05-22-2003, 04:50 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 49
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Audio on PPC
I have been trying to find out if many people use their PPC for listening to music (MP3, WMA) but it doesn't appear that too many people do.
I have just bought an MP3 player from http://www.mp3-plus.net, an ORC-200 (I think it is on Amazon now) as I was getting a bit worried about my using my PPC as a walkman.
I am really interested in this, as a PPC is perfectly designed for multimedia but it isn't a common use.
Humour me and take part in my Poll please!
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05-22-2003, 05:11 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 547
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Re: Audio on PPC
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Originally Posted by ruffas
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My GOD! WHY would you do something like this? :multi:
For the amount of money that you spent for the MP3 player you could have bought a 512 MB CF! Are you really going to carry around BOTH your PDA and a seperate MP3 Player?
Here at my company a whole group of us bought the hp Jornada 525 when it was put on sale for 150 Euros a year ago JUST FOR USE AS AN MP3 PLAYER. Since then many have upgraded to better units (I and my wife have hp Jornada 56x units with StowAway keyboards) and others have added GPS receivers, etc.
You now have a nice present to give a brother, sister, nephew, niece, girlfriend, etc... The MP3 player of course, NOT THE PDA!!! |
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05-22-2003, 05:29 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 125
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I have been using my PDA as a walkman more and more lately. The more music I compress down to 48K, the easier it is getting to get music onto my PDA. I now have my church recording messages digitally so that I can get them onto my PDA and listen again and again...
It is nice to be able to listen to music and play a game of chess while on the same device... Why would anyone by a limited memory device like a MP3 player when you can get a Dell Axim with expansion slots for about $150?
Joe...
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05-22-2003, 05:30 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 49
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Duh!
The idea is that I get a light weight MP3 player. the ORC-200 is only about 40 grammes.
I don't take a PDA everywhere, in fact I don't use it as much as I should. The ORC-200 is great as I can load tunes onto it for the tube and copy work onto it to take home.
I actually use it as much to transfer digital image files to an from the office as I do music.
Ruffas
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05-22-2003, 05:38 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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I use my PDA to listen to mp3's when I'm away from my computer. But when I'm at the gym I use a dedicated mp3 player that also takes CF cards.
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05-22-2003, 06:28 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 118
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iPOD.
I lusted for iPOD I lusted for iPOD and finally got one!
Fabulous device. Beautiful. Wonderfull design. Impeccable finish. Great sound. Coolest twiddle-factor wheel.
Then the awful reality - a lifestyle reality.
I found myself placing it VERY carefully on a desk or table (away from edge) after brushing the surface of any grain of anything that could scratch the polished metal back. The perfect crystal plexi edges were a real worry. I wound up putting it in a little silicon rubber (iSkin) suit, which did protect it but also came out of my pocket looking as if it had been playing under the bed. Still it was very cool to have 1,500+ tunes at my thumbtips, even if I had to buy and go through third party playlist software to get music on my device. Oh ya, I did spend hours converting all my desktop wma files (which I find better and smaller) to mp3.
After a few months I realized that from week to week I was only listening to about 50 selections. Hmmm. And since I was using commute time to do email and catch up on AvantGo stuff etc. on my Ax, it was lucky I had another pocket for the iPOD - how many times did I have to do The Pocket Shuffle?
Then I got a 512M CF card.
Threw 85 wmas on it (drag n drop done) before work, left the iPOD @ home.
Never looked back.
Noel
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05-22-2003, 06:39 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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It depends what I'm doing. When I travel anywhere, 100% of the time I bring my headphones and load up on music. But since I work from home, I don't use my Pocket PC for music very much. It's just not as nice as my Klipsch speakers. :mrgreen:
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05-22-2003, 06:53 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Re: Audio on PPC
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Originally Posted by ruffas
I am really interested in this, as a PPC is perfectly designed for multimedia but it isn't a common use.
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Who's got room for music? I've got too many books on mine. |
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05-23-2003, 08:24 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2003
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It's pretty nice to be able to punch out some e-mails or finish up some work while jamming to some good tunes at the same time.... in the middle of nowhere.
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05-23-2003, 08:58 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 88
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WinamPaq is fantastic, and free.
I have a bunch of CDs on my 1 gig card (not full yet, and I have a nearly empty 256MB SD card since the 1 gig CF arrived) ripped into 96kbp/s .ogg files.
I just wish those FM radio adapters worked for my car. I got one from Best Buy and it did not seem to function at all. At least I got a good deal after all, when I returned it, it automatically gave me $5 more in refund AND that night there was a ridiculous sale that allowed me to get Rushmore and Swingers on DVD for $20 total (I had originally paid $15 or $16)...
Just wish I could put a movie on my PPC somehow.... no DVD drive on PC, not sure sure how to do it on roommate's iMac with DVD drive... oh well...
-Steve
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