Other portable MP3 players. (Score 1)

One dosnt have to spend a fortune getting a portable mp3 player. Or even buy a rio with its proprietary memory cards. XAudio has released a very functional mp3 player for WinCE, and the newer WinCE units have stereo headphone jacks and quite functional audio hardware. And with the advantage of using standard off the shelf Flash Ram cards, its probally cheaper and easier to expand. Besides, you can use it as a pda if you can stand the WinCE platform. New Wyvern class P/PC devices (Palm PC) will probally all have color displays and stereo headphone jacks. They will also use standard compact flash cards, which most geeks already have a bunch laying about from digital cams and the like. A final word, I have tested Xaudio's MP3 player on a hp320lx, hp660lx, and a Nec Mobilepro 750C. On the later two, the mp3's played back with all the fidelity one would expect from a mp3, aka FM radio :) On the 320lx, it just sucked badly due to a slowassed cpu coupled with a shitty OS. But since I already have a WinCE device mounted in my car as a mobile GPS unit (using Solus Pro from Delorme and Rockwell GPS receiver), I figure I might as well use it to play MP3's as well.