I finally took my Feb issue of WIRED out of the plastic...flipped to the PLAY fetish section to look at the new gadgets. I found something of interest.
It is a Hard Drive based MP3 player for the car from Rockford Fosgate called the Omnifi.

Not much info there...just the usual tease.
Mentions a 20 Gig HD, and a WI-FI add-on!
The unit is $599 + $99 for the wireless upgrade.

The mag layout shows some sort of a proprietary HD enclosure for it.

Anyone hear about this thing? Apparently it debuted at CES...no mention of it on the RF site though.

Have a look at http://www.simpledevices.com/index.shtml which has a little more info.

I saw that...but the picture there is a detail-less rendered thing. The picture in WIRED looks like an actual product. I wonder when it is is supposed to be produced.

If my Empeg had wireless access I'd be in heaven.

It looks like this thing is nearing release, more details are available.

http://www.omnifimedia.com/products/omnifi_details.jsp?productId=12541

way more interested in this:
Eclipse by Fujitsu Ten
Mobile MP3/WMA Juke Box Player/Recorder
http://www.eclipse-web.com

HD1213 Hi-fidelity 20-Gigabyte MP-3/WMA Player/recorder. Supports real-time ripping or Post 5-min recording in vehicle,(128kb/s)for Top-40 songs on your drive. Supports WMA/MP3 (computer) to 320kb/s. Controlled By Eclipse CDC Radios.

http://www.cesweb.org/awards/inn_images/innovations_2003/1284/mainphoto1284.JPG

However the Omni: http://www.cesweb.org/awards/inn_images/innovations_2003/1535/mainphoto1535.jpg might actually be made buy Fujitsu Ten as last years rockford line was. They (Fujitsu Ten) also make oem units for Toyota/Lexus.