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Pride Of Lions · 06-09-2005, 02:08 PM

http://www.smartdisk.com/eWeb/smartd...FlashTrax1.asp

There's a lot to like here. It's not intended to replace anyone's PIM abilities, but as a media manager, it's pretty cool.

Things I like:

3.5" LCD
Hard drive (80GB!, WOW!)
Plays music, videos, reads .TXT files (eBook reader?), displays different photo formats
USB 2.0
Swappable battery
Software upgradable
Video-out capability
Adequate user-interface
Remote (!)

Things I didn't like:

Compact Flash (and Microdrives) only, no SD card support without media adapter
Kinda bulky looking (but since it's not intended as a PDA replacement, but rather a DVD player replacement, it's actually OK)
The implied geekiness involved with actually getting your money's worth in this product and ripping your DVD's to load up the hard drive. I can do it (now), but the normal end-user doesn't know how and thus won't truly see this product's value.

True technology here, big things getting bigger and small things getting smaller.
POL9A

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06-09-2005, 02:08 PM	#1
Pride Of Lions just kinda geeky Posts: 381 Karma: 30 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oakland, California Device: iPhone	FlashTrax Digital Multimedia Storage and Player http://www.smartdisk.com/eWeb/smartd...FlashTrax1.asp There's a lot to like here. It's not intended to replace anyone's PIM abilities, but as a media manager, it's pretty cool. Things I like: 3.5" LCD Hard drive (80GB!, WOW!) Plays music, videos, reads .TXT files (eBook reader?), displays different photo formats USB 2.0 Swappable battery Software upgradable Video-out capability Adequate user-interface Remote (!) Things I didn't like: Compact Flash (and Microdrives) only, no SD card support without media adapter Kinda bulky looking (but since it's not intended as a PDA replacement, but rather a DVD player replacement, it's actually OK) The implied geekiness involved with actually getting your money's worth in this product and ripping your DVD's to load up the hard drive. I can do it (now), but the normal end-user doesn't know how and thus won't truly see this product's value. True technology here, big things getting bigger and small things getting smaller. POL9A via Tapland.