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IBM and Mp3

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ibmvsriaa dept.

Trepidity writes "Wired is reporting that IBM is working with at least three other companies about the possible use of their ~350MB microdrive in portable MP3 players. Sure beats having only 32MB on a flash card. "

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  1. Moving Parts by sig · · Score: 2

    This looks pretty neat, but it might sack one of the best things about portable MP3 players. The completely solid state RIO and others have no moving parts, so it is imposible for them to skip . They also have very low powerconsumption because they don't have any motors or ineffecient servos to drian power. The increase in storage space would be welcome, but it's too bad we can't get 350MB of solid state storage. That would really be something the druel over.

    cya