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Originally posted by photon+Oct 27 2004, 06:14 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (photon @ Oct 27 2004, 06:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Tron_fdc@Oct 27 2004, 11:16 AM
I've been thinking about buying an iPod.......any suggestions for something that is equivalent??
I have a music library of over 3 thousand songs, a huge picture library, and I want something that can "broadcast" the signal to my FM radio so I can listen to tunes during my daily commute.
I also like the digital camera to iPod connectivity idea....do any currently do this??
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The new iRiver H300 series has USB2Go support (for direct xfer of digital photos), EXCEPT for the models they bring into North America for some reason. Might be as simple as a firmware flash to enable it though, I haven't looked into it.
There are a few mp3 players with built in FM transmitters, but nothing that one would consider "main stream". Samsung has some I think.
For most players FM transmission and USB2Go type functionality will require extra add-on hardware.
Well at least you guys don't want the world for next to no $$.
No one asked for the world.. but if you're going to make a product that's marketed as a digital photo hard drive storage device, the least you could do is make it so people could copy their pictures onto it without a PC. Heck the thing costs as much as a laptop! It's not like USB2Go isn't a standard. [/b][/quote]
Hey I totally agree on the price thing but there must be a reason no portable device allows you to hook up a digital camera to it without a PC right? Cost prohibitive, hardware availability, there has to be a reason.
You can buy an FM antenna for ipods as well.
Like I said before, I couldn't agree more on the price but my experience with Apple is, yes, you do pay more, but the return is far superior performance out of eveerything they make.