MP3 Insider 153: Appsolutely fabulous
Donald and Jasmine talk about the top free music apps and best guitar tools for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Also, Donald rants about the transition from portable media players to Netbooks, and Jasmine concedes that her cat wears the pants in the family. Finally, reader e-mails!
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Netbooks the new portable media players?
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Hello Donald and Happy B-day Jasmine, I really enjoyed the today's podcast(watched it on my new Walkman). I have the 32gb version and love it. I don't know if it is worth mentioning in your review but, the U.S. unit does come with a SonyMusicPass card good for 100 free high quality mp3 downloads. Also, I used the included audio input cable with a portable dvd player on a flight over the weekend and the noise cancel tech worked flawlessly. I assume this would work with anything with a headphone jack and the player has different NC settings for plane, train or office. I have yet to see any ads within the Slacker app. although the 6 skip limit is there. This really isn't an issue because you can simply change stations and not be penalized. Thanks and have a nice weekend. --Miguel
I listened to your latest MP3 insider podcast today which featured the new Sony X- Series Walkman.
I just have one question. Does the new Sony X-series have the best sound quality out there, or is the Creative Zen Zi Fi sound quality better? I am seriously considering the new Sony X-Series, and I just want to make sure it's the best at sound quality before I spend the money. --Carmen
Donald Bell is an electronic musician, a veteran record store employee, and a fearless hardware hacker. He's also CNET's Senior Editor for MP3 and digital audio.
Jasmine France is CNET's resident digital audio doyenne, writing and editing product reviews, crave blogs, and feature stories on all things MP3. And if you need advice on headphones, she's your girl.
Buy $80 headphones instead hmmm...
I really wish I could manage to find over the ear, clip style sport headphones (everything else falls out of my ear or is too bulky to wear) that has a mic and remote inline for my ipod touch 2G. Scosche is close, but they're all canal models. i know it's probably on the horizon, but I need new headphones soon.