Mostly: Classical

[Sexton O Blake]

Saw something about that. I am waiting for the iPOD and toilet tie in -- er ah.. called (yup you guess it) iCRAP.

I have officially entered the world of a digital audio player. Ended up being the SANDISK Sansa m260 (url below). Comes with 4GB flash; removable AAA battery; supports resume; acts as a standard MSD. Cost $210C. I will post a review at Epinions within the month. The unit satisfied my basic criteria. Costco sells the 1GB version for $99C, so at the price the 4GB was excellent value. (so I have elevated myself from bottom of the heap to rather high in the DAP world).

512MB is downright pitiful. 1GB is for those that like a finite set of current tracks. At 4GB it more than covers my current and any "in the mood for.." needs plus can share with the wife. Most of the time in the car I will listen to classical; techno or audio books.

[Funny story, I listen to FLO 93.5 (Urban) and Classical FM (96.5) on the way home. The traffic reporter is BART MURPHY on both stations; and talks with both "hosts" as he should - classical/urban. The odds of someone listening to both stations and knowing the fact he is on both is so remote. I just have to chuckle.]

Probably the best part of the unit - is that they use the ID3 tags and slot accordingly automagically. So yes I can hear the same song if I pick "R&B" "2005" or "Alica Keys". I mention this because a lot of crappy (non Apple) units just give you folders. (albeit why anyone would want to listen to all songs from 2005 is beyond me; but hey what do I know)

I was actually toying with the idea of the iPOD Nano (about $287C for the 4GB model) except I was discouraged with the poor quality of the coating (as you know the class action suit).

Again the whole issue revolving the battery still stuck in my craw. The Nano could have been designed with a battery - like a NOKIA - where it is part of the back and clips off. But nooooooooo that would never do.

http://sandisk.com/Products/Catalog(1161)-SanDisk_Sansa_m200_Series_MP3_Players.aspx

B

(BTW: Roni -- except for the 26th you haven't posted much here - mostly on AAPL; seeing as FP thinks we are all weird, I had to see what would get you to post. Cheers mate!)

OT: I hope Cars does well at the box office. Disney had to take out Pixar - but as a bad trader - overpaid. On Friday a Disney exec said he wanted a movie a year from Pixar. John Lasseter said "we roll them out when we are ready". Dunno -- that is a tough marriage. John isn't in it for the money - he wants a GREAT FAMILY FILM. That doesn't translate to big money, automatically.

If I look back at all the movies, only The Incredibles could have several sequels - a la James Bond. That would help Disney get a pict a year since most of the work is designing the first one. Though I am sure there is a Finding Leonard Nimoy 2, Monsters 2, and perhaps Ants 2 -- if Disney has its way.

Outside of the Incredibles, Toy Story 2 is my favorite. Heck anything with Kelsey Grammer is great.

FYI: Cliff (Ratzenberger) is in Cars - and all other Pixar flicks.