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To: Rocky Reid who wrote (15629)	10/16/2000 5:36:25 PM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Rocky, Non-PC Solutions A set-top device with a CF/PCMCIA slot and no LCD screen is sounding more and more attractive to me. I like the 2.5 inch hard drive idea. How about a lower density drive, say 10 gigabytes or less, and a stacked dedicated CD-R drive in place of those expensive Zip discs? Aus

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (15629)	10/18/2000 11:45:34 AM
From: Herb Fuller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Bigtime problem for flash??? I-Jam Announces New Clik! MP3 Player. By Richard Menta- 10/13/00 First came the Sensory Science Rave MP2300, then the Iomega HipZip. Now I-Jam, one of the original six MP3 portable manufacturers, announce they will release a third digital music player using Iomega's Clik! media format. Dubbed the Win-Jam II, the unit is expected to ship by Christmas. Recently renamed the PocketZip, these memory disks offer a relatively cheap memory format when compared with the flash memory cards used by most MP3 players today. 32MB flash memory cards run about $70 - $100 each while 40MB Clik/PocketZip disks run $10. Creative's NOMAD Jukebox can be ordered from Amazon for $449. Available in Silver. This price difference is so significant, some industry analysts feel it will cause a shift away from the flash cards. Flash media is already experiencing a challenge from portables like Creative's Nomad Jukebox that use a laptop drive to give their player a 6GB capacity mp3newswire.net