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0|0|0|||||It%27s not actually music%2C but what the heck|kairos||05:03:49|12/27/2006|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Dec-27-06 AT 05:06 AM (EST)]%5Bblockquote%5DWhat had won over consumers most%2C though%2C was%0D%0Athat NoteFlash didn%27t require a player of any kind.  The listener%0D%0Acould simply plug a set of headphones into the built-in jack%2C then%0D%0Akick back to some tunes for as long as the tiny%2C replaceable%0D%0Acarbon-chain realignment battery lasted.%5B%2Fblockquote%5D%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.inklesspen.com%2Fmisc%2Fnoteflash.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Image embedded because my attempt at linking to it produced mangled html.%29%0D%0A%0D%0ANot quite as tiny %28they%27re about the size of a cassette tape%29 and I%27m sure the battery technology is under-par%2C but it was still similar enough to make me think %22Oh%2C I%27ve heard of this before%3B Shinji had one%21%22 when I saw them in my local bookstore.
1|1|0|||||RE%3A It%27s not actually music%2C but what the heck|CdrMike||20:38:17|12/27/2006|Saw those while I was Christmas shopping at Barnes %26 Noble last Friday.  Interesting idea%2C but I don%27t know if I%27d wanna spend that much for a single-purpose device when I could just buy the book on CD for a few dollars more and listen to it wherever I please.
2|1|0|||||RE%3A It%27s not actually music%2C but what the heck|jadmire||18:49:12|12/28/2006|Well%2C I will be damned.  I%27m in the middle of rereading NXE right now and I think I just finished 3%3A7 with that very scene yesterday.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo how does it feel to have life imitate your art%2C Gryphon%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A-Joe-
3|2|2|||1||RE%3A It%27s not actually music%2C but what the heck|Gryphon||19:16:43|12/28/2006|%3ESo how does it feel to have life imitate your art%2C Gryphon%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AHeh.  Truss is actually the inventor of the NoteFlash%2C if I remember right%2C but I was amused when I received a PlayAway as a gift a while ago %28Doris Kearns Goodwin%27s %5Bi%5DTeam of Rivals%3A The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln%5B%2Fi%5D%2C if you%27re curious%29.  They%27re pretty nifty%2C though the control interface could use a little work to make them easier to use in low-light situations%2C or when you otherwise aren%27t at liberty to look at the little display %28in the car%2C say%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AOne significant difference between the PlayAway and the NoteFlash is that the PlayAway isn%27t meant to be disposable.  They cost a non-trivial amount of money and take a replaceable AAA battery.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A