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Non-Tech : The New Iomega '2000' Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cogito who wrote (1315)	7/2/1999 9:49:00 AM
From: D.J.Smyth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5023

received some information earlier today that an IOM based camera is about ready to roll. they wouldn't say which company it was coming from. i assume it was clik! based.

To: Cogito who wrote (1315)	7/2/1999 12:20:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5023

MP3 on Sony Minidisc! The "Novac" company has a new product that enables recording MP3 music onto Minidisc. nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com Japan's Novac to Launch Kit to Record MP3 Sound on MD July 2, 1999 (TOKYO) -- Novac Co., Ltd., a personal computer hardware and software company, on July 8 plans to launch its MP3 Jet-Audio MD Connection Kit to record MP3 files onto mini disks. ------ This Novac product, which uses the spdif digital audio out on a computer sound card, is a clunky way to do things. But... If Sony decides to enable MP3 file transfer directly to their Minidisc players via USB, watch out! Sony's Minidisc could come out of nowhere to take the MP3 world by storm! Each Minidisc can hold 140MB of audio- enough for roughly 30 songs- for only about $7 per disk or so. Sony Minidisc uses very reliable MO tech, and there is no threat of a head crash during rough use (jogging, etc.). MP3 may be what brings Minidisc into the mainstream here in the USA. If Sony can execute this... I expect a flood of MP3 announcements from hundreds of companies after July 9 for products to be delivered by Christmas. Sony's MP3-Minidisc could be among these...