Toshiba's iPod Competitor 395
a lonely moose writes: "It looks like Toshiba basically copied Apple's iPod. They got cheap on screen size and unit weight, and without iTunes, it'll be darn hard to handle as elegantly as the iPod. Anyway, check out
MacCentral's article and the smoking forum at the bottom."
Looks like a nice product... (Score:4, Interesting)
Sticking with the pod (Score:2, Interesting)
The things the Toshiba seems to be lacking are:
a scroll wheel (which really seems like the ideal interface for navigation LONG lists)
recharging from USB cable(?)
The main reason I bought an iPod is it seemed like the first device I could actually use that would really take advantage of the Firewire ports on my computer, which I never ever used. The same seems true for this Toshiba and windows users. w/USB 2.0
5GB Drive for $321!! (Score:4, Interesting)
The scroll wheel has a major drawback. (Score:1, Interesting)
The problem with the scroll wheel is that it makes it nearly impossible to create a case that completely encloses and protects the iPod while still allowing access to the controls.
Here you go. (Score:4, Interesting)
They already have [rhythmbox.org].
Rhythmbox, which "takes its inspiration from Apple's iTunes application" [rhythmbox.org], is a direct rip-off of iTunes. It's also what I point at each and every time someone mentions open-source innovation.
Re:Still no Ogg... (Score:4, Interesting)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Ogg seems to take significantly more processing power to decode.
You're wrong :-)
I currently have my iPAQ sitting on the other side of the room playing an Ogg file. Ogg playing seems to take around 30% of the CPU time, while MP3 playing takes around 20%. That's with madplay - a high quality integer-only MP3 decoder - playing the MP3, and the integer-only version of the Ogg Vorbis reference decoder. Okay, the Ogg decoding takes more, but I'd guess that the Ogg decoder could be optimised a bit more as well...
Re:Only 5GB (Score:2, Interesting)