there is a short piece on heise today:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/81503

It states that the Wizpy will be a linux-based player with a modified version
of Turbolinux. It will play MP3, OGG, WMA, AAC, JPEG and DivX and has a fm
radio. The player is advertised as an "open source media player".

As far as I understand it has a kind of double-boot option (player/pc).
The linux distribution on the player features Firefox, Thunderbird, Skype and
more. This is accessible if one plugs the player into the pc and boots linux
from the player.

Clever idea, if the heise piece is accurate.

Best,
Jan

On Friday 24 November 2006 11:15, Vladimir Pantelic wrote:
> Joe wrote:
> > I disagree that it is rubbish, yes you can put linux on a usb drive
> > based mp3 player etc but to have it all packaged the way it appears to be
> > with the Wizby to be is a little different. I am not into hacking but use
> > linux exclusively and find most mp3 players are not linux based, yes you
> > can access them but as for the player running on linux, no it's just not
> > as common.
>
> I see nothing in the news coverage on this player that indicates that the
> player *itself* is running Linux. All I see is that a PC will boot into
> Linux from it which to me is no big deal.
>
> 73
Received on 2006-11-24