I never was much of a Motley Crue fan. However, I have been totally blown away by Nikki Sixx's latest project which is a companion soundtrack to his book, "The Heroin Diaries". This is mindblowing stuff along the lines of Queensryche's "Operation Mindcrime".
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Zvue Media Player: Great for podcasts!
Those of you who have visited this site from time to time know that I am a fan of the Zvue media player. The model 250 sells for under $70 at Walmart and the new model 260 goes for less than $100 bucks. For the money, it really is a decent little portable media player.
Aside from playing xvid videos and mp3/wma files, it does a couple of things that anyone who listens to podcasts understand is crucial. The first feature that I am referring to is the "auto-resume" feature. In other words, when I turn the device off, it remembers where I was. This comes in handy if you are listening to a long podcast or a movie because you don't have to fast forward back to the point you were at. The second feature is even harder to find. Once I have finished listening to a podcast, I can delete it directly from the device. Most of these gadgets make you wait until later when you've attached it to your computer.
So, the main reason for this posting is a little rumor that comes from a comment left on Zvue-net. Here it is:
"New firmware for the 200/250/260 is coming fairly soon (and we have crushed many old annoying bugs - I've been driving a debugging campaign). But, the big (and strictly unofficial news, because you may never see it, if... an asteroid hits the building or something) is SDHC (compatible, we don't liscence the logo, so we have to be "compatible") support beta is now working (yay)."
It's been over a year since the Zvue has seen a firmware update and, frankly, it's about time. Hopefully, this fantastic little gadget becomes even more indispensable after the new update!
Those of you who have visited this site from time to time know that I am a fan of the Zvue media player. The model 250 sells for under $70 at Walmart and the new model 260 goes for less than $100 bucks. For the money, it really is a decent little portable media player.
Aside from playing xvid videos and mp3/wma files, it does a couple of things that anyone who listens to podcasts understand is crucial. The first feature that I am referring to is the "auto-resume" feature. In other words, when I turn the device off, it remembers where I was. This comes in handy if you are listening to a long podcast or a movie because you don't have to fast forward back to the point you were at. The second feature is even harder to find. Once I have finished listening to a podcast, I can delete it directly from the device. Most of these gadgets make you wait until later when you've attached it to your computer.
So, the main reason for this posting is a little rumor that comes from a comment left on Zvue-net. Here it is:
"New firmware for the 200/250/260 is coming fairly soon (and we have crushed many old annoying bugs - I've been driving a debugging campaign). But, the big (and strictly unofficial news, because you may never see it, if... an asteroid hits the building or something) is SDHC (compatible, we don't liscence the logo, so we have to be "compatible") support beta is now working (yay)."
It's been over a year since the Zvue has seen a firmware update and, frankly, it's about time. Hopefully, this fantastic little gadget becomes even more indispensable after the new update!
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