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IPods for Anarchists
Posted: 28 Sep 2005, 13:32
by lazarus corporation
IPods for Anarchists (or so the
Wired News article calls them):
Actually the
EchoMp3 v1.4 is the height of geek-grunge chic. The gaffer-taped screen is perfectly 'distressed'. And all for €89.54 (pre-assembled version) or €73.81 for the kit version.
Posted: 28 Sep 2005, 13:45
by markfiend
I'd get one if it wasn't for the fact that my soldering skills are really not up to those instructions...
Way cool.
Posted: 28 Sep 2005, 13:48
by lazarus corporation
markfiend wrote:I'd get one if it wasn't for the fact that my soldering skills are really not up to those instructions...
Way cool.
they have
pre-assembled versions for people like you
Posted: 28 Sep 2005, 14:08
by Mrs RicheyJames
What a fart on. No way!!
Posted: 28 Sep 2005, 16:21
by Obviousman
Looks very cool to me...
Do you think it would be possible to make something like this with a hard disk thingy inside?
Posted: 28 Sep 2005, 16:29
by markfiend
I was wondering the same actually. SD cards are a bit small (memory-wise)
Posted: 28 Sep 2005, 16:31
by Obviousman
Especially when you're used to these huge capacity iPods indeed
Posted: 28 Sep 2005, 16:43
by lazarus corporation
well HDs are decreasing in size rapidly, so it's probably possible. Depends how much power/circuitry you'd need to spin/access the HD.
But, judging by the design of this thing, you could have a collection of 1GB flash cards with your music on, turning the memory into a form of removable media.
Posted: 28 Sep 2005, 16:49
by markfiend
Christ, to cope with what's on my iPod at the moment, that would be 25 1GB cards, and at ~£40 even for the cheapest, you're better off getting an iPod.
Still, one ready-built EchoMp3, one 1GB SD card, one set headphones total around £100; cheaper than an iPod mini... A plan for mrs fiend's Christmas pressie methinks
Posted: 28 Sep 2005, 16:49
by Obviousman
Hmm, yes, I think the collection of cards would be cheaper too, and above all less likely to break down...
To have a HDD with shock protection you'll have to buy a laptop-HDD, which would be more expensive and all that...
Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 10:21
by culprit
I like it, but as a project rather than what you end up with.
note - one AAA battery powered??!!
Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 10:34
by Mrs RicheyJames
culprit wrote:I like it, but as a project rather than what you end up with.
note - one AAA battery powered??!!
Yeah. I have an MP3 player that's powered on one AAA battery. I wouldn't say that I'm a heavy MP3 player user, just put it on to walk up to the shop and back. The battery doesn't last long. At all. Maybe half a week if I'm lucky. And they are high quality batteries stolen from the NHS
Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 11:06
by timsinister
Why not just drop your iPod down some stairs and then stick it back together?
Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 11:47
by Mrs RicheyJames
LOL. That's funny for you.
Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 18:26
by Dark
timsinister wrote:Why not just drop your iPod down some stairs and then stick it back together?
Why not just drop your iPod down some stairs?
Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 18:26
by Brideoffrankenstein
Dark wrote:timsinister wrote:Why not just drop your iPod down some stairs and then stick it back together?
Why not just drop your iPod down some stairs?
I felt like doing that to mine
Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 18:53
by Obviousman
Brideoffrankenstein wrote:Dark wrote:timsinister wrote:Why not just drop your iPod down some stairs and then stick it back together?
Why not just drop your iPod down some stairs?
I felt like doing that to mine
Luckily I did not have that need yet
And it's quite solid anyway, so don't know if you'll brake it that way...
Did yours start to cooperate by now Libby?