls with their knowledge of regular expressions.
Hey freaks: now you're ju
Apple sells something that only costs 100 dollars?! Where do I sign??
Not more than you need, just more than you want
it's just the little rubber feet for an iBook, don't get too excited ;)
it's not supposed to make sense...it's Commodore!
arielb
If you spell that word wrong again, I'll express my anger with violins.
Player Drive w/20GB 1.8"HDD, 1200mA Chargeable Nicole-Lithium Battery
Nicole Lithium, hmmmm...
if it's really white with red hair, I'm sold.
He tried to kill me with a forklift!
That's the question.
64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE
READY.
PLAY
SYNTAX ERROR
READY.
PLAY *.MP3
SYNTAX ERROR
READY.
LOAD *,8,1
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo....
(sound of falling)
You know what the Commodore name tells me? That I'll be able to daisy-chain multiple devices together, but it'll use a serial port. The next version will probably be faster, but will have its serial port slowed down to maintain compatability with legacy hardware. *grin* Yeah, I was a TRS-80 Color Computer user, and to this day I'm still jealous of all the software that those damn Commie 64s got. So how did I fix it? I became a Mac user. Ah, irony.
Microsoft is releasing their own MP3 player. The basic case design may be familiar to iPod users but Microsoft has put their own spin on the controls and display.
You can see it here
http://rspress.home.comcast.net/Winpod.jpg