11-04-2002, 01:00 AM
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Can a Pocket PC Save You the Need to Carry an MP3 Player?
http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/story/0,23008,3401112,00.html
I've been using my Pocket PC for a music player for nearly three years now. Worth its weight in gold for me when on long plane trips. Tech TV's Hahn Choi took a look at the iPAQ 3900, Toshiba e740 and Sony Clie NR70V to see how they stacked up against each other for their music capabilities. Source: Foo Fighter
A few comments from the article:
� A PDA's low-end will never wow you, but the iPaq did produce a more pronounced bass than the Sony CLIE.
� The e740 produced the best balance among the ranges.
� The iPaq and e740 had a much higher maximum volume than the CLIE.
� Sony requires MP3 files be stored in a specific directory on the Memory Stick. Pocket PC automatically searches out all supported files.
� Both Pocket PC devices offer way more storage, with the e740 supporting both Secure Digital (SD) and CompactFlash (CF). SD media is currently available in sizes up to 512MB, while CF media is currently available up to 1GB. The iPaq can add up to 5GB with the optional PC Card expansion pack and a Toshiba PC Card storage drive. The CLIE's Memory Stick currently maxes out at 128MB.
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11-04-2002, 01:09 AM
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i'm ud=sing ipaq 3900 to play WMA file in my car stereo everyday, put it in 512 mb sd card, but i do notice that WMA file produce better output than the MP3 format in my ipaq, i dont know why...
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11-04-2002, 01:18 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Definitely !!!
My iPaq plays WMA encoded files which are as rich as I could ever want and lets me do about a thousand other things when I am not playing music. I was given a standalone MP3 player and gave it away. I see no need whatsoever to use a standalone player, nor do I see any reason to play MP3's at double the size of a WMA. If I download MP3's I convert them to WMA just for the decreased size, and because Windows Media Player on the iPaq just plays them much more reliably. 8) :rock on dude!:
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11-04-2002, 01:20 AM
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Intellectual
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yea, PDAs make OK mp3 players, but I have a 13 gb MP3 collection, so its a no go for me  . Instead I purchased the Archos Recorder, but have my 40 top songs on my e740 for that occasional urge during everyday use.
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11-04-2002, 02:00 AM
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Not sure what MP3 players cost in the US or Europe but in Australia the cost differential between an MP3 player and a low end PDA (like Toshiba e310 or iPAQ 3850) is not that great.
Given the total functionality of the PPC (ebook reader, music player, PIM, games, etc) I'd recommend a PPC over a MP3 player. I'm not sure of the sound quality difference but my iPAQ 3850 is "good enough" for listening to a few songs on the commute to work or when I'm out for a walk or when Im trying to drown out the sound of my kid ;-)
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11-04-2002, 02:13 AM
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Ponderer
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I use my Pocket Pc as an mp3 player nearly every day at some point. It does not hold as much as say an iPod does, but I dont need that much music with me anyway.
I say it works really well.
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11-04-2002, 02:26 AM
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I used to use my Jornada 568 as an music player while I rode the bus. It worked really well, but there's only so much music you can squeeze onto a 256 CF card.
Since then I took a new job and can listen to music all day long. Enter the 20 gb iPod The PocketPC does a pretty good job of music playback, but you just can't beat a hard drived based MP3 player for storing tons of music and long playback times.
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11-04-2002, 02:59 AM
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Thinker
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Re: Can a Pocket PC Save You the Need to Carry an MP3 Player
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
• Sony requires MP3 files be stored in a specific directory on the Memory Stick. Pocket PC automatically searches out all supported files.
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PPCs have to have MP3s in the My Documents folder, don't they (either storage or RAM, but who's going to store MP3s in RAM if they want to use it as a real mp3 player?)?
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11-04-2002, 03:20 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Erm...
Firstly, the majority of people don't listen to mp3s on their desktop using windows media player, they generally use winamp. So, its unfair to limit the mp3 client on the pocket pc to just windows media player. I use PDivx/GS player to play my mp3s on my ipaq 3900, and between the compaq built in treble/bass controls and the equalizers built into the mp3 clients, I can get a final audio stream coming out of my pda a lot more rich and clear than that of my, now useless, mp3 player.
Secondly, the beauty of having an ipaq to play mp3s over having an mp3 player, is the freedom of pocket pc os at your disposal. My college has a wireless network set up, and at home I have my own access point set up, so I have a nearly unlimited amount of disk space for my mp3s. And by unlimited, I mean UNLIMITED. I have all my suitemates' mp3 drives being shared on the network, giving me a huge, huge, huge playlist
Will I ever go back to using a regular mp3 player?
Definately not.
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11-04-2002, 03:28 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Re: Can a Pocket PC Save You the Need to Carry an MP3 Player
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Originally Posted by heov
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
� Sony requires MP3 files be stored in a specific directory on the Memory Stick. Pocket PC automatically searches out all supported files.
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PPCs have to have MP3s in the My Documents folder, don't they (either storage or RAM, but who's going to store MP3s in RAM if they want to use it as a real mp3 player?)? |
No. I have a My Music folder on the root of my 1GB Lexar CF Card.
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