ZVUE's 1GB Journey DAP comes with 22 tracks you'll never delete

Brace yourselves, dear readers. The item we're about to explain just might be is most certainly the best thing to ever happen to the digital audio player market. ZVUE's 1GB pre-loaded Journey MP3 player not only reeks of the early '80s in design alone, but this thing actually arrives with 22 Journey tracks loaded on (11 new joints, 11 of your childhood favorites). It's like buying Journey's greatest hits and getting a DAP for free -- go on, be good to yourself, it's only $39.88. Jump past the break if you need some encouragement / discouragement.

[Via AnythingButiPod, thanks Dula]

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 7:53AM]

WANT!!!!!!!!!!

I don't care how bad it is, Its a fucking Journey DAP!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 7:51AM]

Post 1. Day 1.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:46AM]

Come on guys lighten up, its his first engadget post. He will soon learn to know his place. =)

[telepheedian Posted Jul 25th 2008 10:13AM]

At the bottom of the barrel.

[Mr Blue Posted Jul 25th 2008 11:13AM]

At first glance, I thought it said 'ZUNE 1GB Journey DAP...'

.. and then I realized I could never be that lucky.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 7:53AM]

Crap I'm getting old.... now I feel scared... :-(

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 7:55AM]

Is there any relation at all between Journey and MP3 Players? They're not even in the same decade. Meh

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:13AM]

Don't stop believin', my friend. Don't stop believin.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:37AM]

Music....Music Player...Music...Music Player...

There has to be a connection...I just can't see it...Music...Music Player...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:04AM]

Would someone explain to me how there is only on VOLUME button? How's that work? Is it because you would only turn it up and never down? ;-)

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:12AM]

It's Journey...You will never want to turn it down!

[Thijsie Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:17AM]

I'm guessing there'll be some sort of menu that comes up on the screen, enabling you to raise or lower the volume using the buttons on the side.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:03AM]

this is pretty damn sweet.

too bad it doesn't have a picture of steve perry in tight jeans on the back.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:15AM]

Who?!

[Harlo Posted Jul 25th 2008 10:03AM]

No this is Journey. They don't have an MP3 player yet.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:13AM]

Man, I'd love to buy this, but I'm just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:58AM]

Superior
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip1zsUIosoA

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:28AM]

I always chuckled at this lyric when I was a kid because there is no south Detroit--south of Detroit is Canada. I guess he's referring to the southwest side?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 7:06PM]

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Detroit

Since when was Canada ever south?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:23PM]

@JR: OK, on that map, there's a spot that says "Detroit." Right below that--due South--there's a spot that says "Windsor." That would be Windsor, Ontario.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:14AM]

Does this go all the way up to 11?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:17AM]

That sound you hear is thousands of frat boys cheering.

Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that FEELING

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:43AM]

haha aw so true I WANT SUMMER TO BE OVER NOW

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:18AM]

This reminds me of my sisters razr. It came with the crappy Motorola ring tone and video but you can't delete it. It just doesn't let you.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:27AM]

Who is this "Journey?"

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:27AM]

Someday love will find you
Break those chains that bind you
One night will remind you
How we touched
And went our separate ways!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:30AM]

wow, big deal!! hah, NOT

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:34AM]

Oh this is deffinatly Kind of a Big Deal.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:35AM]

What a phenomenal idea!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:36AM]

I'm gonna go to this mp3 player with open arms...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:41AM]

Ok... so how long till they come out with a Pink Floyd version?

But one requirement... it has to have enough capacity to hold the entire discography. And the funky cover overlay should be designed by Storm Thorgerson.

Does 1gb even hold the entire Journey discography?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:46AM]

Where's the Journey button? You know, to stop everything and start the Journey?

[ronzorelli Posted Jul 25th 2008 8:54AM]

The wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
I don't know where I'll be tomorrow
Oh the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:53AM]

Guys, I hate to sprinkle some downer flakes on this party but this isn't the original band. Steve Perry is nowhere to be found here. The 11 greatest hits were re-recorded with their new singer.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 3:12PM]

shut up. you lie. stop ruining my happiness!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:08AM]

i never heard of this band before...but i've heard of led zepplin, kiss, the queens, pink floyd, and the like. must mean something...???

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 10:29AM]

Yes, "The Queens." Shouldn't they rest of that list be The Led Zepplins, The Kisses and The Pink Floyds?

I do enjoy Revelation by The Journeys.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 10:31AM]

Yes, "The Queens." Shouldn't they rest of that list be The Led
Zepplins, The Kisses and The Pink Floyds?

I do enjoy Revelation by The Journeys.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 6:15PM]

wow, one mistake. look, u typed "they" instead of "the," plus you double posted. let me make a big deal out of it. the point of my post is that this band is not the most popular group. i don't hear it on radio nor ever heard it being discussed, whereas the others i listed have.

[Galley Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:09AM]

Journey's new album, "Revelation" is great!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:11AM]

"Jump past the break"??

I swear, every time I see "after the jump" or "after the break" on an article like this I want to punch the poster right in the face.

But "Jump past the break"? You've reached new depths of suck.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:15AM]

I'll be alright without you, Journey MP3 player.

Oh hell, Im gonna Be Good To Myself, and pick one of these up.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:28AM]

I feel like a tool. But I really, really want this

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:42AM]

This thing is full of win.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 9:55AM]

Instant collector's item.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 10:56AM]

New Journey Rocks
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=74-PqnKEHqI&feature=related

[EricR Posted Jul 25th 2008 12:01PM]

I would buy a Collective Soul edition ZVUE...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 12:18PM]

journey rules!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 7:10PM]

*Breaking News*

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 1:08PM]

A couple of things.
Can you delete the 11 tracks?
Are the little holes on the back in the bottom right for a speaker?

But seriously I could see this as a promotion item at a concert instead of the lame t-shirts, photos and CDs.

[k1m Posted Jul 25th 2008 12:31PM]

Turn UP! the RAdiOoo..... oh, wait. hope they changed those lyrics. My favorite journey song jus isn't d same no more. :-(

[k1m Posted Jul 25th 2008 12:46PM]

yup, Im an idiot

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 4:27PM]

A quadruple-post! Nicely done!

[k1m Posted Jul 25th 2008 12:34PM]

Turn UP! the RAdiOoo..... oh, wait. hope they changed those lyrics. My favorite journey song jus isn't d same no more. :-(

[k1m Posted Jul 25th 2008 12:40PM]

damn, Cant tell im not awake. im gonna get flamed bad now. Yes, I know autograph. I was thinking bout raised on radio.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 12:57PM]

Hear it first time, I like the music

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 2:09PM]

I love Journey....
especially when amateurs sing their songs.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 2:49PM]

...and if you get tired of Journey, you can skin som '80's Bon Jovi on (www.skinit.com/blog, search skins/music/bonjovi)...shot through the heart!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 3:06PM]

Just saw these guys in Vegas, what an awesome concert. Engadget, pull that old clip and put something current up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMZpxqpBp7k

I won't buy the MP3 player, but it's a cool idea. Nice artwork.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 25th 2008 11:42PM]

I like the Journey artwork a lot more than their music. Early Journey was better, being born out of Santana's band. I want a Grateful Dead one with the Anthem of the Sun mandala :). Or maybe a Hendrix Axis Bold as Love. Actually, custom covers you could design with licensed artwork would be awesome on a bigger/better media player. I'd love me an iPod Touch with my own custom back graphics.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 5th 2008 3:07PM]

This device would only be truly useful if the tracks were automatically stopped in the middle (e.g., as if to end a long-running cable TV series on a disturbing note that upsets everyone). In fact, given the quality of most Journey songs, stopping them as soon as they start would be optimal. :-)