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iPod Killer #53424; Sony Flash Player
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From /.;
"Sony's rolling out their new line of flash-based music players to the market these days. More stylish than ever, they surely look like a serious attempt to regain territory lost to the iPod, and perhaps even to create the Walkman of the 21st century. And it looks like Sony has finally given in to consumer pressure: these new "MP3 players" can finally play MP3 natively, not just Sony's proprietary ATRAC format. But wait -- you cannot just put your MP3s onto the device, you have to run them through Sony's obfuscation software first. The obfuscated files, when installed properly on the device, can be played. But you can't just move them around, share them with your friends, whatever. Well, of course the obfuscation scheme has already been broken by a brave hacker. But is this really the way to create the "Network Walkman" of the 21st century? Sony, please wake up!"
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Last edited by sideus; Apr 28, 2006 at 12:55 PM.
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Originally posted by sideus:
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As someone on /. pointed out, that one looks like a condom coin
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I think they got something going with the vibrator/mp3 player in the second pic.
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Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
I think they got something going with the vibrator/mp3 player in the second pic.
That is what I'm talking about. She gets pleasure while you jam to music.
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Other than the battery life and OLED screen they are a whole lot of nothin'
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Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo:
Other than the battery life and OLED screen they are a whole lot of nothin'
exactly, in fact, OLED is a mute point for me since I use a shuffle.
battery life is quite admirable though.
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and moot, in its proper definition, means arguable
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Actually, the OLED screen is a neat thing, but I'm not about to buy an MP3 player on that basis alone. This said, I hope it does decently, as that will help drive down the prices of OLEDs for use in other devices.
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