Posted by Charles Russell on 11/29/06 17:39

Al Smith wrote:

>
> I'm thinking about getting my first MP3 player, but I'm going to stay
> away from Apple, just because of all the DRM bullshit. Even worse is the
> ridiculous Microsoft Zune. I want a cheap player that will let me just
> plug it in to a USB port, and have it recognized automatically as
> another drive, do that I can drag and drop whatever I want onto its
> memory chip.

Of course, it will require software, such as Rockbox. One would like to
run open-source software on generic hardware, but none of the current
hardware manufacturers has revealed its specs. Each is hoping for a
proprietary iPod-like product. With luck somebody might eventually
market generic hardware and make his profit on high volume at small
volume (like PC's).

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