After Santa brought iPods to my kids I rescued an
iRiver 300 series 128mg flash player from the trash.
It's the size of my thumb, weighs about 2 oz, and holds
about 3 CD's worth. I've only used it on the gym bikes so far
but I want to try on the road. ( not the trails, they have their own music)
It's outfitted with cast off buds and a neck strap, also a cast-off from
the high school, and I love it so far. The kid says the unit was less than
a hundred when he bought it. (complete with book, cd, and ear buds,
none of which survived)
If I find another one discarded I'll grab it. iRiver has total online
support,
I downloaded the software my kid had lost, updated the unit's codec,
and learned how to use it. Swapping tunes (or books on CD) with my
computer is easy.
This is a dinosaur's opinion, one with a 7 year old dell pentium 2,
and three teens who will attest to my lack of cool so YMMV.
"bomba" <
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> On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:10:56 +1100, Mr_Kingkillaha wrote:
>
> >
> > Does anyone use an mp3 while they ride (jog, workout, whatever)?
> > I had a Rio player, but it is broken now.
> > My player was about 1.5" X 2.5" X .5", weighed maybe 2 ounces, and
> > held 1.5 gig.
> > Anyone recomend anything of a similar size with similar mem? (ipods are
> > way too big)
>
> I run / ride with an MP3 player. I bought Creative MuVo a while back, so
> the capacity is a little low by today's standards (128MB), but I'm
> generally happy with it. They now do 1GB and 1.5GB devices on flash
> media (avoiding HDD), which I'd consider if you're doing sport.
> http://www.nomadworld.com