Godot M9500 4GB digital audio player
By Darren Murph 
posted Aug 16th 2006 5:09PM
posted Aug 16th 2006 5:09PM
While we never really heard anything about a lawsuit following the release of Godot's suspiciously familiar mini music player, it looks like the company is swiping a more generic trait this time by outfitting the M9500 in a coat of brushed metal. The palm-sized 4GB DAP sports a 1-inch hard drive beneath its flashy casing, and can playback MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, and WMA-DRM files when not tuned into an FM radio station. The relatively small 124 x 64 pixel LCD displays ID3 tags, and this unit manages to include line-in recording to convert any incoming audio signal to MP3 without the use of a computer. The rechargeable battery supposedly keeps the jams flowing for 9 hours, and with 12 minutes of anti-shock, you joggers should be just fine while on the move. Although this unit could easily be regarded as just another ho hum offering -- albeit one with a glitzy faceplate -- it does offer a few nifty extras such as voice recording and a "bookmarking" feature that allows you to easily recall where you were if you happen to be rudely interrupted (or otherwise) while listening to an audiobook. If you've somehow avoided an impulse buy on one of these middle-of-the-road DAPs, and you just can't resist that brushed metal allure, the M9500 can be picked up now for £80 ($151) in the UK.[Via Shiny Shiny]
what would you do for a klondike bar?
i certainly won't be waiting for godot. gufaw.
Brushed metal is very cool. But I'm completely gunshy about DAPs in general now. They all seem to be trying to rope you into their particular software and personally I don't want anyone's software. Of course now will come the people posting "yeah I agree, except I love BrandX's software."
bookmarking? BAH my rio karma has been doing that for a long time. plus it blows this away in almost every other category (except FM and the line in recording)
12 minutes of anti-shock? I didn't realize there were 4GB players being made that weren't solid-state memory... Crazy...
eh thats my name :P
am i get credited? hehehe
Looks like a Mac Pro design theme to me. Especially all the little holes.
this is definately a good lookin' dap, but wtf 4gb harddrive???? if it were in the 20-30's range i'd bite
What everyone is forgetting is the price-gouging on any electronic device in the UK. A 4gb nano is £170, compared to the £80 of this, this is exceptionally good value. At less than half the price of a flash player, I'd be willing to avoid jumping up and down for a period of twelve minutes.
rocking it OTA