02-05-2003, 10:04 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Sony 20 GB Portable WiFi File Server
Anyone with a fluent grasp of Japanese want to tell us more about this device? I was able to piece together that this device is a Linux-based file server with a 20 GB hard drive and both 802.11b and hard-wired Ethernet built in. Very cool! No idea on pricing or when (if) it will appear outside Japan.  |
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02-05-2003, 10:10 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Wow awesome, I would like to keep something like this in the car or my backpack to play music out of. Come to think on it, it could be handy in many places...
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02-05-2003, 10:26 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I don't speak much Japanese either, but based on other sites' mentions of it, I think you got the basic facts straight.
Looks like the mass storage solution for my Jornada that I've been wanting! I hope they do release it in North America and that the price is reasonable.
Seems like they could throw in MP3 decoding and a headphone jack into it and it'd serve two purposes very nicely, although those of us with PPCs could just fire up withMP3 or similar and achieve the same effect.
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02-05-2003, 10:57 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
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This look awsome. It would be nice to stick this thing in my bag and be able to access my entire MP3 collection any where, anytime.
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02-05-2003, 11:00 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 83
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Careful if your putting your MP3 collection on a WiFi enabled device, the RIAA will be out after you. Or will they go after the WiFi consortium because the technology enables the sharing. :roll:
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02-05-2003, 11:01 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by Perry Reed
Seems like they could throw in MP3 decoding and a headphone jack into it and it'd serve two purposes very nicely
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Yeah right! Sony would never do that. Maybe they would allow for ATRAC with the dumb check-in/check-out feature...
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02-05-2003, 11:31 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Feb 2002
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neat idea, although, with the iPod like MP3 players going up to 40gb I'd really like to see more storage given the size of the package.
But still, a move in the right direction!
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02-05-2003, 11:44 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Originally Posted by ThomasC22
neat idea, although, with the iPod like MP3 players going up to 40gb I'd really like to see more storage given the size of the package.
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iPods at 40G :?: :!:
Where did you see that? I've literally just pressed the 'send' button on an order for the 20G version  at the Apple site - didn't see a mention of a 40G option/price though!? |
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02-05-2003, 11:47 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,671
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Originally Posted by ThomasC22
neat idea, although, with the iPod like MP3 players going up to 40gb I'd really like to see more storage given the size of the package.
But still, a move in the right direction!
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Hey there we go!!
An 802.11b (or even BT) enabled iPod would be a super way to look after our music and use as storage as well.
Come to that, if Apple were to turn the iPod into a real PDA (it seems to be inching in that direction) they could make Palm and PPC relics of the past. |
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02-05-2003, 11:49 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 748
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Originally Posted by DrtyBlvd
iPods at 40G :?: :!:
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Sorry, I should have emphasized the iPod- like part. I was actually referring to the Creative Labs Nomad 40Gb. |
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