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Originally Posted by Blubb
I don't think separat batteries will be sold that easy and if Creative will do that, they'll cost more than $5. I was thinking about $30...
But ofcourse, it's a great advantage, because batteries do loose life...
Maybe the Carbon is as big as your remote and if it's not, it's the easiest of both to use blindely.
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no no, you wouldn't be buying these batteries from creative. you think the $5 battery i bought for my motorola was made by motorola? hell, do you think the ones Motorola is selling are made by motorola? these batteries cost nothing to make, and take out the middle man, you can get them for almost nothing. All we need now is the device to be popular enough for some sweatshop in indonesia to start popping them out. creative will have nothing to do with it, and probably wont like it. but i will.
and about the size...i dont know why people keep saying the carbon is smaller, because it isnt.
micro: 3.3in x 2.0 x 0.7 volume: 4.62in^3
carbon: 3.3in x 2.5 x 0.6 volume: 4.95in^3
(though both are curved, so those are a little off)
but you're right, the carbon probably is easier to use without looking. i don't particularly like the touch sensitive pad (would prefer buttons), but hopefully the remote will remedy that
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Originally Posted by Ojjorz
I've heard that the battery has to be charged in the player, so two batteries don't give you any advantage. Only thing it would be good for if you have a battery of which the cycles get shorter and shorter. With modern batteries this is unlikely to happen in the forst 2/3 years.
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yes, the battery has to be charged in the player... i think you are missing the point.
Situation: I am on a boat in the middle of the atlantic. All of a sudden, we strike an iceberg, and the boat starts going down. I grab the three things necessary in life, food, water, and my mp3 player, and join my carbon-owning friend in the only life-raft. As we watch the boat sink, we each listen to counting crows to calm down and mourn the loss of our friends and family.
Next thing we know, it's the next morning...but, oh no, our mp3 players have been on the whole time! No way to recharge? Why didn't they put an outlet in the liferaft?? What are we to do in the middle of the ocean with no music? No worries for me, though, I just pop in the next battery, and I'm having a great time singing along to george clinton and OAR all day.
Unfortunately, my carbon-owning friend has nothing to do but stare out across the endless sea, thinking about his family and how bored he is. Eventually, the repetitive sound of the crashing waves against the boat drives him crazy, and he cracks. He says he can't take it anymore, and throws himself overboard to the sharks. Meanwhile, I'm about halfway through Crazy game of Poker and I couldn't be happier.
A short time later, another boat comes along and takes me home, finally giving me an opportunity to recharge all my extra batteries and tell my friends about my fun adventure.
So who do want to be? The happy micro owner, or shark food?
Or, I guess another option is if i just forget to charge it one night. Either one.
the micro has great interface after getting oriented with it (takes like 3 min) has 8-11 hours of battery life (depending on sound quality and volume) has drag and drop with the new firmware update which takes like 2 min to update, and has some of the best sound coming out of any portable player. but if you want a straight up massive capasity player with a tiny form and dont care about anything else go with the archos.
