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To: Bobby who wrote (1420)	11/10/1997 11:33:00 AM
From: Mike Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

I like the feature called "music on demand". You download a song or two from the Internet and listen to it. You can jog while listening to the music because there is no problem with vibration (no moving part). But flash will have to have more capacity to be able to replace CD (640 MB capacity) Actually, I am not quite sure. A music CD only contains about 10-15 songs even though it has the capacity to store much more. Does anyone know how much storage is required for an average song? If we can store about 5-10 songs in a CompactFlash, then this can be an alternative to CD player. It also fits inside your pocket, and unlike CD player, it can record.

To: Bobby who wrote (1420)	11/10/1997 10:10:00 PM
From: James Choi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

The flash memory does not compete with CDs. It competes with other recordable/erasable digital media such as Mini Disks, DATs and hard disks. The capacity of CD is about 650M while the largest capacity CompactFlash (CF) is 80M or so. But if CF is to use the kind of audio compression scheme used in MD, then the capacity can be much higher. But as I was saying, CF does not compete with CDs. It competes with the medium for portable digital recorders which are MDs and DATs. The advantage of CF is its small size and its robustness. As I understand, CFs are practically undestructable compared to MDs and DATs that has mechanical components. I expect this to be a hit in portable recording applications where lightness and robustness is of prime concern than the fidelity of the sound. The possibilities are endless. I hope SanDisk becomes the standard for all Flash Memory based digital recording. James Choi