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["David" <david.tregellas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stephen,

It's a Creative Muvo TX FM which I bought about two years ago.  Yes, FM
refers to a radio and you can also record on it although I use these items
very seldom.  Its main advantage is that you can transfer files so easily
which is what I wanted.  It has only 512 MB which is fairly small these days
but there may be bigger versions now.  I think the price was about £90 from
Amazon.

I never gave Rock Box a thought but I'll look into it.

Regards

David
-----Original Message-----
From: blindipod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blindipod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Stephen Faill
Sent: 08 January 2007 13:28
To: blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blindipod] Re: a bit of advice


hi david.

you said in your message that you have a creative mp3 player.

can you tell me which one and how easy you find it to use?

does it have rockbox on it?

regards stephen
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: David
  To: blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:26 PM
  Subject: [blindipod] Re: a bit of advice


  Hi,

  As far as I can tell you are right.  I have an Ipod Shuffle which needs
Itunes.  I also have a Creative MP3 player and a WS320M Recorder and player
which need nothing except Windows Explorer.

  I don't know why so many people have gone for these Apple products because
the company itself does nothing to make its software accessible.  I said on
another list a couple of months ago that I would never have Apple products
in the future and I haven't changed my mind.

  Regards

  David

  -----Original Message-----
  From: blindipod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blindipod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Stephen Faill
  Sent: 08 January 2007 10:54
  To: blind ipod mailing list
  Subject: [blindipod] a bit of advice


  hello list.

  my friend came to my house with his goodmans mp3 player and we connected
it to the pc using the u s b cable without the supplied software.

  we used windows explorer to access the player and copied and pasted some
mp3 files onto it.

  nice and easy, smile.

  my question is this...do all portable media devices except for the ipod
range act like this?

  can they all be accessed through windows explorer without the need for any
other 3rd party software installed?

  this was so easy to do and didn't cause me any problems to get the mp3's
onto the player.
   i like the idea and simplicity of this as i know how compllicated the use
of the ipod software is and was hoping someone on this list can advise me
better on the choice of a player.

  regards.

  stephen