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Hello fellow MiniDisc users,
I don't know if any of you attended the last CES, but there was a
really interesting product which received a few awards (Best Lifestyle
Product, Best Mobile Device, and Best of CES), and what I think will
be the final MD killer.
I had never thought about buying an MP3 player..., until now. If you
check http://www.dataplay.com/ you'll see the Miniature Disc. A little
disc (very MD-like) of 32mm (not much larger than a quarter), and
which holds 250 or 500 MBytes (there are of both sizes). They'll begin
to sell on next Fall (2001), and will be price $5-$12 depending on
pack size. (What a shame for Iomega, with their shitty Click, only
40MBytes and much more expensive, besides slower and I think bigger).
They seem an MD clone, as there'll be pre-recorded media, as well
as blank discs which you'll be able to record on your computer. The
formats supported are:
Write Once (WO), Multi Session
Pre-Mastered (ROM)
Hybrid (ROM and WO)
The transfer rate is around 1 MByte/sec (Read/Write), and the
wavelength of the laser is 650nm (for recording and playback).
All this, together with 3.5g of weight, and 33.53x39.5x3.05mm
(WxLxH) of size, I see on it a total MD killer.
This is what Sony should have released. I know about the MD2 (or
whatever they are called, fruit of the joint venture of Sharp and
Sony), but they have not been promoted. There are no deals with third
parties, and you can only find them in video cameras.
I for one will love to buy these. Imagine sharing media for your
PDA, video camera, portable music player, mobile phone, and as a
replacement for CDRWs (with this size, I definitely prefer them over
the oversized CDs).
As you might suppose I have nothing to do with DataPlay. I just saw
it so interesting and promising that I would like to share it with you
all. I'll wait for your opinions.
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Best regards,
Javier Marcet mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else.
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