Battery life would be a problem if you wanted to watch more than a movie per charge maybe, but I easily get 4 hours from my e755 Toshiba PDA... Thats playing from a CF card with the standard battery... I'm sure if I used a microdrive instead that I'd need an extended battery, but it is available.
Also, what about these standalone portable players popping up? Are they going to only play downloaded content, and not content that I already own in another format (DVD) ?
You have got to realize though, that some people do not know the inner workings of U.S. copyright laws, much less the basics. Think of it this way, I pay NetFlix $19.99/mo. for unlimited movies, I pay XM Satellite Radio $9.99/mo. for unlimited music, and I pay $39.99/mo for Satellite TV with unlimited Sitcoms/Movies. Why would it be so hard to believe that the everyday person could get confused? $29.99/mo for unlimited music downloads sounds fair to me... iTunes does it for $.99/song already!
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Battery life would be a problem if you wanted to watch more than a movie per charge maybe, but I easily get 4 hours from my e755 Toshiba PDA... Thats playing from a CF card with the standard battery... I'm sure if I used a microdrive instead that I'd need an extended battery, but it is available. Also, what about these standalone portable players popping up? Are they going to only play downloaded content, and not content that I already own in another format (DVD) ?
You have got to realize though, that some people do not know the inner workings of U.S. copyright laws, much less the basics. Think of it this way, I pay NetFlix $19.99/mo. for unlimited movies, I pay XM Satellite Radio $9.99/mo. for unlimited music, and I pay $39.99/mo for Satellite TV with unlimited Sitcoms/Movies. Why would it be so hard to believe that the everyday person could get confused? $29.99/mo for unlimited music downloads sounds fair to me... iTunes does it for $.99/song already!