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Audible Advisor for Handspring released

updated 02:30 pm EDT, Wed July 25, 2001

 
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Audible Avisor is a new module for Handspring PDAs that plays Audible.com's collection of downloadable audio editions of books, newspapers, magazines, radio shows and original programs. The add-on packs 16 MB of storage capacity, and is priced at $129.95, but can be purchased for $49.95 with a subscription to Audible.com's monthly service plan.


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    How are you, Gentlemen?

    All your first post are belong to us!

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    I'm sad

    The most disappointing thing about MacWorld is the lack of an inexpensive tower computer. TONS of people would buy such a machine, myself included, but Apple won't sell it to us. Put in just a G3, lose the fancy case, whatever. Just hit the iMac price point, $799. It should actually cost less... no monitor, standard form factor etc. Geeks are lining up to play with OSX! Please sell us a computer we can afford!

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    Is this Mac-compatible?

    HOLD YOUR HORSES! Before you order this thing, consider:

    (1) On Audible.com's website, requirements list only Windows, it doesn't say anything about this being Mac-compatible. None of the other portables (even the Diamond Rio) will let you play Audible content that originates from a Mac. The only way to hear their programs is RealPlayer with the Audible plug in. Before you pluck down money, make VERY sure you're going to be able to use this. Many Mac users have been screwed by jumping the Audible gun in the past.

    (2) Even if this is Mac compatible, 16 MB isn't a h*** of a lot. Many of their audio book files are more than that, even in their most compressed, low-quality setting. If you sign up for one of their listening plans to get the cheaper price, you're going to be disappointed when you find out that "free" book you just downloaded is worthless.

    I'm as anxious as you are for something better to listen to on long commutes, but let's hold off until we get a better deal.

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    if if if

    Look at it this way - a FireWire iMac is $1000, right? Take off the monitor, which represents probably $150 of the retail cost. (Apple's cost - $40 or so). That's $850. Put it in a tower case and add 3 PCI slots (net cost - $25, or even close to zero if you use a cheap case. Even allowing $50 for a nice case, that's $900 for a G3 in a tower case with PCI slots.

    The cheapest G4 tower is $1699. Is the G4 worth $800 more than our hypothetical G3 tower? I don't think so, especially if the CPU is upgradeable in our cheap machine. That's the problem, the numbers on the G4 towers don't add up.

    If I buy a Dell, every step up in CPU speed is roughly $200, a bit more for the really top end. With Apple, the same 1 or 2 steps in CPU speed is a $1500 increase. That's the price of a whole second machine!

    Based on these calculations, it's obvious that Apple could profitably a fast G3 tower at $900 and make a tidy profit, maybe more than on the iMac. They owe it to their shareholders and loyal mac users to pursue this opportunity.

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    Nope

    It's not Mac-compatible.

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    Plus...

    These guys need to start getting a grip on their pricing. When modules start costing as much as the PDA itself, then I don't see how they expect to succeed.

    I'd buy it if the price were less than a $80 (and of course, Mac-compatible). But at these prices, I have no use in them. This one in particular could buy a lot of physical books!

    But that's just my bit...I wish them the best of luck (once they get that Mac issue resolved!!)

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    Why buy when you can't..

    ...hear mp3's in stereo. First of all, ear buds suck. Second, good ear phones eat power.

    Make a Handspring module that has two Nickel Metal Hydride AA Batteries, a Smart Media card slot, and can play Mp3 's and you got a deal. It too bad that Handspring didn't have a Smart Media slot, and a module slot too! Just think, you could download with a 801 Mhz Xircom module to the Smart Media Card, and play it on the Mp3 module ( or a stand alone Mp3 Smart Media player )

    Too bad I missed the boat in PDA development(s) school, .... I was touring with the Dead....

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