[ale] inexpensive mp3 players

[David A. De Graaf]

On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 10:13:47AM -0400, Cy Kurtz wrote:
> I see ads almost every week for inexpensive mp3 players ... anywhere
> from $30 to $200. I wonder if anyone on the list has any experience
> plugging one of these things into a linux box>

Walmart sells this for  $64.93:
   Creative 256 MB MuVo TX FM MP3 Player
   Ultra-light MP3 Player with 256 MB, FM Radio, Voice Recorder
   and Super Fast USB 2.0
   DAPTD0004, White

There's a 128 MB model for $44.86, and there used to be a 256 MB model
for about $80. (not there any more).

I bought the 256 MB model for my granddaughter for last Christmas, and
it was so neat I had have one, too.  The FM radio actually works, and
it's the smallest voice recorder I've seen.

It plugs into a USB port on a Linux box and is auto-mounted as
/media/usbdisk which contains an msdos filesystem.  It is easy to
create directories and copy mp3 files to and from the memory stick.
I have even used xmms to play files from the mp3 player on the Linux
box.

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	David A. De Graaf    DATIX, Inc.    Hendersonville, NC
	dad at datix.2y.net     www.datix.us