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Posted by Wayne R. on 12/05/06 03:54
Our local library provides downloadable audiobooks via commercial
services - all that stuff is DRM protected. I've found that using
www.PlaysForSure.com stuff is the right place to go for info about
players that directly support these services. I bought a couple of
Creative MuVo TX FM units and we're really happy with them (I did have
to put a firmware update in them though).
The library is also stocking audiobooks on CD that are already pure
MP3 format too - skipping that pile of scratched up audio disks. A
good library is a thing to cherish...
On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 15:17:43 -0700, "pjbphd" <pjbphdspamsux@cox.net>
wrote (with clarity & insight):
>I'm looking for a simple MP3 player for my wife who will use it primarily to
>listen to audiobooks. I assume I'll need a couple gigs of storage due of
>the size of the books. After looking at several audiobook web sites,
>including iTunes, I've finally figured out that the iPods won't really work
>well for this purpose. (Attention iPod cult members: I'm sure iPods are a
>great product, in fact as many of you claim they may be a better invention
>than the wheel and the last, best hope to save civilization as we know it.
>However, for my simple need and due to some proprietary software issues at
>both online sites and my local library they may not work best in this small,
>single, exceptional case. For this I am sorry and will never say a bad
>thing about iPods again in my life. I promise.)
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>Anyway, she may also use it as a radio, another iPod downside. (iPod
>cultists. I'm sorry I did it again. That's the last time. Honest. Really
>this time.).
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>She won't need a lot of buzzes and whistles, just good battery life, a large
>file storage capacity, and possibly the ability to power it through a 12V
>plug formerly known as a cigarette lighter. In her case, the fewer features
>the better.
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>Any suggestions?
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>pjbphd
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