Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Baltimore MD, USA
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Now if we could just get a springboard that could read these babies!

http://equip.zdnet.com/gear/sporttech/news/18d2e/

500 megs on a disk the size of a quarter, with each disk costing about $10

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Notice that they didn't say "Springboard Dead".

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WOW! That thing is amazing. Anybody want to buy my MiniJam?

I highly doubt that they will sell these disks for "between $5 and $10" though, considering the cost of the items they are replacing. I wonder about stability though, for an mp3 player. It doesn't look solid state at all.

Here's the kicker though:

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This technology will let content providers such as Universal, Warner, or Sony Music sell prerecorded DataPlay discs with music from all their artists. The songs would be coded to the serial number on the disc, so pirates wouldn't be able to copy the content from one disc to another.

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Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 1883

IMHO it is 'just' a (very) small CD-R or second gen. MD....
It is WORM (Write Once Read Many) and contains 500Mb

It is VERY small though

The only down side is, it need moving parts... so potential skipping again...
That is the good part about the MP3 players, they have no moving parts, so no skipping and no wear and tear...

Don't think there will be a spingboard for this one... it probably uses too much power... and needs a motor so that will make it big...

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Do files get embarrassed when they get unzipped?

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Location: Baltimore MD, USA
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Originally posted by LarryN
I highly doubt that they will sell these disks for "between $5 and $10" though, considering the cost of the items they are replacing.

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