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Microsoft's Tips for Buying an MP3 Player
An Anonymous Reader writes "In another extension of Microsoft's 'Plays for Sure' campaign, the company has launched a web page with six tips to help consumers purchase the 'correct' MP3 Player for them. Among the insights of the article hard drive-based players suck and a stopwatch is a useful feature to have on your player. Unsurprisingly, the iPod meets none of Microsoft's criteria. A humorous commentary is available, of course." From the article: "6. Don't get locked into one online store. Have you ever been on the hunt for a particular song? Some obscure indie rock tune or rare jazz performance you heard on the radio? You might have to shop at more than one store before you find the song you're looking for."
Simply put, flash memory players have no moving parts, meaning that you can take them jogging and your music won't skip.
Does anyone have a problem with there ipod skipping while they jog? I know the possiblity is there, but lets get real.
Some players have a built-in voice recorder, FM recorder, or stopwatch
I think Kmart is selling those FM headphones for 5 bucks, all those kids sure want that FM. That's what all the cool people have nowadays.
using a player with Windows Media Audio (WMA) support as well as MP3 support gives you the most music per megabyte
Too bad WMA sounds bad.. You will have cheap headphones on so it wont matter. The rest of the world that likes sound quality and compatility will go with higher bit rate mp3
If you need help from microsoft before you getting an Mp3 Player, I would suggest not getting an Mp3 player.
Thank you Slashdot for the luagh, now if you can only find a Microsoft guide on how to submit stories to Slashdot. I think it would be
1)Find the dumbest thing on the Microsoft Website
2)Submit to slashdot
3) Repeat
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* don't get locked into a non open and free standard
* don't get locked into a single OS
* don't get locked into DRM
Poor little you, yes it does need an OS.
Do you think those menus and song list, and reaction of the player to the button play being pressed is the inherent result of the look of your device (anything that has a triangle on it will make anything its stuck on "play"). Dude, your microwave has an OS, it's not Windows or Linux but it is an OS.
Rechargeables. The benefit of which are that I can use ones that are charged while others recharge. In a pinch, I can buy what I need in hundreds of 24/7 stores.
As far as the other thing goes, CDs are disposable in that I can give them away and share my music with others. Except for AOL install CDs, I rarely throw any CDs away. Very few at least. But if I damage one - right, it's no big deal. It's disposable.
The fact that no one is recycling CDs is not my fault, Genius.