[Dtb-talk] No $330.00 player for me,

[kb7uen gene]

By the way, the Ipod photo is the only device I use for Audible.  I
use the other device for other things and they all just happen to
support Audible.  All these devices have firmware, couldn't the
companies who make them provide NLS support through a firmware update?
How difficult would that be?

Gene

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Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 6:06 AM
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Subject: [Dtb-talk] No $330.00 player for me,


I have been using a ipod photo for the last three years, and read
Audible books on it all the time.  Well, since then, I have added a
ipod shuffle, a Pioneer Inno, for XM, the Pacmate, and the Olympus
DS50.  All these devices will play Audible books.  Now the Victor
Stream comes along for $330.00, which will also read Audible, NLS, and
probably soon, the RFB&D books as well.  I don't need the Victor
Stream for Audible, and I have a Victor Wave for RFB&D books, so why
spend $330.00 for a portable device just to read NLS books?  Can the
ipod and other devices I mentioned above be updated to read these
books?  It just seems like overkill to buy the Stream just to read NLS
books.  Couldn't someone make a small player which would be the size
of a thin remote for under $100.00 which could do the same thing?
Anyway, I am just curious what the rest of you have to about what I
posted here.
 
Gene