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Digital Music Player Overview

Posted by michael on from the think-different dept.

An anonymous reader writes "MP3 Newswire just posted its fifth article of its 'iPod Killers' for the holidays list. Most interesting are a bluetooth unit from Aiwa, Sony's Vaio U, and an Ogg/photo/FM broadcast record, flash unit from SAFA." See also I, II, III, and IV.

6 of 228 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What is the future of standalone MP3 players? by solowCX · · Score: 4, Informative

    Apple already has that covered http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/jul/26motorol a.html

  2. Yes, an iPod can use regular batteries by Jeff85 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Previously, on Slashdot... Build Your Own iPod Battery

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  3. Re:OGG? by mobby_6kl · · Score: 4, Informative

    >None of these play Vorbis/FLAC?

    Dammit, at least RTFSlashdotSummary: "and an Ogg/photo/FM broadcast record, flash unit from SAFA."

  4. Digital Music Players? by Jason1729 · · Score: 4, Informative

    This article takes a very narrow view. What about the Mini Disc players. The new HD-MD format has a 1 gig disc that costs $7. 7 bucks for a 1 gig removable media alone should give this line of players a huge boost over most mp3 players. Add in the battery life (40-50 hours on a single AA), and it becomes a great option. Hardware prices start well below the price iPod mini too.

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  5. Re:OGG? by Quixote · · Score: 3, Informative
    From the bloody summary itself (above):
    and an Ogg/photo/FM broadcast record, flash unit from SAFA.

    RTFA, the SAFA SR-M800F can play MP3, WMA and OGG.

    I don't know what is sadder: people responding to /. without even reading the one sentence blurb, or the mods who didn't do the same and modded parent up.

    I know, this is /., it shouldn't surprise anybody...

  6. What about iRiver? by Paul+Slocum · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm really surprised iRiver wasn't mentioned. I've got the 40GB HP-140 and it's a nice player with FM and the ability to record high quality compressed or uncompressed audio. The interface isn't as nice as the iPod, but with the open source Rockbox firmware being ported to several iRiver models, seems like a pretty serious competitor (especially for the Slashdot crowd).