Awesome find Jim! So for 199/yr, you can download as much music as you want? How do they keep track of what computers/players you put it on? This could be very interesting... _____________________________________ Julian Zottl CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC Getting ahead in the tech sector isn't about kissing butt ... you gotta sniff the right packets
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Jim Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:56:45 -0500 >My son who is 15, has had a cheapo 512 MB MP3 player for a while. Been >using limewire to "acquire" music. Wanted to tell him to not "acquire" >music because of the problems that can bring about but I had "acquired" >music this way in the past so I didn't want to be a hypocrite. > >For Christmas I got him CL Zen Micro (5 gig one). I also got a year >subscription to Yahoo music to go for $119. Because we went to >nowheresville, VA I installed the Yahoo stuff and got some music on the >player so that he could use it after it was opened. While getting some >music on it, I learned that you can run the yahoo software from 3 >computers. To make a long story short, my plan was to get 2 more micros for >Jamie and I. But after some thought, I didn't think I would be happy with >just 5 gigs after having a 40 gig (w/3500 songs) Zen Xtra. So I went to >look at the compatible player list and low and behold, CL has a new >firmware update that allows the use of Yahoo unlimited and I can use more >then one mp3 player with the service. > >So not only do I get to tell the kid to "knock it off, use this" but I get >to pack the Xtra with tons of music. > >So if you have a Zen Xtra and you thought you couldn't use it with music >services and you would need to buy a new unit, well, you don't. > >Jim > >
