[BC] Digital Walkman?

[WFIFeng@aol.com]

In a message dated 01/08/2006 10:51:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
barry at oldradio.com writes:

> It will only play rights-managed 
>  files downloaded from its own music service which 
>  will be a show-stopper for anyone who has a 
>  library of paid-for copy-restricted downloads. "

Barry,

Like the Betamax, I think Sony is going to shoot itself in the foot once 
again. (The rootkit issue notwithstanding- that alone may have cost them more than 
they can ever fully recover from.)

I bought a Creative "Zen" player for my Wife for C'mas. She loves it. 6G 
storage, holds about 1500 songs at 160Kbps. (It has just over 1300 on it , now.) 
It also includes an FM receiver which isn't half bad. Yes, the earbud wire is 
the antenna. It also has some simple DSP, including a "smart volume" feature & 
graphic EQ. Wonderful ittle unit, about  1/3 the thickness of a pack of cancer 
sticks, and about the size of a credit card. Amazing. The most difficult 
things to master are the touch-sensitive control panel and the menus.

I read the articles about the inventor of the "Walkman" and found it 
interesting... wasn't sure what comments I could have added, thought it was pretty 
self-explanatory. Perhaps others felt the same way. It was very interesting, 
though. I'm sure he got more than enough to retire in Tahiti. ;)

Willie...