-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Travis Roy wrote: >> Meizu M3 Music Card. Plays OGG, FLAC and a variety of other audio >> formats. "Appears" as USB storage, where audio files can be simply >> copied to. >> >> http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/02/meizus-m3-music-card-unboxed > > Have you used one of these? A former coworker got an "iPod knockoff". > It looked great, had some great features and seemed solid. I own M3 8GB for 1.5--2 years by now I think. Don't use too often though, only while on a bus/plane.
> Until after about a month. The headphone jack broke. He managed to > open it up to take a look since it was useless anyway. The inside was > substandard. Bad solder joints, crappy plastic. That's what ended up > being the problem. The headphone jack wiggled lose on the inside and > basically snapped off the board. Nothing has broken/gone bad so far. Didn't have a chance to take a look inside :) Exterior quality is inferior to that of an iPod, IMO. > I'd be careful. I like looking for deals to, but with something that > gets banged up like portable music players do, it might be worth it to > go name brand, or at least that's been around long enough to have a > bunch of people use it. I have skimmed through http://www.meizume.com forums before buying and wasn't scared away. Plays OGG, mounts via USB, no management software required, small, laconic design --- those were the criteria in my case. Šarūnas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjmOFMACgkQVVkpJ1MUn+Y75gCgksQU3FFPWWH8NKCoeo5CiVJr Bq4An38phaf7mhauS4m7lNJS/YtkaYjz =j06T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/