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Old 01-25-2009, 06:23 PM   #16
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245 recipes.
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Old 01-25-2009, 06:32 PM   #17
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hey dont knock cooking mama, my girlfriend loves it... or is that diner dash, or that silly one with the cakes....

eh i dont know. they are all pretty bad.... though addicting.
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Old 01-25-2009, 07:03 PM   #18
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hey dont knock cooking mama, my girlfriend loves it... or is that diner dash, or that silly one with the cakes....

eh i dont know. they are all pretty bad.... though addicting.
Oh I love cooking mama. I was just trying to distinguish cooking games.
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Old 01-25-2009, 11:44 PM   #19
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Oh hell yes. I'm on that like, well, me on girl scout cookies.
I think there are laws against that in most states.
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Old 01-26-2009, 04:53 AM   #20
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Oh hell yes. I'm on that like, well, me on girl scout cookies.
brings to mind the nursery rhyme, what are little boys and girls made of .....
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Old 01-26-2009, 05:23 AM   #21
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Battery life drops significantly as the backlight and sound are increased. That's why I usually leave my DSL at the lowest possible setting. (which is fine for playing indoors with the curtains closed)

Also consider that, even when combined, screen area is a lot smaller than is typical for dedicated ebook devices.
Sure, that's why I mentioned the other features that consume much more than an e-ink screen.

People notice a significative difference in battery use when they use frequently the touch screen. So there's something about its technology that isn't as well done as with the NDS. NDS has smaller screens, but those are LCD, color, backlighted and you have the sound too!

Is the NDS' touch screen technology exclusive to Nintendo? Maybe patented to it?
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Old 01-26-2009, 02:15 PM   #23
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Is the NDS' touch screen technology exclusive to Nintendo? Maybe patented to it?
Only one of those screens is touch. And it uses the standard resistive membrane, which I think is actually lower resolution than the screen under it.
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Old 01-26-2009, 07:27 PM   #24
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Sure, that's why I mentioned the other features that consume much more than an e-ink screen.

People notice a significative difference in battery use when they use frequently the touch screen. So there's something about its technology that isn't as well done as with the NDS. NDS has smaller screens, but those are LCD, color, backlighted and you have the sound too!

Is the NDS' touch screen technology exclusive to Nintendo? Maybe patented to it?
nds has a real slow processer, those screens are really low resolution, the back lights are reasonably bright.

thats the thing that drains the battery, the light. the touch screen isnt a power hog.
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Old 01-27-2009, 06:04 PM   #25
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My MP3 Player (Iaudio X5, its Old, but it was better than Ipods at the time)
I love my X5L. It may be old, but I still can't find anything out there that I prefer. I've put Rockbox on mine, and it does exactly what I ask of it, with great battery life.

I had a look last month to see if there was a new digital audio device that I liked and my conclusion was that there isn't anything significantly better. Certainly nothing jumped out at me

I'll probably replace the hard drive and the battery (although it's still going strong), and never buy another one.

I'm guessing that my next electronic book reader will also be the digital audio player, and possibly even my phone. But since the Cybook is (nearly) everything I want then I don't mind if that's years away. If folder support ever does arrive on the Cybook then there's not really much else I could ask for.
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I love my X5L. It may be old, but I still can't find anything out there that I prefer. I've put Rockbox on mine, and it does exactly what I ask of it, with great battery life.

I had a look last month to see if there was a new digital audio device that I liked and my conclusion was that there isn't anything significantly better. Certainly nothing jumped out at me

I'll probably replace the hard drive and the battery (although it's still going strong), and never buy another one.

I'm guessing that my next electronic book reader will also be the digital audio player, and possibly even my phone. But since the Cybook is (nearly) everything I want then I don't mind if that's years away. If folder support ever does arrive on the Cybook then there's not really much else I could ask for.
for playing music, it is Great thats for sure. though my battery sucks now. the X5L i heard had over 30 hours. Mine is lucky with 3 now. though i dong use it that much anyway.

for anything more than that the Ipod classic really is the best mp3 player. it took years to give in.

and after playing with an Ipod touch, Itouchs really are the future, I hope Android Spreads far on this type of device, and get me out of the OSX conglomerate.... I will never buy an MP3 player again. I dong mind the small system memory anymore.
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The battery can be replaced relatively easily in your X5. I can't give you a link (didn't keep notes) but a quick search on the net should provide one.

The iPod has pretty much defined things for MP3 players, although the Zune has a few innovations.

Ipods can use Rockbox which is an open source replacement for the Apple software and firmware. Rockbox is great.
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I installed rockbox, but it always seemed to suffer from the battery bug. Not sure if the new versions have solved it. doesnt really matter anyway. I use it less than Once a month.
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