11.09.05
mp3 player
Well I finally joined the world of ipods and mp3 players. But instead of following the masses and purchasing an ipod (or any of its brethren), I decided to purchase a hardly known mp3 player. Well not really for me, but for the missus. I hope she’ll let me play with it.
Now you might be asking why I just didn’t get an ipod. Well ipod’s are expensive for what they are, and there are better alternatives if you look for it. These are the features that the PMP 1000 has:
- 20-30 gig Harddrive
- USB Host support - No synching software needed, just plug in the USB and it shows up as a new drive, with easy drag and drop.
- 3.5 inch LCD Touchscreen
- MP3/WMA/OGG/AC3/AAC Audio codec support
- DivX/Xvid/MPEG Video codec support
- FM Radio
- Talking dictionary
- Record from mic or other device
- Photo album display
- Calculator
That’s right, not only does it support the best and most popular audio formats, it also plays the best and most popular VIDEO formats too. The touchscreen is a good size to watch tv shows or movies on, but it also comes with tv out cables so you can watch them on your friends tv when you go to his house. On the rare occasion you’ve run out of music to listen to, it also has a FM radio built in.
The size is just a bit bigger then an p910 mobile phone, and it’s also nice and light. It’s not too small that the screen is useless, but it’s not too big that it won’t fit in a pocket/jacket/purse. It came with a nice leather case, and also a remote control for the lazy.
As you can see this beats the pants off the ipod. The ipod might have iTunes, but there is a better alternative to that, that has no DRM. Its called All Of MP3. Songs by the MB, and apparently totally legal.
You can get the PMP-1000 or any other fine mp3 player from the good folks at mp3players.co.uk. When I ordered mine on a Monday lunch time, it was waiting for me when I got into work Tuesday morning. Pretty quick if you ask me.
six inch stiletto » The pod people Said:
November 11, 2005 at 20:30
[…] I’ve joined the pod people. I now have the wires from my ears that bestow the privilege of ignoring people and listening only to the music in my head. It’s great. My new toy, or oojah as I’ve been told, has been playing me a great mix of Snap! World Power, 1200 Techniques and Wu-Tang to wake me up on the way to work. Love it. Filed under: Stuff — goo @ 20:30 […]