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The personal media player world is still rocking from Apple's avalanche of new releases, and now more than ever it's important for opponents of the immortal iPod to stand and deliver if they want to survive. While rumors hint that Microsoft is mirroring Apple's progress with its Zune, Toshiba, evidently, is content to stand in the back well out of profit's way with its Gigabeat T400.
The Gigabeat T400 isn't lacking anything. It has a 2.4-inch LCD screen for watching movies and navigation, a 4 GB flash drive, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, plays MP3, WAV, WMA and WMA lossless files, and features the easy-to-use cross for control. It's even slimmer than the iPod Mini. But it's just the same old flash-based Gigabeat with the ability to play video. Enough to keep up, maybe, but not to get ahead. The Gigabeat T400 is out now and sells for $120.
Infosyncworld, via Everything USB
By TheApocalypse at 4:30 PM ON 09/26/07
One thing that always amazes me when people talk about the various iPod products is how often they fail to mention the biggest reason to buy something else... iTunes. Probably one of the worst pieces of software ever made when it comes to doing anything except for exactly what Apple wants you to do.
Most non iPod players use the novel idea of treating their devices simply as external hard drives allowing users to effortlessly drag files to and from the device, without the annoyances of proprietary software.
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