Wow, this is clearly a definition of legitimate I had not encountered before! Not that I can argue with it, mind you. Now if only my wife were willing to accept that logic....
Unfortunately the best answer to what to use in the car is the Rio Car: http://store.sonicblue.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry10?S P=10024&PN=16&V1=39400&xid=25971&DSP=&CUR=840&PGRP =0&CACHE_ID=0.
I say unfortunately because it is no longer being made, though you can still buy it.
For those unfamiliar with its history, it was formerly known as the Empeg.
It is quite possible the best and coolest mp3 player there ever was or will be. And yes, you can use it in the home, car, friend's stereo, wherever you can hook up to 12vdc or house current.
But you forget one of the most basic design principles: KISS (keep it simple stupid.) I challenge you to come up with a simple method of setting the ip address, gateway, name server, etc. for your mouse. Much better to keep it simple, and that's why bluetooth is better. I just need my mouse (keyboard, etc.) to communicate with my machine, and happily eliminate some cords in the process. Another benefit is bluetooth should run quite happily with a AAA battery for months, whereas my Orinoco 802.11b card uses a whopping 5v!
My point is they are similar, yes. However, they are designed to do separate things, and do what they are designed to do effeciently.
Yes, we could kludge 802.11b onto a mouse, but I for one don't want to have to stick my mouse in a recharger every night.
I'm sorry, but I see no reason to have my mouse and keyboard (when I need them with a device like this) to be on my network. Bluetooth is supposed to be used with Personal Area Networks, i.e. your peripherals. My mouse, scanner, keyboard, printer, joystick, steering wheel, speakers, cell phone, and pda do NOT need to be on my network, either at home or at work. That's the point of bluetooth. As for 802.11b, great for wirelss networking, but not designed for personal area network. Again, read the link I put above.
Actually, you want both. They do different things. If anything, you would be able to get rid of USB in favor of bluetooth, and just keep firewire for your high speed transfer needs. Check this.
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Who cares! Unless it's over 20,000, I'd buy one just to get the market started.
They also have a much cheaper version, though with a smaller hard drive. The cool thing is, once you've filled one hard drive, you can add a second, and by that time, IBM's new drives using pixy dust should be out. This means massive amounts of storage! Certainly seems like a much better solution. Plus it runs Linux!
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Wow, this is clearly a definition of legitimate I had not encountered before! Not that I can argue with it, mind you. Now if only my wife were willing to accept that logic....
Unfortunately the best answer to what to use in the car is the Rio Car: http://store.sonicblue.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry10?S P=10024&PN=16&V1=39400&xid=25971&DSP=&CUR=840&PGRP =0&CACHE_ID=0.
I say unfortunately because it is no longer being made, though you can still buy it.
For those unfamiliar with its history, it was formerly known as the Empeg.
It is quite possible the best and coolest mp3 player there ever was or will be. And yes, you can use it in the home, car, friend's stereo, wherever you can hook up to 12vdc or house current.
Anyone want to volunteer to clean this up and repost it? Sounds pretty interesting, if you can wade through the bad grammar and spelling.
But you forget one of the most basic design principles: KISS (keep it simple stupid.) I challenge you to come up with a simple method of setting the ip address, gateway, name server, etc. for your mouse. Much better to keep it simple, and that's why bluetooth is better. I just need my mouse (keyboard, etc.) to communicate with my machine, and happily eliminate some cords in the process. Another benefit is bluetooth should run quite happily with a AAA battery for months, whereas my Orinoco 802.11b card uses a whopping 5v!
My point is they are similar, yes. However, they are designed to do separate things, and do what they are designed to do effeciently.
Yes, we could kludge 802.11b onto a mouse, but I for one don't want to have to stick my mouse in a recharger every night.
I'm sorry, but I see no reason to have my mouse and keyboard (when I need them with a device like this) to be on my network. Bluetooth is supposed to be used with Personal Area Networks, i.e. your peripherals. My mouse, scanner, keyboard, printer, joystick, steering wheel, speakers, cell phone, and pda do NOT need to be on my network, either at home or at work. That's the point of bluetooth. As for 802.11b, great for wirelss networking, but not designed for personal area network. Again, read the link I put above.
Actually, you want both. They do different things. If anything, you would be able to get rid of USB in favor of bluetooth, and just keep firewire for your high speed transfer needs. Check this.
Who cares! Unless it's over 20,000, I'd buy one just to get the market started.
They also have a much cheaper version, though with a smaller hard drive. The cool thing is, once you've filled one hard drive, you can add a second, and by that time, IBM's new drives using pixy dust should be out. This means massive amounts of storage! Certainly seems like a much better solution. Plus it runs Linux!