Intel Personal Audio Player 3000 - $68.50 + shipping @ Compgeeks

[Murse]

Looks like a good deal for a basic MP3/WMA player. Has gotten fairly good reviews, and I needed a new one after my Rio broke down. 64MB on board with a slot for MMC cards. Geek special, so you can't use the coupon.

LINK

Some more info:
-- there's a link at the bottom of the Compgeeks page that goes to the Intel driver page. XP is supported
-- this is a closeout, no longer made by Intel, and they have stated they will support the units until 9/03...they have a 1 yr. warranty
-- has cheesy replaceable faceplates for the NSync crowd, but I'm sure you can leave them off.
-- no backlight, but decent rated battery life of 10 hrs. on a single AA.

 

[SMWinnie]

Anybody know if the memory slot is compatible with Secure Digital media?

 

[Murse]

You might want to check out the Intel support page listed at Compgeeks. I thought I read that it was NOT compatible with SD, just MMC. There is a page at Intel that lists compatible media. I just happen to have an extra 64MB MMC that that has been unused since I replaced by Casio EM500.

Here you go: LINK

SD NOT supported...apparently they are a little thicker than MMC cards and the PAP3k will not read them.

 

[RBC]

I've got one ($69 from Outpost.com). It's ok... the battery door had to be replaced already (wouldn't stay on) and had to get new headphones (earbuds were unusable). Very good software package and works great with XP. Whatever you do, DON"T use Sandisk MMC's. I've got one from Crucial that works fine.