Rob, I haven't noticed mentoined before, but, excluding the dock, what are the connectos on the actual Pearl/Karma unit itself? I'm curious to know what provisions there are for connection to a computer wihtout using the dock, if any. For things like file taxi, syncing when traveling without the dock, etc. Also if it has a charging connector on it (which I can't recall). I just noticed for the first time that the new iPods have eliminated the Firewire port and have gone to a dock connector only. Though they sell cables with a dock connector on one end and either firewire or USB connector on the other.

Umm, I don't suppose such a cable (to suport IEEE1394) could be made for the Rio, eh? ) Sort of sure I remember reading the chip used was USB only.

Bruno