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http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=496
The iPod for the iPoverished
By Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac
June 3rd 2002
FM radio, voice recording in flash-based player.
e.digital has released its Mac-compatible Odyssey 100 MP3 player. The company claims a
30-hour battery life for the audio player.
Flash memory-based, the Odyssey 100 ships with 64MB of built-in memory, with a slot
for a SmartMedia card up to 128MB [note: whether this is a limit imposed by the
Odyssey''s ROM is unclear].
Unlike Apple''s iPod, the up-spec Odyssey 200 also has an FM radio tuner, with 20
preset stations possible. A built-in omnidirectional microphone automatically turns
the device into a voice recorder. The 200 also ships with a (wired) remote control.
At the high end, the Odyssey 300 boast 128MB flash memory built in, FM radio
recording, although battery life is reduced to 12 hours. Like its stablemates, it also
accepts an additional 128MB SmartMedia card, and features a back-lit LCD display. The
300 can encode MP3s directly by ripping files from CDs without the use of a computer,
The Odyssey ships with e.Digital Odyssey Manager software, which is both Mac and PC
compatible.
The 100, 200 and 300 are priced at $129, $179 and $229 respectively. e.digital says
they will be available in retail stores in time for the back-to-school buying season.
Analysis: Hopefully, the Odysseys will take bigger media cards. It''s not 5GB (or 10)
or the elegance of the iPod plus FireWire drive, but it''s cheap and it plays MP3s.
Ergo = good.
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