On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Pete Theisen wrote:
> Eben King wrote:
>
> Hi Eben,
>
>> The one I got my sister a while back is a cheapo model from Wally World.
>> It's about 5x2x1 cm. It pulls apart into two sections -- an L-shaped bit
>> that holds a single AAA, and a 2 GB USB flash drive (with LCD bit).
>>
>>> I want to power it on the road from the bike's battery on long rides. Is
>>> that doable? Can't play the one I have when it is hooked up and it dies
>>> immediately when unplugged.
>>
>> Can't do that, but the battery lasts for days and days, you can use a
>> rechargable (probably, but she doesn't have any) and AAAs are cheap and
>> ubiquitous.
>
> Interesting. This one is called Eclipse CLD. All sealed up, can't change the
> battery or add memory.
Yeah, a lot of consumer devices are like that now. That's specifically what
I looked to avoid when I bought her MP3 player and my camera. Hers uses 1
AAA, mine uses 4 AAs. (I use NiMH, so it's not really a concern how much
power it draws.)
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