For an extra $35 you can get an add-on FM radio feature for your ipod...
HOW CONVENIENT,
Love how they downplay that...
"When I asked to sample the Odyssey, it was one of the only devices I'd heard of that combined digital music with a radio. But a little more than a week ago, Griffin Technology started shipping an iPod FM device that sells for $35. Sure, it's only an add-on, but it neutralizes Odyssey's greatest advantage. And, of course, the iPod is available for Macs and Windows; the Odyssey is limited to the latter."
Here are the good points: The sound quality is great and the robust tuner accepts 12 station presets, more than one could ever use in this nothing's-on era of shrink-wrapped radio. The voice recorder adequately snares voices at 15 feet, good enough to take down the minutes of your next meeting, even if the meeting goes on for days: The manufacturer, e.Digital of San Diego, says 16 hours of talking will fill only one gigabyte and the Odyssey gives you 20.
As e.Digital boasts, that translates to as many as 10,000 songs. Even with the added functions, the Odyssey's suggested price of $350 is $50 less than the 15- gigabyte iPod announced by Apple on Monday.
Make that $85 less than the 15 gig ipod if you want FM.
