Not much new here, but it might be worth noting that ZDNet Australia has the Karma in a dead heat with the new Philips HDD100 at the top of its 5-way comparison of "potential iPod killers."

From their blurb on the Philips HDD100...

and a display that shows some pretty nifty spectral analyzers, if graphics on Philips's site are any indication.

That's all I needed to see to figure out how much weight to give this "comparison."

Hey, you and I may chuckle ruefully, but as I pointed out in another thread, that's exactly the kind of crap that sells stuff to kids in Best Buy.

Yeah but do they have 400 dollars to spend on a mp3 player.

probably not.. but the parents might

exactly the kind of crap that sells stuff to kids in Best Buy

Perhaps, but if you read between the lines, it means that they didn't have one on hand to test.

And note my careful avoidance of the word "test" on my subject line.