D2′d
Not that I want to generate the impression here that all I do is buy electronic gadgets and software, but I just got an 8GB Cowon D2 [pronounced "coe-on", btw], which costs about the same as an 8GB version of a somewhat more popular digital music player, except that it has a touch screen, accepts SD cards for extra storage, and, oh, yes, plays OGG Vorbis and FLAC files (and it has an FM tuner and can also act as a sound recorder).
One also, get this, does not generally interface with a D2 via a proprietary piece of software (although you have that option if you want it)– one attaches the player via a USB cable and accesses it like any other USB storage. OTOH, it’s a little bit bigger, has a somewhat clunkier interface, and it appears to be extremely sensitive to being disconnected before it’s ready, to the extent that it becomes unresponsive if you don’t “stop” (windows) or “unmount” (*nix) it; as a matter of fact, mine doesn’t cotton to being connected to OS X at all. That’s fine, though, because for some funny reason I don’t have much in the way of .ogg and .flac files on my OS X machine …
Plus: a scientific calculator!
Posted: January 16th, 2008 under nerdination.
Tags: music cowon !ipod
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