MP3 Photo Jukebox

sUnShInE · 10-29-2004, 01:34 PM

Gateway has now announced its own MP3 player with photo capabilities. The Gateway MP3 Photo Jukebox has a mere 4Gb of storage, and will street at US$249.99. The Photo Jukebox uses Windows Media Player 10 to synch up music and photos from a PC to the device, comes with a 1.6-inch vibrant color screen, and weighs 3.4 ounces.

Humorously, Gateway is also taking shots at Apple saying, "The new Gateway MP3 Photo Jukebox will make anyone currently on a waiting list for other mini-digital music players think twice". They're also boasting that the Photo Jukebox's battery can go for 8 hours and, more importantly, can be removed and recharged "unlike most other digital music players."

Gateway is only taking pre-orders right now, with shipments expected in mid-November.

Read more from the Gateway press release.

Alexander Turcic · 10-29-2004, 02:24 PM

Funny how they are all aiming to dethrone the iPod Mini. It seems like fishing for the Holy Grail.

sUnShInE · 10-29-2004, 02:44 PM

Well while the photo add-in seems to be a good idea in theory, they haven't quite hit the cool aspects via connectivity: it only uses USB2.0. If you're serious about photos, you want to be able to use S-Video and rig it up to a TV. Otherwise, they may as well have put one of those crappy 1Megapixel cameras in it like a cellphone.

One thing you gotta give them props for is the battery though. Apple would never have done that.

10-29-2004, 01:34 PM	#1
sUnShInE Drama Queen Posts: 784 Karma: 11712 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United States Device: Palm Tungsten T\|T3	MP3 Photo Jukebox Gateway has now announced its own MP3 player with photo capabilities. The Gateway MP3 Photo Jukebox has a mere 4Gb of storage, and will street at US$249.99. The Photo Jukebox uses Windows Media Player 10 to synch up music and photos from a PC to the device, comes with a 1.6-inch vibrant color screen, and weighs 3.4 ounces. Humorously, Gateway is also taking shots at Apple saying, "The new Gateway MP3 Photo Jukebox will make anyone currently on a waiting list for other mini-digital music players think twice". They're also boasting that the Photo Jukebox's battery can go for 8 hours and, more importantly, can be removed and recharged "unlike most other digital music players." Gateway is only taking pre-orders right now, with shipments expected in mid-November. Read more from the Gateway press release.

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10-29-2004, 02:24 PM	#2
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Funny how they are all aiming to dethrone the iPod Mini. It seems like fishing for the Holy Grail.

10-29-2004, 02:44 PM	#3
sUnShInE Drama Queen Posts: 784 Karma: 11712 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United States Device: Palm Tungsten T\|T3	Well while the photo add-in seems to be a good idea in theory, they haven't quite hit the cool aspects via connectivity: it only uses USB2.0. If you're serious about photos, you want to be able to use S-Video and rig it up to a TV. Otherwise, they may as well have put one of those crappy 1Megapixel cameras in it like a cellphone. One thing you gotta give them props for is the battery though. Apple would never have done that.

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