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First Portable Media Centers Hit Store Shelves
An anonymous reader writes "After months of speculation and hype, the first Portable Media Center based on Microsoft's 'Windows Mobile software for Portable Media Centers' has finally hit store shelves. The Zen Portable Media Center, from Creative Labs, is now available at Best Buy and Fry's Electronics, priced under $500. That money basically buys a 3.8-inch color LCD screen, ultra-fast USB 2.0 port to transfer video, music, and digital photos from your PC, and an internal 20 GB hard drive."
does it
whew, close call.
run lin*whack*
This is the coolest thing in the way of personal entertainment that I have ever seen in my life aside from unmentional bedroom activities involving myself in a dark room with a glow-in-the-dark prophylactic. The future is indeed a bright one.
After months of speculation and hype, the first Portable Media Center based on Microsoft's "Windows Mobile software for Portable Media Centers" has finally hit store shelves. The Zen Portable Media Center, from Creative Labs, is now available at Best Buy and Fry's Electronics, priced under $500.
Service Pack 1 released 15 minutes later...
"What the hell is an aluminum falcon?"
Dang it, I knew I should have waited on buying the mediocre-speed USB 2.0 port version. Now all my friends will be laughing at me because they have the ultra-fast version.
When things get complex, multiply by the complex conjugate.
Good point, but that's like saying: Ford created the first truck just last year!*
*On their new F150 chassis platform that is.
Microsoft created the first console! To be based off the windows 2000 kernel, that is.
If a media player plays an MP3 but no one's around to buy it, does it make a sound?
And this thing is, what? About four times the volume and cost of a GameBoy.
Not exactly a "throw it in my pocket in case I want to mess with it" sort of thing.
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
Shoplifters, start your engines.
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Sshhhh!! He said not to ask. Ooooohh, now you're in trouuuuuuble...
Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.
I know, but the whole product makes about as much sense as a car that can only turn one way, but not the other. It's half the price of the regular car and eats just as much gas but can only turn right. Limited market, limited appeal, absolutely no reason for anyone to want one.
Except race nascar drivers you insensitive clod!
Hacker Media
Well, for $600 I can get this low-end laptop running Windows XP Home with wireless networking, 40 gig drive and DVD slot, which is capable of doing so much more, which pretty much includes all the options available in PMC.
Well, I think the Walmart Laptop is a flop.
For 440$, I can get this Desktop which is even bigger than the laptop & can do more than the laptop.
For 250$, the laptop would have been interesting. For 75$, it would be a hot seller.
finally, I can take some pr0n to go. and its small enough that I can hold it in one hand :)
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I dunno what you are all going on about. 20G is fine since you will re-RIP your moves to the smaller size. the movies and TV shows should be quite small. I t probably doesnt support DIVX though
Dude! How did you get modded insightful for asking a question about how you get modded insightful for asking a question?
(my head hurts)