[ale] Motorola MP3 Player

[Geoffrey]

Raylynn Knight wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 21:38 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>Raylynn Knight wrote:
>>
>>>Someone on the list mentioned they had purchased a Motorola MP3 player.
>>>I'm in the market for an MP3 player as a birthday gift and have been
>>>looking for the 5GB Motorola unit.  I haven't been able to find anyplace
>>>local that carries it.  If anyone knows where I could find one, please
>>>let me know.
>>
>>I think that may have been me. I bought a 256meg motorola player for my 
>>daughter.  It will accept a card to up that to 1g.  I've not seen a 5G 
>>by Motorola, but the one I got was at the new Brandsmart in Kennesaw.
>>
> 
> I saw the 256MB one at Brandsmart, I asked an they do not carry the 5GB
> model.  The 5GB model has a rechargeable battery the 256MB uses a AAA
> battery if I recall correctly.

This is true, but you can use a rechargeable in it as well.

> I can find the 5GB online at Amazon for
> $149, but I would prefer to buy locally and would even pay a premium if
> I could actually find one.
> 
> Regarding the 256MB model, have you tried it with an internal card?

I stuck a spare one I have it it and it was recognized.  It also has usb 
which is seen fine by Linux. :)

I
> have a no-brand 256MB unit from Walmart and a 256 MB Rio that both
> accept SD cards.  They also both get quite confused about what is loaded
> when there are files on both the internal memory and the SD card.

Hmmm, I'll have to give it a spin as I didn't actually try to load 
anything on it.

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Until later, Geoffrey