Andy.I believe that three hours on the USB or wall-plug, if you have the adapter, amounts to 11 hours of playing. I may be wrong or a little bit out, but not by much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 5:29 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations pleaseh.
Just in addition to my last message about charging the Zen Stone, what kindof battery life does the player have from a single charge? Thanks - Andy----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 4:32 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please | Hi all - || Thanks to all that gave me feedback regarding the Zenstone players, and to | Andy for his offer. I understand they can be charged using a USB cable, amI| right to think that the cable will be unique to the Zen Stone? I find that| the minin USB cables I have for 2 mobile phones are quite different, and not| interchangeable! I'm wondering then if I want to charge the Zen Stone away| from a PC, if I'll have to buy yet another wall plug to mini USB cable; seem | to be aquiring quite a lot of these things recently <smile> - | | Andy| ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Andy" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> | Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 1:18 AM | Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please | | || Hi Andy. || || I own five Zenstone mp3 players. I've distributed them amongst friends in || my community, mostly elderly, and furnish them with books, movies and | music, || and everyone finks them fantastic. || || || I'm actually listening to a book at this moment, which I started last | night. || Occasionally, I have to turn the device off, to attend to other things, | but|| when I return, often after a couple of ours, the book or movie is opened| at || the space in which I closed it. || || |||| There are a couple of Zenstone players. I have four 1 gb players and one| 2 || gb player, which happens to have two little round speakers on it. This | cost|| about £39 and the 1 GB cost about £29, but all are fabulous machines. I| can || send you one to try out for a week or so if you are afraid to make a || purchase, so Andy just let me know and I'd be pleased to let you have a go || with one. || I'd recommend the Zenstone as it's so simple and of course all you need to || do to charge it up is plug it into your computer. || A few weeks ago Steve advised me that his personal MP3 player had 30 gb of || memory and although I felt a little jealous, I realized that his device | was|| probably much more bulky and required batteries, whereas the Zenstone is| as || small as a slice of chocolate. |||| you can even pick them up second hand on the Re-Cycle list, as I've done| in || the past, for about £15.00, so I'd really recommend you look at this | player || and give it a go. I'm sure you will not be disappointed. || || Very best wishes. || || Andy. || || || || |||| The ----- Original Message ----- || From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>|| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 8:21 PM || Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please || || || > Hi Steve - so then, is it only the Ipods with Itunes that retains the || > place || > in mp3 files? Are there really no small alternatives? - || > || > Andy|| > ----- Original Message ----- || > From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>|| > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 8:04 PM || > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please || > || > || > | Hi Andy, || > | || > | No, they won't retain their place as far as I know. || > | || > | All the best || > | || > | Steve || > | || > | -----Original Message----- || > | From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On | Behalf || > Of || > | Andy Collins || > | Sent: Thursday 28 August 2008 18:49 || > | To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx || > | Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please || > ||| > | Hi Steve - She won't be using Audible, but books already converted in| to || > MP3 || > | || > | format - || > | || > | Andy|| > | ----- Original Message ----- || > | From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>|| > | To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || > | Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 4:41 PM || > | Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please || > | || > | || > || Hi Andy, || > || || > || The Zenstone doesn't have a screen, but the Zen does. || > || || > || They don't remember your place in a track, but they do in an audio | book || > | from || > || Audible. || > |||| > || Yes, standard Mini USB to USB lead will do it, and you can just copy|| > and || > || paste. That's just one thing I hate about Ipods, proprietory | databases || > to || > || import your files to, rather than just playing what's there. || > || || > || All the best || > || || > || Steve || > || || > || -----Original Message----- || > || From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On || > Behalf || > | Of || > || Andy Collins || > || Sent: Thursday 28 August 2008 14:34 || > || To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx || > || Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please || > || || > || Hi Steve - Sounds like the Zenstone is more the thing then; 2 | questions || > || about them if I may: Do they have a screen for a sighted user? and | will || > | they || > || || > || remember the position in an a book or music track? Oh, can't count | can || > I,|| > || here's a third question! Can they just be hooked up via USB cable to| a || > PC || > || for file transfer? - || > || || > || Andy|| > || ----- Original Message ----- || > || From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>|| > || To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> || > || Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 1:04 PM || > || Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please || > || || > || || > ||| Hi Andy, || > ||||| > ||| I would not recommend Ipods personally, since everything relies on|| > | Itunes. || > ||| You can't even copy MP3 files straight to the device without Itunes. || > I || > ||| would recommend something like the Creative Zen 16 or 32GB. Or even || > the || > ||| Zenstone if you want smaller. These players are very simple in that || > you || > || can|| > ||| just copy and paste files to them, and they will show up. I don't| see || > | the || > ||| attraction in Ipods at all, when there are much nicer devices. || > ||| || > ||| All the best || > ||| || > ||| Steve || > ||| || > ||| -----Original Message----- || > ||| From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On || > Behalf || > || Of || > ||| Andy Collins || > ||| Sent: Thursday 28 August 2008 11:49 || > ||| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx || > ||| Subject: [access-uk] Ipod or mp3 recommendations please || > ||| || > ||| Hi all - || > ||| || > ||| I'm buying a gift for somebody sighted, and need some advice. I'm || > looking|| > ||| for an easy to use MP3 player, it doesn't need huge capacity as it| is || > || mainly || > ||||| > ||| for listening to books, and there fore must be able to retain it's|| > place || > ||| when turned off; it must also have USB connectivity for loading | books || > on || > || to|| > ||| it from a PC. 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