From: Joseph Jones <joe_at_bumpycarrot.cjb.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 02:03:59 +0000

Glenn Ervin at Home wrote:
> Hey Jason,
> You think that 300 dollars is a lot?
> Try looking at virtually all of the products for the Blind, where any device
> like the Archos products would cost 1500 to 2000 dollars if they were
> available.
> This is why so many of us are understandably excited about the possibilities
> of TalkBox.
>
> Glenn
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Williams" <jwilliams_at_wi.rr.com>
> To: "Rockbox development" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 6:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Another possible candidate for expansion of Rockbox?
>
>
> I'm happy to see more players in the mp3 market but they are not exactly
> catering to the "value" oriented customer with their product.
>
> The $130 price point was exactly where I wanted to buy. $300 is
> prosecutable as larceny in my book.
>
> J
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Jones" <joe_at_bumpycarrot.cjb.net>
> To: "Rockbox development" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 6:14 PM
> Subject: Another possible candidate for expansion of Rockbox?
>
>
>
>>Hey.
>>
>>Well, I was just flipping around the new stuff at Thinkgeek.com and I
>>found this: http://www.pogoproducts.com/ripdrive.html
>>
>>It's got a simialr feature set to the FMR, but features an internal mic,
>>and they sell it in multiple sizes up to 80GB. It's in the same price
>>bracket as the JBR as well.
>>
>>I doubt anybody will be interested in this, since after all, we've all
>>got perfectly fine JBR/FMRs, but this just seemed like the next logical
>>step were Rockbox to move away from Archos platforms.
>>
>>Joe
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I think it's pretty cool that Rockbox is adding so much functionality to
such cheap hardware for so many people, all for free :) Rockbox easily
doubles the value of a JBR, in my opinion. Grayscale videos, games, cd
changers, blind operation, regular updates, improved battery life, photo
wallet.

Hell, if Archos would just keep making the JBR/FMRs forever, I don't
think anyone would ever have a reason to buy another MP3 player.

I almost feel sorry for people who buy iPods. What a ripoff!

Joe
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Received on 2004-03-05