On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 09:41:44PM +1000, Martin wrote:
> $quoted_author = "CaT" ;
> > On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 09:25:45PM +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
> > > This one time, at band camp, CaT wrote:
> > > >On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 09:19:03PM +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
> > > >> I've got a Cowon iAudio m3: 40GB disk, plays Ogg Vorbis, AAC, FLAC, 
> > > >> MP3.
> > > >> 
> > > >> My boss had an iRiver H340, again a 40GB disk, does all the above and 
> > > >> also
> > > >
> > > >What are the physical interfaces on those like?
> > > 
> > > The H340 has a regular "small" USB socket on it, and the iAudio has 
> > > either a
> > > dongle guy or a cradle, both with a small USB socket.  They come with 
> > > small
> > > to regular USB cables too!
> > 
> > Yeah but how do they handle going through masses of mp3s? How responsive
> > are they? etc...? :)
> 
> that would the user interface (UI) rather than psychical interface. :)

Yes and no. :) Bit of both in this case. The physical interface has a
major bearing on how the software user interface works.

> i played with a couple of these "not-ipods" at a JB hifi a while back and
> just couldn't fathom ever getting used to their UIs. anything changed?

I have to say I like the ipod physical interface. The software shits me
though. There may be help there though. :)

http://www.rockbox.org/

Now if this matures and if only the ipod had an inbuilt radio...

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