On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Saqib Shaikh wrote: > surely digital talking books will be distributed on cdrom, and not on hard > disk, so all they need is to support a usb/pcmcia/parallel cdrom drive. I don't think that carrying an extra cdrom and cable to hook it to the system is much in line with the point of the system. Also, as far as the playing of MP3s, I think this is more of a marketing tool then a usability thing. At least in the near term when using solid state storage. I guess compact flash is afordable as a medium, but.... ======= Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when open. If your too open minded, your brains will fall out.