On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 1:29:36 AM UTC-4, Trevor wrote:   
   > "Michael Black"  wrote in message    
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   > >> What I don't get is why they need to put 128GB into it if it can use    
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   > >> cards? Apple has fixed memory so they can charge ten times the price for    
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   > >> but frankly I'd be happier if all such devices came with nothing but an    
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   > >> or uSD slot.   
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   > > It gives you a start, and not many memory cards are as big as 128gigs.   
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   > Sure they are, but I'd rather have 2*64GB or 4*32GB cards myself, since they    
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   > can be swapped in a couple of seconds, cost less, you don't lose 128GB if    
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   > one fails, and you can organise your collection better.   
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   > > I'm assuming this is about no compression, but maybe not.  You'll need    
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   > > more space for the songs, so you might as well start with something big.   
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   > But do you need a couple of hundred uncompressed CD's on inbuilt memory    
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   > rather than swap an SD card occasionly?   
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   > > Yes, the card slot is a good thing, one reason I didn't buy an iPod.   
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   > Me either.   
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   > > I did buy a Sansa Fuze, and so I'm still using my 8gig unit years after I    
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   > > bought it, since I can expand it.  But if I was keeping .wav's or    
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   > > something like that on it, I'd want more space, and surely bulk buying    
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   > > makes this a cheaper route than if everyone had to buy a giant memory    
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   > Obviously you haven't checked what Apple charge for their bulk bought fixed    
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   > memory in their iPods and iPads or you wouldn't say that. I really really    
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   > hate that if you buy the cheaper versions with less memory, you cannot    
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   > upgrade them as memory prices fall. A deliberate rip off by Apple, whose    
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   > loyal customers like being ripped off apparently.   
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   > Trevor.   
      
   I believe the final pono product has 64gb of internal memory and a 64g sd   
   card.  And you can plug/play different music collections on different cards if   
   you want.  Plus use a bigger card.  Since it has a 64gb card I believe that   
   means it will support up    
   to 2tb since that's the sd spec for large cards.  That's a whole lot of music   
   even when lossless.  The preferred  format is flac, the public domain   
   lossless.  But it will play regular mp3s as well as apple's formats including   
   their lossless.  So itunes/   
   iwhatever users can copy their library to it manually.   
      
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