I didn't realize it was quite that small. The main things are storage space and interface for me, although size and weight are also important.
There were several products shown in that article, with prices estimated (although the writer did not say who did the estimating!).
Pearl 20 gB $400 (July-August)
Pearl 40 gB $500 (July-August)
"Slicky" 1.5 gB $300
"Slicky" 1.5 gB exec. $350
s20 USB Bullet 128 mB $130
s20 USB Bullet 256 mB $175
Two most interesting:
Pearl 20 gB $400
"Slicky" 1.5 gB $300
Current Product Pricing
Ipod 6 gB $300
Ipod 10 gB $400
Ipod 20 gB $500
S - ? with ? for 1 gB upgrade
My indifference point (seems like I'll have to wait quite a while longer or settle for something inferior)
10 gB - $200
20 gB - $300
The estimated prices are about 20% cheaper than the current Ipod pricing. I wonder if prices will plummet with about 10 companies all releasing their products at the same time (bad for Sonicblue but good for customers). That is, of course, unless Pearl ends up carving a niche out as the performance player, which the others cannot touch.
I haven't played with the Ipod much, but it doesn't compare to the empeg software sophistication.
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