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Posted by pjbphd on 12/12/06 12:59
Well folks, I ended up going with a Creative Labs Zen V Plus. I'll give it
to my wife for Christmas and see how it goes. We'll have a two day drive
home from visiting relatives over Christmas and if she doesn't bond with it
then, I'll return it and go with something else.
I ended up with the CL Zen for a couple reasons.
First, although I'll fight my way through conversion software etc, my wife
will not. My local library uses NetLibrary and Overdrive to provide
audiobooks. They also don't support iPods. We'll try those first before
going with subscription services such as Audiobooks. BTW I also noticed
Simply Audiobooks does not support iPods either. Has anyone used them and
how do they compare to Audible.com?
We're both NPR junkies and she may occasionally use the radio to listen to
that while on her bicycle or to pick up FM broadcasts of television programs
while working out at the gym.
Anyway I'll see how it goes and update if I end up returning the unit.
pjbphd
"pjbphd" <pjbphdspamsux@cox.net> wrote in message
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> 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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