Packard Bell, the British PC manufacturer, has announced a new iPod mini competitor: the Pocket M@estro.
It has a 5gb hard drive (more breakable than the 4gb flash drive in the mini), supports MP3 and WMA, and has a FM radio and voice recorder built in.
No information on size but judging by the photo I expect it to be a little wider and thicker than the ipod mini.
Battery life will be 7hrs, and it will be available in September. Priding is likely to be around 200 pounds ($350).
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Even the Ipod mini is hard drive based, unless you know of any way to buy 4Gb of flash for less than $1500.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0308/03080402lexar4gbship.asp
So if this is cheap enough it should be a good competitor for the mini, and no more breakable.
Surur
Hi Surur,
Good point, the ipod mini (and the Muvo) both use a 4gb CompactFlash sized/compatible Microdrive.
A lot of people bought the Muvo for around $250 and took out the drive to use in their digital cameras (they replaced the drive with a regular small CF so they could still use the Muvo).
Muvo have since changed their manufacturing method so you can't remove the drive.