Where Can I Find this Flash Player?

[flinxt]

After searching for hours the last few weeks, it looks as if there is no right flash player for me... unless I haven't looked in the right places.. Hopefully someone's else's searches have come across something.. The mini is too big, the Iaudio U2 is not expandable..

please offer suggestions on this set of features in decreasing order of importance...

1.) Small, Tiny even. Style, Looks. Smaller is better. Anything that looks interesting, Monolith II, Iaudio U2 and so on. OLED screen is a plus...
2.) expandable flash memory - SD/MMC/MS Duo/CF are all fine.
3.) Good interface without any software bugs.
4.) AAC Compatibility. The Ipod Mini is too large for my tastes. Something smaller that will allow me to listen to the CDs I have imported into ITunes.

Things I don't need. FM Radio, Voice recording, all of these gee whiz features. I can download any song on the radio with more quality online, voice recording on these players looks less than advanced.

Am I not looking at the right place?... it seems that a solid. good looking player with multiple format support and expandable memory does not exist... can that be the case...

Thank You,

 

[blessingx]

Welcome to Head-Fi. AAC support is extremely limited right now. I beleive there were some Panasonic players that did, but the info isn't always correct. Example see this. Half those players do not support AAC. There are others that have multi-codec support, but not AAC.

Apple, and I think Nokia, signed a deal recently so that may expand things.

Your best bet is to wait four weeks and see what Apple will introduce at Macworld SF. Lots of rumors flying about a flash based iPod. If they'll be expandable is anyones guess.

 

[flinxt]

blessingx,

Nice welcome... Head-Fi has been a long time stop for headphone and amp recommendations... didn't realize it had a portable audio section as well...

I actually had a question on a piece of audio equipment I could afford.

Apple may be coming out with a flash player? That would be pretty nice if it was expandable... hope it is... if not, perhaps I can settle for three out of four.

Are there any nice, small, expandable players that do NOT play AAC files... I can reimport the original CDs to MP3 if necessary? The Iaudio looks really nice... it is not expandable though and that seems like a dead end with flash players...


Thank You,

 

[Spankypoo]

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Originally Posted by blessingx Apple, and I think Nokia, signed a deal recently so that may expand things.

'Twas Motorola. (I like the Nokia UI much better than the Motorola UI, so I'm bummed about this.)

 

[mdolton]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spankypoo 'Twas Motorola. (I like the Nokia UI much better than the Motorola UI, so I'm bummed about this.)

I do believe a number of Nokias do play AAC's, though.

 

[milamber]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdolton I do believe a number of Nokias do play AAC's, though.

yup i had a 3300 music phone (i think that was the number..) and that could play aac files... it used propriety earphones which were pretty terrible tough...

 

[flinxt]

Thank you for the suggestions to wait until Macworld. The Motorola / Apple Itunes deal sounds really interesting... hopefully it'll mean a small, sturdy multifunction device that plays music, is expandable, and has Apple aesthetics... could be wishful thinking though..

Have to wait and see...

 

[Spankypoo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdolton I do believe a number of Nokias do play AAC's, though.

Interesting! Didn't know that. Though that would be through an agreement with Dolby Labs, right?

/. just posted a story on Apple's Motorola deal. Looks like we might get a peek at the phone in January.