Posted by Technobarbarian on 11/30/06 00:46

"Charles Russell" <NOSPAM@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> 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).

Here's an interesting alternative:
http://www.teuthis.com/html/kits.html

TB

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