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Rio Reveals iPod Mini Slayer
Remik writes "Rio has released a limited edition of its new hard drive based player called Carbon. Coming in lighter and denser (3.2oz with 5 GB of storage) than the Ipod Mini with the same price tag $249, twice the battery life, and nearly the same dimensions. Rio has only made 500 players available in the initial offering, so get one while they last. There's more info at cNet, Pocket Lint and Gizmodo. Highlights: Drag and drop file transfer, charging over USB and Janus compliance."
Does it come in pink?
Does it come in pink?
Of course. It comes in every gay colour.
Finally, an MP3 player that appeals to the baker demographic of audiophiles.
"You and your third dimension."
Highlights: Drag and drop file transfer
Let's just hope it's scratch resistant and shock proof!
You mean those who want to hear the pillsbury dough boy squeal in high fidelity?
buffy had a kid.
Well, since this ugly thing with a bad UI won't be slaying the iPod Mini any time soon, I suppose it means that you should only listen to Slayer on this thing.
500 is all that Apple said they were allowed to sell. They really have that much control of the market now.
What is this "radio" of which you speak?
If you listen to Slayer loud enough on it, I hear you'll get super pissed and kill someone with a real iPod mini. Then you can take it and listen to your Slayer on the iPod mini instead.
hey!
...Doesn't this describe most of the low-end Apple demographic?
-big clunky beige boxer
What about the fact that it doesn't work with the iTunes Music Store?
So what? It works with Kazaa and iMesh.
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
What's with the month old news?
You must be new here.
That... that's just dirty.
WWD4D?
Apple needs to hire the Microsoft astroturfers because you guys suck. ;->
Boy, sounds like some bad Karma there buddy.
Thank you! Thank you. I'm hear all weekend. Try the veal.
Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't realize I was talking to another .ogg partisan.
Me, I've got gigabytes of music in my proprietary pointy-stick and wet-clay compression algorithm, and I have a hard time finding players to work with that as well. The only one I know of looks like a Jeep with a big ass tone arm sticking out the back. They look at me funny when I try to get on an airplane with it.
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
If I slapped a nice LCD screen on top of a cassette player and stuck in my sneaker, could I get /. to call it the next iPod obliterator/dominator/masticator? How about taping a transistor radio to a toothbrush (get all your favorite music AND good dental hygiene!).
Seriously, every single portable media player is touted as an iPod killer. Can't something be a competitor, or alternative, or just hanging out having a smoke?
Not that I really care, I don't own an iPod, but these "killer" headlines are starting to sound like the "BSD is dead" troll.
Vote monkeys into Congress. They are cheaper and more trustworthy.
You cannot operate an ipod one handed.
You can't? Wow, finally something physical I'm good at!
(Elegance is not an option)
Astute readers will note that the article calls it the iPod Slayer to avoid using the word 'Killer' for the 700th time.
I hate the click wheel.... it's too hard.
:-)
What are you, a muppet?
You're pinning your hopes of getting a girlfriend on which MP3 player you have?
/. ... you'll fit right in.
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Would you buy a car that you had to steer with two buttons rather than a wheel? If not, why not?
Does the car play ogg?
Yeah, if you wanted to make money, you wouldn't be in music, you'd get an degree in Law or something and work for the recording industry. That's where the big bucks are, forget this whole music thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome
"Disclaimer: Yes, I am a sound engineer. "
Uh oh, emotionally laden, non-scientific & irrational opinions ahead!!!
I just buy the top ten songs on ITMS every ten months or so and that pretty well replaces FM radio for me. At least I get the same content.
If I want a "morning drive" program I just swear randomly into a microphone for a few minutes and add that to the playlist I have on random.
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