Portable MP3 players?

[Bill Jonas]

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On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 10:25:11AM -0700, Jenny Charlene wrote:
> Which model do you have?

I have a Rio 600 which I received as part of a promotion that Speakeasy
was running at the time; this was probably a couple years ago.  It does
not work in Linux, at least as far as I could tell at the time.  There
was support for the Rio 500, but not the 600.  Note that I haven't tried
it lately.  The only use it's gotten has been by my wife, who has used
it with Windows.  As far as I know, it plays all right except for the
fact that it only comes with 32MB of memory.  (Yes, it can probably be
upgraded but it's not a real priority right now, and it's probably
expensive since it's a proprietary memory pack.)

> If you're thinking about upgrading, what model(s) are you thinking about?

I'm considering the NexII or NexIIe.
http://www.frontierlabs.com/NexII.html
http://www.frontierlabs.com/IIe.html

I've heard good things about them.  They take standard CompactFlash
cards and will even work with the 1GB IBM microdrive.  The firmware is
upgradeable.  They start around $100, sans memory.

Of course, I *really* want an iPod, but they're just too expensive for
me right now.  I can't justify $3-500 on an MP3 player.

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