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World's Smallest MP3 Player

Posted by timothy on from the at-this-point-in-time dept.

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.

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  1. Fascinating by stanmann · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Having a device that small is nice, but my MP3 player is already mostly size limited by UI concerns why would I want anything smaller than a Credit card.

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  2. Re:What's the play time? by Asshat+Canada · · Score: 0, Insightful

    How much pocket comfort can you get from something so cubed?

  3. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by Formz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    People seem to be focused on size, but SHAPE is just as, or even more important. What you you rather carry in your pocket, a SQUARE, or a FLAT RECTANGLE (IE: shuffle, sony thing, etc.)

    Imagine a corner of that stupid thing digging into your leg. No thanks.

  4. Almost the exact same volume as the iPod Shuffle. by argent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1"x1"x1" = 1 cubic inch.

    0.98" x 3.3" x 0.33" = 1.06 cubic inch.

    And the shuffle is easier to fit in your pocket.

  5. Re:Almost the exact same volume as the iPod Shuffl by VidEdit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yup, the shuffle is easier to pocket, but a display screen, nested folders, WMA playback and an FM tuner kick in features Apple is to elitist to include. (PS, I'm writing this missive on my Powerbook...but I do think Apple is elitist.)

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  6. Re:Almost the exact same volume as the iPod Shuffl by Decimal+Dave · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So the headline reads that this is the worlds smallest mp3 player... yet if I take the usb cap off my ipod shuffle, it's volume is measurably less than that of the DAH-1500. Does that mean I've had the world's smallest mp3 player since february, and nobody's come out with anything smaller?

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  7. Re:is it also by RaffiRai · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not yet, but give those NetBSD boys some time.

  8. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    actually I was thinking about these things doubling as earrings that you could actually then plug earphones into...at only 18 grams they don't weigh terribly much (though being a guy without any earrings...I suppose i don't really know how much would be too much weight...lol)

  9. Re:Almost the exact same volume as the iPod Shuffl by huge+colin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ogg Vorbis is technically superior to MP3, so if I have a choice (and I often do), I'll take a Vorbis. I therefore am not interested in any player that doesn't play it.

  10. Re:Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by rhesuspieces00 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yet another manufacturer fails to make the distinction between "we can" and "we should."

  11. The Cons? by horza · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Two of the four 'Cons' in the review are:
    It's Tiny
    No DRM Support

    Surely in the wrong column?

    Phillip.

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