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World's Smallest MP3 Player
Chris_Yates writes "mobiBlu is claiming to produce the world's smallest mp3 player, the DAH-1500 cube. The player is 24x24x24 millimeters (about the size of the tip of your finger or various small items), weighs 18 grams, uses OLED technology, and comes in a variety of colors. The 1GB version is currently selling for $130 at Wal-Mart. Buy one today, so you can lose it within a week!" Update: 07/25 22:56 GMT by T : An anonymous reader points out this review of the device.
Is it really that small?
I found this wee thumbnail sized MP3 player... plugged in my own earphones... hit play and heard weird static with the sound of flies buzzing played. Then my cell rang and a weird, detached voice said "Seven days..." and hung up. Any ideas?
Trolling is a art,
You'll get it stuck in your iSophagus.
powering their web server?
> The player is 24x24x24 milimeters (about the size of the tip of
> your finger
Anyone with one inch square fingertips is scary. Seriously. I doubt seeing a 1" cube I could relate it to *ANY* body part.
Call me a geek but one of the first things I thought of when I saw this was being able to roll a 20 sided wireless die w/ speaker and have it say 'HIT!'. It could be hooked up to my character sheet and the DM computer. Throw in that overhead LCD map projector and we're good to go.
And hey, since Wal-mart is selling this, I think it might just give the iPod a run for its money.
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The player is 24x24x24 milimeters (about the size of the tip of your finger...
Sounds like it should be really easy to push the buttons to control the thing...
I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
The player is 24x24x24 milimeters (about the size of the tip of your finger or various small items)
I don't know about the rest of the non-gigantism population, but the tips of my fingers are rather smaller than one cubic inch.
For scale: early in the movie 'Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban', Harry causes his b*tchy aunt to inflate and blow away like a balloon. Her finger was the first part to inflate; when she holds it up, the tip of the finger appears to be about 1" in diameter.
To sum up: normal finger tips are not 1" in diameter.
/ pulled a muscle reaching for that comparison
I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
Oh wait, wrong site. :)
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
If you're going for small form factor, why on earth would you want a cube? Surely the ideal is more of a thin credit-card shape, so that it'll fit conveniently in pockets. Not to mention offering more surface area for sensibly-sized controls.
I suppose this is marginally more convenient than the "caltrop", "shuriken" and "mousetrap" form factors, but it's a close thing.
Of course the new Digital Millenium Toilet Act will let the RIAA hang around your house for a day or so until the evidence reappears.
Realistically, how big is the market for this? How many people want to play the world's smallest MP3? Does it play normal size MP3s?
So that's how it happened... I've spent many nights lying awake wondering what would happen if these two ever met.
Laziness, check. Impatience, check. Hubris, double check!
Do not eat this micro iPod.
Do not eat this microsized music player.
Do not eat it.
You have been warned!
...and smuggle it out in my colon.
- Bob Goatse.
Leela: What's the matter Amy? Did you swallow your MP3 player again?
USB 1.1 is the same as USB 2.0. You're thinking of USB 1.0, which IS painfully slow.
USB 1.1 == 12 Mbps
USB 2.0 == 480 Mbps
So, same thing, in that they are both spelled the same until you get to the number part.
Or with an extention set so you can use the controls.
BTW: I think I will paint one dot on side on, 6 on the opposite, 2 on another, 5 on that opposite, and 3 and 4 dots on the two remaining sites. Then I can use it for monopoly.
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They've got nothing on iPod Flea!
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Max. Storage Capacity: 1 GB
Memory Type: Built-in, Flash
Expandable Memory: No
Digital Audio Formats: MP3, WMA, WMA DRM
Hrs. of Music (approx): 10
# of Songs (approx): 250(MP3) 500(WMA)
Data Storage: Yes
FM Stereo Tuner: Yes
Voice Recording: Yes
Interface: USB 2.0
Battery Type: Built-in Li-Polymer
Battery Quantity: 1
Battery Life: 10 hours
PC Compatible: Yes
MAC Compatible: Yes
Headphones: Necklace Earphone
# Features: MP3, WMA, WMA DRM playback
# Platform Support: PC and Mac
# 1 GB flash memory (up to 500 WMA songs)
# OLED display screen and blue back light color
# Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz
# Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR): 90 dB
# Equalizer Modes: Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Live, Custom
# USB 2.0 ******* (Not USB 1.1 for 1GB Ver.)
# Audio line-out
# FM Radio: 50 dB; 87.5 to 108 MHz
# FM/Voice Recorder
# Clock and date display
# Sleep Timer
# SRS (Sound Retrieval System) WOW 3D Sound Effects
# Batteries: built-in, rechargeable Lithium-Polymer
# Dimensions: 0.94" Height x 0.94" Width x 0.94" Depth, Weighs 0.63 oz
Actually apple has a one up on this. The Fleapod. =P http://gprime.net/video.php/ipodflea
Bob Goatse goes for the 60GB Photo iPods, surely?
Mother, do you think they'll like this sig?
Hear piece? Musics?
Why do I hear Mr Burns when I read your post, and why is it hilarious?
Mother, do you think they'll like this sig?
But a cube will fit much better in my eyesocket. No way am I getting a shuffle in there.