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James Fee
11-23-2004, 05:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000463020872/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000463020872/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Nah, we didn’t ever expect Motorola do a line of MP3 players, either, which is why it was such a surprise when we spotted two models, the 5GB M500 and 256MB M25 at their press event back in June. It took a few months, but both players are just coming out and we managed to get our hands on the M500 for a quick review."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/mot_mp3.jpg" /><br /><br />There will be no shortage of 4 and 5 GB digital media players this holiday season. Motorola has a nice looking device that integrates an FM tuner and has a list price in the low $200's. Another nice feature is the naming convention that actually makes sense, M500 for the 5 GB and M23 for the 256 MB flash player. The color is different, but I guess white has already been taken. :razzing:

backpackerx
11-23-2004, 10:23 PM
That appears to be the same firmware that my Rio flash player uses. Must have bought a license from them or something.

James Fee
11-23-2004, 10:33 PM
Wouldn't happen to be one of these?

http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/media/users/135/Karma_main_prod.jpg

Kind of looks like the Motorola player with that navigation "stick"

backpackerx
11-23-2004, 10:43 PM
No, it's an old 64Mb Rio S10.
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/20573676-2-200-DT2.gif

http://www.avdeals.com/mp3/largeimages/RIO-S10.jpg

The top one has a cover on it but was the only pic I could find with the menu showing and not the song info like the bottom one.

James Fee
11-24-2004, 12:14 AM
Looks like you are right....

cmorris
11-24-2004, 12:25 AM
Also looks very similar to Rio Carbon