I listen to a lot of material on MP3. Books on cd from the library which I convert to MP3 and podcasts as well as music of course. Also the occasional radio-drama.
Most of this I listen to with my Palm Treo. I put the files onto an SD card and use the PTunes application. It works great, and I always have my Treo with me.
I also have a cd walkman (not an actual "Walkman" - I mean a portable cd player) which plays also MP3s and other formats. I use this for travel or longer periods and it's especially good for those books on cd. I can dump a long book, 15 cds worth onto one disc and play it in here. Music, I don't compress quite so much when I rip it, but for spoken word, who cares?
And then, I recently bought This cool device (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FVY12M?tag2=dancemerengue-20) which integrates nicely into my lifestyle as I can pop either the MP3 Data cd from my cd player, or the SD card from my Treo and listen in the kitchen. Of course it also takes regular cds and plays AM/FM too. Additionally I found there is a USB slot on the front too, so your MP3's could be on a jumpdrive. I'm still working on getting the hang of the interface for this, I've only used it a couple times so far, but at that price I think it's a total steal.
I know Ipods are coolness incarnate, but having played with my sisters for a while, I don't love them. The interface is elegant, but not, imho, intuitive. I'm sure I will be strongly contradicted on this by those who have put in a bit more time with Ipods.
And I really hate i-tunes. After a good five or six months of using it to snag podcasts I switched to Juice. ITunes (or at least the last version of it I ran) required four or five clicks, with content loaded on each just to add an RSS feed whose URL you already know. Juice, it's one click.
Way more than you asked for but you know I loves me the sound of my own voice. In fact, I may save to re-post on my own journal so it looks like I'm posting regularly. Hope it helps.
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branchandroot
My two cents (OK, 933 cents)
Date: 2007-02-22 05:39 pm (UTC)I listen to a lot of material on MP3. Books on cd from the library which I convert to MP3 and podcasts as well as music of course. Also the occasional radio-drama.
Most of this I listen to with my Palm Treo. I put the files onto an SD card and use the PTunes application. It works great, and I always have my Treo with me.
I also have a cd walkman (not an actual "Walkman" - I mean a portable cd player) which plays also MP3s and other formats. I use this for travel or longer periods and it's especially good for those books on cd. I can dump a long book, 15 cds worth onto one disc and play it in here. Music, I don't compress quite so much when I rip it, but for spoken word, who cares?
And then, I recently bought This cool device (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FVY12M?tag2=dancemerengue-20) which integrates nicely into my lifestyle as I can pop either the MP3 Data cd from my cd player, or the SD card from my Treo and listen in the kitchen. Of course it also takes regular cds and plays AM/FM too. Additionally I found there is a USB slot on the front too, so your MP3's could be on a jumpdrive. I'm still working on getting the hang of the interface for this, I've only used it a couple times so far, but at that price I think it's a total steal.
I know Ipods are coolness incarnate, but having played with my sisters for a while, I don't love them. The interface is elegant, but not, imho, intuitive. I'm sure I will be strongly contradicted on this by those who have put in a bit more time with Ipods.
And I really hate i-tunes. After a good five or six months of using it to snag podcasts I switched to Juice. ITunes (or at least the last version of it I ran) required four or five clicks, with content loaded on each just to add an RSS feed whose URL you already know. Juice, it's one click.
Way more than you asked for but you know I loves me the sound of my own voice. In fact, I may save to re-post on my own journal so it looks like I'm posting regularly. Hope it helps.