Not a whole lot of background on this one just yet, but judging by the list of flash-based audio players that
Philips recognizes as its own, there's a few 8GB flavors of the
GoGear SA3300 series that apparently weren't there too long ago. While the SA3300 lineup had members with 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB of internal storage in the past, several new models -- including the SA3385/02, SA3385/37, SA3385/55, SA3385/85, and SA3385/97 -- are all appearing as 8GB siblings. We've no idea if the capacious newcomers will share the 2.4-inch QVGA display,
FM tuner, MP3 / MPEG4 support, and preset equalizers found in existing (albeit smaller) versions, but we'll keep an ear to the ground for further developments.
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posted Aug 13th 2007 8:41AM
Looks a little...derivative.
Why do none of these players have no AM tuner love? There's still plenty of radio I listen to on AM, all be it it's pretty much all talk radio. But I'd still use the AM tuner if they included them in it. I wish my zen vision:m player had that. It does everything else pretty good.
One reason could be that AM is so susceptible to the kind of noise these digital devices themselves create.
It's not impossible, mind you.
It would just add bulk and complexity that the manufacturers probably feel isn't justified for various reasons.
Decent portable AM actually warrants an analog tuning transistor radio if you want to get more serious.
Of course that super-hip portable crystal set is gonna trump THAT, but that's for the purist
They can still be found.