Whoever it was that mentioned: "Secondly, why not make the device either mass storage compliant" Please take time to read up or use a product before baselessly slandering it. The bean is mass storage compliant. I use it for my MP3's as well as my work backups. In fact I bought the Bean as a replacement for my Apple iPod. I had owned my 3G iPod for almost 2 years and now it's toast, yellow, and the backlight bleaches the screen to an unreadable state, not to mention it's now-5-minute battery life. I've had my Bean for 3 months now and it's as great as it was when I first bought it. I don't have to carry around any spare cables, plus there is no delay when navigating through the simple menu system to play my music. Also i'd like to add: 1) Purchase music from iTunes 2) Burn to CD 3) Import as MP3's via iTunes or Sonicstage. 4) Copy to device. ...and don't start on "it's a waste of cd-r's" as i'm more than happy to burn a cd of 10-12 tracks that I have paid money to download, i'm sure other people are too. The Bean may be dead, but I love it.
Now that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.
Whoever it was that mentioned:
"Secondly, why not make the device either mass storage compliant"
Please take time to read up or use a product before baselessly slandering it. The bean is mass storage compliant. I use it for my MP3's as well as my work backups.
In fact I bought the Bean as a replacement for my Apple iPod. I had owned my 3G iPod for almost 2 years and now it's toast, yellow, and the backlight bleaches the screen to an unreadable state, not to mention it's now-5-minute battery life.
I've had my Bean for 3 months now and it's as great as it was when I first bought it. I don't have to carry around any spare cables, plus there is no delay when navigating through the simple menu system to play my music.
Also i'd like to add:
1) Purchase music from iTunes
2) Burn to CD
3) Import as MP3's via iTunes or Sonicstage.
4) Copy to device.
...and don't start on "it's a waste of cd-r's" as i'm more than happy to burn a cd of 10-12 tracks that I have paid money to download, i'm sure other people are too.
The Bean may be dead, but I love it.