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40GB RCA Lyra: Apple Fans Needn't Fret

Posted by timothy on from the picked-a-tough-task dept.

PaulEshoreLives writes "The Globe and Mail isn't taking too kindly to RCA's Lyra 40GB iPod 'competitor.' Amongst its gripes are a crazy-slow FFW. How slow? Like 6 minutes to get to the end of a 60 minute file. Gotta wonder how these things get missed at the beta stage."

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  1. Wow ! by Digital+Warfare · · Score: 1, Funny

    Might sell my iPod for one of these. Infact, I might start using Windows as well..

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  2. Not the beta stage by TheOste · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the software development world that would be the alpha stage. I can just see it now.

    Engineer to Management.

    We are trying to work on the fast forward function and we would like to do that before shipping.

    Management to Engineer.

    We must ship by this date, we don't care if the software is done correctly or not, just get us revenue.

    Engineer to Management.

    Ok, me must remove the FFW button from the machine.

    Management.

    No, leave it we have a great idea.

    Management to end user and press.

    "This is a new feature of the ffw button, we think that it should be a super slow function, for those times when you just have a little too much time on your hands."

    Happens all the time

  3. Re:Consumericanism. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

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  4. Re:Why should Apple fans fret? by ExKoopaTroopa · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is a just an apple-lover's way of saying "My iPod is bigger than your portable music player"

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  5. 4 dimensional by pwells · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to the article (sorry):
    The 154 gram unit comes in at 8.5-by-13.8-by-7.2 centimetres and 2.5cm thick

    Should we fret about the 4th dimension instead?

  6. Re:ffw ? by beakerMeep · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think the article submitter must have meant a crazy slow Full Figured Woman.

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    meep
  7. FFTW? by KevinDumpsCore · · Score: 3, Funny

    I misread the post, I thought the complaints were about the speed of its FFTW, the Fastest Fourier Transform in the West! I thought the author wanted to criticize the quality of its fourier transform functions.

  8. Re:Consumericanism. by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 2, Funny

    People like you are exactly the reason why I claim to be Canadian when I travel outside the country. Not because I'm unpatriotic, but because people like you have made it dangerous to be an American

    Oh, man, you mean you don't like me?

    Now I'm going to be sad all day long, you big bully!