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First Portable Media Centers Hit Store Shelves

Posted by timothy on from the gotta-keep-the-zendo-open dept.

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."

5 of 280 comments (clear)

  1. man linux people get ur act together by UnseenEnigma · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    we are supposed to own this market. i wanna see a xine based one by the end of the week. chop chop

  2. GMail Invites! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did anyone want a GMail invite? Ask for one here...
    Does anyone have an extra GMail invite to spare? Share it here...
    (posted because someone brought it up in another thread... sure, it's offtopic, but I'm an AC, so whatever)

  3. Re:I have one, I'm impressed. by The+Infamous+Grimace · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Or maybe, just maybe, he's bound by an NDA or some such.

    (tig)

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    Ignorance and prejudice and fear
    Walk hand in hand
  4. Re:Yes, but, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You think that's funny, you fucking stupid asshole-licking son of a bitch. Everybody hates you and your miserable attempt at humour. Die, die,die, bitch!

  5. Re:I have one, I'm impressed. by Frizzle+Fry · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, salsemen always say that the product they are pushing is good, but not actually good enough to justify paying the current price for it.

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    I'd rather be lucky than good.