Gigabeat S shipping May 15?
We've been waiting for a chance to pick up a Toshiba Gigabeat S media player since we first got a chance to
check it out at CES in January. And
now it looks like the wait may soon be over. While Toshiba has yet to officially announce a US rollout, Engadget reader
One.Person pointed us to HIDEF Lifestyle, which has the model available for preorder, with a ship date of May 15th. Of
course, it could just be a ploy to bring in pre-orders, and we should point out that Amazon -- which is usually a
pretty accurate source -- has the Gigabeat S listed with a May 30th ship date. Hey, after waiting since January, either
date is fine with us, though we wouldn't mind getting our hands on this before Memorial Day, so we can break it out as
soon as we open the Engadget beach house.[Thanks, One.Person]
Read: HIDEF Lifestyle
Read: Amazon
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Andrew @ May 5th 2006 2:27PM
HIDEF Lifestyle use to say that it would ship on 5/1. When 5/1 came around, it changed to 5/15.
bob @ May 5th 2006 2:29PM
why would you not wanna deal with i-tunes? it does what it is meant to better than anything else available.
Geoffrey @ May 5th 2006 2:30PM
Just use Anapod Explorer....
Ricahrd Mukalian @ May 5th 2006 2:42PM
does anyone know which video formats this will support? ive been scouring the web and theres only a VERY vague statement that says "Inherent formats for video include Windows Media Video files plus any video files that can be converted by Windows Media Player 10"
so if it "includes" WMVs that statement leads me to believe others are supported as well, but the only thing i saw that hinted at those others was an previoius engadget article but i havent been able to see any other pages that can verify that info.
paris @ May 5th 2006 3:34PM
most importantly is there an estimated video playback battery life of this thing?
idude135 @ May 5th 2006 4:01PM
I don't like the black margins, they take up to much space to be anything better than the iPod.
The assembly also looks rather fragile...
Travis @ May 5th 2006 4:09PM
I think that Yahoo Music Engine is now at the very least on the same level as iTunes. It has a "Now Playing" column that is always visible. Plus it has Play for Sure with the To-go capability which is great for my non-ipoddys.
Jeff @ May 5th 2006 4:31PM
Does any one know if tosihba has any plan to get the other color to US? Personally I prefer red... Which is at the moment an Asian order only.
Damage @ May 5th 2006 4:56PM
To #3:
Because it doesn't. iTunes is handy if you're organizing 5000 single, disseparate tracks. However, if you're organizing by albums and other high level organization, it's a big pain in the ass. It also ate my iPod Shuffle for dinner, invited Quicktime to party over on my computer (no thanks), and generally full of bloat.
Yea, I can see why some people don't want to deal with iTunes.
scdoanintendo @ May 5th 2006 5:02PM
I was really looking forward to this DAP but they cut the battery life from 20 to 12 hours for audio and that killed it for me.
Jimmy B @ May 5th 2006 5:17PM
its very tempting, i'm totally gonna check one out when it comes to the uk. still in love with my sony NW-HD3 though what with the 30 hour battery
The Dude @ May 5th 2006 5:21PM
http://www.mygigabeat.com
Benny @ May 5th 2006 6:39PM
Any word on a european release? Or a english language asian version?
Jonathan Greene @ May 5th 2006 7:01PM
Hey guys,
Not to burst your bubbles, but in case you havent been reading the gigabeat forums, the Hi-def lifestyle guys have been giving out all kind of dates left and right, the sites date has changed atleast 5 times, so the chances of this one being correct are a tad slim. It used to say Febuary, then march, finally april 30th, and now may 15th, but i doubt itll be released that soon, look to more of a Early to mid june date im guessing.
Tomas @ May 5th 2006 7:43PM
Yeah I've given up on estimating the release date. My source at Toshiba says may 15th... but he also said early March, late February, etc...
btw, the "shamless" plug for my blog above was not me. :)