Jens Of Sweden MP3 Player With OLED, Ogg 349
rune-bare-rune writes "Gadget manufacturer Jens of Sweden launches a nice-looking MP3 player with an unusual OLED display that doubles as a mirror. Supports MP3, WMA and OGG Vorbis. And as a few other really small players it handles the USB connection nicely."
Now we just need... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Now we just need... (Score:3, Funny)
Mynd you, only 512M in a MP3 playr Kan be pretti nasti...
Re:Now we just need... (Score:5, Funny)
Button Size (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Button Size (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, much unlike the rocker that apparently *is* fun to manipulate [rogreviews.com].
Hmm. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hmm. (Score:3, Funny)
"doubles as a mirror." (Score:4, Funny)
Looks like... (Score:4, Insightful)
Close, but not quite. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Close, but not quite. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Looks like... (Score:3, Interesting)
I've the 256 Mo version since april 2003. It's a good player with a long battery life and you don't need special driver to use it. Just plug it and it's reconized as a removable drive on any OS that support USB.
Re:Looks like... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Looks like... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Looks like... (Score:2)
Exactly what I thought too... Exactly the same weight, size, button positioning, and even the same `navi' string in exactly the same place.
Although I'd hate to have a "Rechargeable battery: 520mAh Li-ion" when I have a 512MB-iRiver with a single rechargeble AA battery that runs for 30 hours*.
(*sunpak 2200mAh AA batteries)
Re:You are almost certainly right (Score:4, Informative)
Re:You are almost certainly right (Score:3, Interesting)
Jens of sweden is a company that brings cool korean gadgets to europe. But not any cool gadget, only those up to their specs. If nothing fits the koreans adapt their products. Capitalism in a nutshell.
I have a link but its in swedish so its of no use anyway.
USB 1.1? (Score:5, Insightful)
In a world where modern machines come with USB 2, and it's also backwards compatible with USB 1, there's no excuse to make an mp3 player that only supports USB 1.1.
Re:USB 1.1? (Score:5, Funny)
At least they are being honest. I mean, they could have called it "USB 2.0 High Speed"!
Re:USB 1.1? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:USB 1.1? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:USB 1.1? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:USB 1.1? (Score:5, Informative)
SanDisk ultra II (Score:2)
I just did a speed test using 'time cp' - 13372kB in 5 files, transfered in 9.19 seconds = 1445 kB/sec = 10x 9000 kB/sec.
Of course, that's reading and not writing. And my cache wasn't cleared... but both of those things should have made it faster.
Re:SanDisk ultra II (Score:4, Informative)
Try your benchmark again with an IDECF adaptor plugged directly into a drive controller (or IDE/Firewire bridge if you are limited to the laptop) and see if it makes a difference. It ought to!
Re:USB 1.1? (Score:2)
Re:USB 1.1? (Score:2)
6 minutes, to fully fill it. Do people transfer half a gig of music every time they plug it in? If so, get a hard drive based player. Otherwise: maybe it's annoying the first time, but come on people!
Re:USB 1.1? (Score:2)
Re: (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:USB 1.1? (Score:3, Insightful)
Yeah, with a maximum capacity of 512MB, it's gonna take ages...
Speaking of which, is there even a market for sub-GB mp3 players these days? Even at 128kbps, that's only about a 100 songs.
That is one of the sweetest things I've ever seen (Score:3, Funny)
I haven't seen any practical OLED apps, and if this is one of them consider me sold on the technology.
Also, it's worth mentioning that my agency did a fingerprint analysis on the user in the picture [jensofsweden.com] and our results have conclusively indicated that she is in fact:
A NATALIE PORTMAN CLONE!!! We knew it was possible!
Amen brothers!
Re:That is one of the sweetest things I've ever se (Score:3, Funny)
Eeek.
Re:That is one of the sweetest things I've ever se (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:That is one of the sweetest things I've ever se (Score:2)
Re:That is one of the sweetest things I've ever se (Score:3, Interesting)
Fingerprints are formed during fetal developement and are not determined entirely by DNA
nice unit (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:nice unit (Score:2)
Re:nice unit (Score:3, Interesting)
They don't. They sell it with 8, at least according to the spec sheet. Funny thing: I have one and I take it with me pretty much everywhere. When I'm near power, I'm usually also near a computer with speakers, so I plug it in and play songs off of it while it recharges via the same cable. No big deal. Having run out of battery only once or twice in over six months, I can't really remember how long it took. It's a non-issue for me, th
Strange thing I noticed... (Score:5, Interesting)
Need more information. Please help.
Re:Strange thing I noticed... (Score:2)
Re:Strange thing I noticed... (Score:3, Informative)
Only if the person was actually lookin' at theyself in the mirror. If the person looking into the mirror is seeing a reflection of the camera, it'd look like the picture. They do it in movies all the time.
Re:Strange thing I noticed... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Strange thing I noticed... (Score:3, Insightful)
- Twilight1
Two Left Hands (Score:5, Insightful)
>lipstick to be applied to a woman's face??
It had BETTER be a different person, or they have two left hands...
*grin*
Re:Strange thing I noticed... (Score:2)
Re:Strange thing I noticed... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Strange thing I noticed... (Score:2, Funny)
It's actually Larry Wachowski.
Re:Strange thing I noticed... (Score:3, Funny)
Q. Know how to tell the bride from the groom at a european wedding?
A. She's the one with the braided armpits.
It has to be said.... (Score:5, Funny)
But.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:But.... (Score:2)
Irony 101... (Score:2, Insightful)
Presumably, the person who modded the parent post as "redundant" and the two ACs who added useless replies fall into this category.
Argh Matey! (Score:5, Funny)
What's with the marketing? (Score:2, Interesting)
Something also
Re:What's with the marketing? (Score:3, Informative)
I hate waiting for flash animations to load, but in this case, the flash animations *are* the pictures you're looking for.
Re:What's with the marketing? (Score:2)
Shame that "flash" has become synonymous with "animated advertising" to some. Maybe they'd feel better if they saw it put to the "other" uses it's known for?
Re:What's with the marketing? (Score:2)
You think that's bad, the front page doesn't mention that it can has an Ogg Vorbis codec!
This is huge news for those of us that choose not to use patent-encumbered formats.
Dude I bet she couldn't dance on her hands! (Score:5, Funny)
Look at the photo [jensofsweden.com] yourself- that's weird huh?
+5 Observant
Re:Dude I bet she couldn't dance on her hands! (Score:4, Funny)
Right--> Looks like Left
It... invert things, ya know?
Try it. (Score:5, Interesting)
I guess the RSD(TM) is already patented [apple.com]
Re:Try it. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Dude I bet she couldn't dance on her hands! (Score:2)
indeed (Score:2)
Weird effect anyway - they should have thought this through more.
Alternative version available? (Score:5, Funny)
Likely to be pretty expensive (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.hammacher.com/publish/70549.asp?prom
I would think this model, the MP130, would be at least as expensive, but likely more.
-B
Re:Likely to be pretty expensive (Score:3, Informative)
256mb of good looks (Score:4, Insightful)
But what is with the 256MB capacity? I am not trying to be an Apple zelot here, but with the iPod Mini, hasn't Apple really drawn a line in the sand where Style and 4GB capacity intersect at a sub $250 price point?
The way I see it, no one who ever uses a high capacity digital music player (remember back when we called them MP3 players?) will ever go BACK to a low capacity sub 100 song player. Just won't happen. You get hooked on the ability BROWSE.
But anyway, nice looking toy [jensofsweden.com]
Re:256mb of good looks (Score:4, Insightful)
Most of the sub 2G mp3 players availible are solid state flash storage, where the ipods are actual hard drives.
Hard drives (dont give a damn about how they are mounted) fail when exposed to vibration, such as running or even riding a subway.
Of course this being slashdot i dont expect many people to be runners
Re:256mb of good looks (Score:4, Insightful)
There was a smattering of trouble with earlier CF microdrives, but considering the fact that most of the 1GB microdrives were used by pro digital photographers in intense environments (warzones, sports venues, etc.) and are still in use today, I'd say that microdrives aren't nearly as susceptible to trouble as some would think.
Me wonders (Score:2, Redundant)
"What song is playing, let me check, oh shoot my hair is all messy. My good old jens of sweden MP3 player, let's me pretty up anytime i want"
prrrr
Re:Me wonders (Score:5, Funny)
OLED? What gave you that idea? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:OLED == OEL (Score:3, Informative)
So
True, OLED==OEL (Score:4, Informative)
iPods can double as mirrors as well (Score:5, Insightful)
That is, if you can keep it clean and free of scratches. I know some people who have their caseback so badly scratched up that its pretty much lost its reflective properties.
Yeah, but... (Score:3, Interesting)
Yes yes, -1 Redundant. But no one's posted about it yet. Does it work with Linux? A friend of mine has an earlier model, and it doesn't seem to get detected as a USB mass storage device under 2.4.2x. He's a captive windows user and this is one of the main reasons he can't drop it completely.
I'd try it on 2.6.5, but he doesn't want to upgrade (?!) and he uses it too much to lend it to me to hack with. So do any of you fellow linux-only users have one of Jens' recent units working?
Re:Yeah, but... (Score:4, Informative)
Dinking around with the ID/Driver database generally solves my 'compatibilty' problems. Even with modern kernels, unless the company, or a fan of the device, decides to submit the mapping to the linux project, it'll remain 'apparently' incompatible.
Yes, it will work. (Score:3, Informative)
OGG Players' Killer App (Score:5, Interesting)
Couldn't these companies take better advantage of the ability to play OGG files and include the compressor to actually fit more music in less space? They could advertise a player that holds "more music" in a less expensive package. Instead of advertising the storage space, advertise the number of hours of music, and compare to competitors that cost 2x as much.
List 'play time' instead ? No (Score:2)
What is that play time based on ? 128kbit/s ? 64kbit/s ? 32kbit/s mono ?
Even if they said 'CD quality', style.. it would depends on whichever test said it sounded like the original CD of song X as heard by randomguy Y.
No. Storage space, in megabytes or so, is much more convenient, as you can determine for yourself how much music you can store on it - based on your actual files.
Re:OGG Players' Killer App (Score:3, Informative)
You do understand that transcoding from MP3 to OGG means absolutely shitty quality regardless on what bitrate you use? The result is always worse than what you started with.
Not made in sweden. (Score:4, Informative)
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Re:WOW (Score:2, Funny)
And I get to yell WHERE IS THE SPELL CHECKER?
College basketball? (Score:2)
It Ain't Vapor; It's IOPS (Score:4, Informative)
The Mirror Will Make This a Hit (Score:5, Interesting)
Although most of us will see the mirror display as, at best, a novel cosmetic touch, I've shown these pictures to a girl I happened to have about the place and her response was instant enthusiasm.
She pointed out that it's always good to have a mirror handy, especially in situations where you aren't carrying your usual bag-of-tricks, such as when you're jogging - with one of these and a tube of lippy in her pocket, a girl would be ready for anything.
Her one criticism was that that small mic hole, right in the middle of that otherwise unobstructed stretch, would be an irritating distraction for anyone giving their make-up a quick check. I figure that such an infrequently used feature could have been placed elsewhere without affecting its utility. Also, I think they should have extended the right up to or even around the corners, increasing the mirror's ease of use (I presuming that the mirror is just a protective fascia placed over the actual OLED display).
At the right price point (and I think it is), this could seriously challenge Apple's mostly female targetted Mini ipod.
Re:The Mirror Will Make This a Hit (Score:5, Funny)
Hmm, you typically keep girls strewn about your place? That's not a bad idea...
Re:The Mirror Will Make This a Hit (Score:2)
Re:The Mirror Will Make This a Hit (Score:2)
Please explain (Score:3, Insightful)
Feature or Chrome? (Score:3, Funny)
Come on, folks. OGG is a nice bell and whistle [catb.org], but a mirror? That's just chrome [catb.org].
Rebranded crap. (Score:3, Informative)
I remember Bang & Olufsen when they launched their failed cellphone series. It was just a rebranded Ericsson phone, in three more colors at twice the price. My guess is that todays consumers are too vary of these things and JoS will fail unless they cooperate and innovate like certain other companies [apple.com].
The absolutely worst case of rebranding ever was the North Korean government: They bought / stole severeal Huyndai cars and rebranded them (illegaly) as their own brand. Everybody outside NK understood what was going on, but this was a publicity stunt for their own people to convince them that NK had an up to date booming car industry.
FM transmitter? (Score:5, Interesting)
One thing that isn't mentioned on the MP300 page (since usage is illegal in Scandinavia), is that the player includes an FM transmitter that can be enabled by running a small program [brink.st].
Does the MP130 have this functionality as well?
More specs from press release (Score:3, Informative)
Specs from the press release (which is only available in nordic languages it seems):
The recommended prices are SEK 1795/2495/3295, which translates to very roughly $240/$330/$430.
MPIO FL-100 Has A Mirror (Score:3, Informative)
Jens of Sweden MP-300 is made by Korean Nextway (Score:4, Informative)
Re:I would like FLAC or Module support. (Score:5, Insightful)
anti-iPod bashing = bad (Score:4, Insightful)
After all, Apple has created a 'reference standard' for the digital media player industry by which all other digital media players are, in my opinion, rightly judged. The same holds true for Windows. Apple Linux and before it Unix were and remain compared to Windows, the reference standard for desktop OS.
Re:Man hand (Score:3, Insightful)
I'm not sure if it is a man holding it, but whoever it is has two left hands. Creepy!