Anyone see that USB drive/mp3 player in this month's wired?

[stultus]

A hot little 128 thumb drive that functions as an mp3 player to the tune of $150 or so. controls built in to teh neck strap. Thing is, I can't find it on philip's site. Anyone able to find it?

 

[CZroe]

Anything like the Creative Nomad MuVo?

The MuVo has been around for a while, so Phillips' unit isn't something totally new. They may have a much better implementation

 

[NumbaJuan]

Linky

 

[stultus]

It appeared smaller, and there was no external "battery pack" needed to make it an MP3 player.

In wired it's listed as "wearable digital audio", $159, philipsusa.com. And it looks hot.

 

[Lalakai]

you might want to take a look at the one from Mushkin. I've got the 64 meg unit and really like it. the 128 meg unit only costs 109 Mushkin

kind'a neat how it recharges while plugged into the usb port. one downside is that the earphone jack is smaller then standard, so you either use their unit or get an adapter.

 

[stultus]

The mushkin one looks cool, but the philips one looks better. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.06/play.html?pg=14 They don't have the picture of the controls silkscreened onto the lanyard, but that's how you control it.