Portable Media Devices Portable Media Devices Douglas Dixon Manifest Technology® LLC

March 2006

www.manifest-tech.com

Portable Media Devices Portable Media to Go Your Digital Life – What’s in your pocket? • Portable Storage – Flash USB Pocket Drives – Hard Disk Pocket Drives – Portable Hard Drives • Portable Media Players – Flash Music Players – Flash Media Players – Hard Disk Media Players – Portable Video Recorders • Multi-Function Devices – Mobile Phones – PDA Phones – Multimedia PDAs – Portable Game Machines

3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 2 Portable Media Devices Douglas Dixon Manifest Technology, LLC Technology Analysis and Communications www.manifest-tech.com Editorial - Editor-in-Chief, IRMA's Mediaware magazine - Technical Editor, Camcorder & Computer Video magazine - Contributor, DV Magazine - Contributor, CNET Networks / Computer Shopper - Contributor, Princeton's U.S. 1 Newspaper

Author - “Adobe Encore DVD: In The Studio” (O'Reilly, 2004) - “Desktop DVD Authoring” (New Riders, 2002) - “How to Use Adobe Premiere 6.5” (Que, 2002) - “How to Use Adobe Premiere 6” (Sams, 2001)

Speaker - NAB, CES, DV Expo, Government Video Expo - ShowBiz Expo, DVD International Conference

Portable Media Devices iPod Chronology – Hard Disk iPod HD 5GB 10GB 15GB 20GB 30GB 40GB 60GB 10/01 iPod 1 $399 mono, 6.5 oz. 3/02 iPod 1 $399 $499 7/02 iPod 2 $299 $299 - $499 4/03 iPod 3 - $299 $399 - $499 10/03 iPod 3 - $299 - $399 - $499 1/04 iPod 3 - - $299 $399 - $499 7/04 iPod 4 - - - $299 - $399 10/04 iPod Photo - - - - - $499 $599 color 2” color , ~6 oz. 2/05 Photo 2 - - - - $349 - $449 220x176 6/05 iPod color - - - $299 - - $399 5.6 oz. 2.5", 320x240, 10/05 iPod video - - - - $299 - $399 4.8/5.5 oz.

MBs 512M 1GB 2/05 Shuffle $99 $149 0.78 oz. 6/05 Shuffle $99 $129 2/06 Shuffle $69 $99 GBs 512M 1GB 2GB 4GB 6GB 2/04 Mini 1 - - - $249 3.6 oz. 2/05 Mini 2 - - - $199 $249 1.67" mono, 3.6 oz. 9/05 Nano - - $199 $249 1.5" color, 176x132, 1.5 oz. 2/06 Nano - $149 $199 $249 1.5" color, 176x132, 1.5 oz.

Portable Media Devices

11 GBGB ~~ 250250 songs,songs, 1212 hrshrs Pick-a-Player 4040 GBGB ~~ 10,00010,000 songssongs

Flash Sticks + USB = < 1 oz. SanDisk Thumb Drive CF Card Mini HD, Portable HD + Headphones, + Display, Record = Play controls = Creative Zen Nano Apple iPod Shuffle

Larger Display 2” Display, 1 – 2 oz. + Color Display = iPod Nano + FM, Record = + Video = SanDisk Sansa c100 iriver U10

Hard Disk 5+ oz. + HD, Video = + Display, Speakers = + Record = Apple iPod video Creative Zen Vision Archos AV-700

3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 6 Portable Media Devices Flash Memory Cards Removable Disk on a Stick • CompactFlash (CF) – matchbook – Popular - to 4 GB • Memory Stick – chewing gum – PRO, (faster), Duo (1/2 size), Duo PRO – Memory Stick Micro (M2), MagicGate security • MultiMediaCard (MMC) – postage stamp CF Memory Stick / Duo / M2 • SD Card (Secure Digital) – stamp • Mini SD – 60% smaller, security • Micro SD – smallest • SmartMedia Card – single chip, to 128 MB • xD-Picture Card – ultra compact SD, Mini SD, Micro SD CF 64 MB 128 256 512 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 3/06 $19 $39 $59 $79 $149 $349 10/05 $ 9 xx $29 $39 $ 99 $149 $279 6/05 $15 $20 $40 $50 $100 $200 $400 MMC, xD

Portable Media Devices Flash Memory Cards – Trends Flexible Storage and Interfaces

• Preloaded Content (ROM) – TrustedFlash DRM – "A Bigger Bang” – Rolling Stones, $39.95 256MB Gruvi Music cards – Preview & unlock addl.

• Built-in USB Interface – Ultra II SD Plus USB - Hinged SanDisk Ultra II SD Plus USB - 1 GB $134, 512 MB $79 w/ USB connector

3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 8 Portable Media Devices USB Flash Drives Thumb Drives – Add USB Connector • Features – Capacity: multiple GBs – Transfer rate: USB 2.0 SanDisk Cruzer – Retractable connector Titanium • Style – Colorful – Small: 1/2 x 1 inch – Accessory: lanyard – Wristband Imation Flash Wristband – Pocket knife

256 512 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB Swissbit 3/06 $19 $34 $54 $79 $149 USB Victorinox 10/05 $24 $39 $69 $159 $279

Portable Media Devices USB Flash Drives – Trends Security / Portable Desktop • Display – Stablized LCD – Capacity meter, text label • Security – Partition, Encrypt, shred Memorex TravelDrive ID – Security manager software with LCD – Fingerprint reader • Portable Desktop – U3 “Smart Drive” / Ceedo PowerToGo (Lexar) – Launch applications (Win) – Data, preferences – Virtual environment

3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 10 Portable Media Devices USB HD Pocket Drives Flash vs. 1” Hard Disk • Imation Micro Hard Drive – 2 GB $159, 4 GB $189 • Memorex Mega TravelDrive – 4 GB $119, 6 G $129, 8 G $159 • LaCie Carte Orange – 4 GB $99, 6 GB, 8 GB $149 – Credit card – 1.8” Hitachi (=Mini) • 2.16 x 3.34 x .23 in, 0.12 lbs – Max Transfer: up to 9 MB/s

256 512 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB 6 GB 8 GB Flash $19 $34 $54 $79 $149 ~$400 HD $159 $99 $119 $149

Portable Media Devices USB Portable Hard Drives 10’s GBs – 2.5” Hard Disk, Bus Powered • LaCie Mobile Hard Drive – 40 GB $119, 60 $139, 80 $169, 100 $249 – Design by F.A. Porsche – USB 2.0 (and FireWire) – 4200 / 5400 RPM, 8 MB cache – 0.65 x 3 x 5 in., 6.35 oz

• WD Passport Portable – 40 GB $149, 60 GB $179, 80 GB $199 – 2 MB cache – 0.83 x 5.68 x 3.51 in.

40 GB 60 GB 80 GB 100 GB HD $119 $139 $169 $249

• Buffalo MiniStation HD Portable – 40 GB $136, 80 GB $183 – Shock Resistant – 5 x 3.26 x .83 in., 6.7 oz.

• LaCie SAFE Mobile Hard Drive – 40 GB $149, 80 GB $199, 120 GB $299 – Fingerprint Access: 5 profiles, 10 prints – 5.43 x 3.15 x 0.98 in., 8.1 oz. – USB 2.0 (480 Mbps/60 MB), Max 25 MB/s – 8 MB cache, 5400 RPM

Portable Media Devices Portable USB Transfer Devices USB / Memory Card Direct Transfer • Memorex TravelSync – $59 – Transfer files between two USB devices without using a computer – LCD to select folders and files – USB 1.1 – USB mass storage and Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) -- not iPods

• Memorex TravelLink – $79 – Transfer files between two USB devices and/or two Flash cards – 8-in-1 card reader: CF I, CF II, SD, SM, MMC, MS, MS Pro, MS Duo – USB 1.1

• Apple iPod Shuffle (1/05) – 512 MB $69, 1 GB $99 ($149) • 1 GB = 240 songs – 0.78 oz. – No display – Non-replaceable battery, 12 hrs. – MP3, AAC, Audible, WAV – Protected AAC (iTunes Music Store) –USB 2.0

Portable Media Devices Stick Music Players – Nano Add Basic Display + Radio, Record … • Creative Muvo TX FM (04) – 512 MB $119, 1 GB $149, 1 oz.

• Creative Zen Nano Plus – 512 MB $79, 1 GB $109 • 10 colors, 250 / 500 songs – 1.32 x 2.58 x 0.51", 0.8 oz. – FM tuner, Voice/FM record, Line-In • Auto Synch from CD through line-in – Removable AAA Battery, 18 hours – Audio: MP3, WMA (DRM)

• mobiBLU Cube MP3 Player – DAH-1500i, 512 MB $99, 1 GB $129 –Blue OLED Display – USB / power / headphone jack – MP3, WMA, WMA DRM – FM radio, voice recorder – Clock, EQ presets, SRS WOW – Navigate folders – Li-Ion battery, USB recharge

Portable Media Devices Flash Music Players – m200 Add Larger Display, Controls, Navigation …

• SanDisk Sansa m200 (10/05) – 512MB $79, 1GB $119 2GB $159, 4 GB $199 (10/05), 1.8 oz. – Indigo backlit multi-line LCD – Removable AAA battery, 19 hrs. – Radio: Digital FM tuner, 20 presets – Voice recorder: Built-in microphone – Formats: MP3, WMA, Audible (PlaysForSure – Microsoft DRM) – Custom navigation by ID3 tag –USB 2.0

3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 18 Portable Media Devices Flash Photo Players – Nano Add Color Display – Photos • Apple iPod Nano (9/05) – 1 GB $149, 2 GB $199, 4 GB $249 • 4GB: 1,000 songs, 25,000 photos – 1.5” color LCD, 176 x 132 – 3.5 x 1.6 x 0.27”, 1.5 oz. – Battery 14 hr. music, 4 slideshows – Click Wheel, white or black – Games, Calendar, Contacts, Notes – AAC (iTunes DRM), MP3 / VBR, Audible, Apple Lossless, WAV, AIFF • Apple iPod mini (1/05) – 4 GB $199 / 6 GB $249, 3.6 oz. – 1.67" grayscale LCD

Portable Media Devices Flash Photo Players – c100 Add Color – Photos, FM, Recording

• SanDisk Sansa c100 (3/06) – 1 GB $119, 2GB $169 – 1.21-inch (3.07 cm) color screen – Thumbnail album art, slideshow with music – Removable AAA battery, 15 hrs. – Radio: Digital FM tuner, 20 presets – Voice recorder: Built-in microphone – Formats: MP3, WMA, Audible (PlaysForSure – Microsoft DRM)

3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 20 Portable Media Devices Flash Media Players – ZVUE Inexpensive Video • HandHeld Entertainment, ZVUE personal media player – 128MB MMC card $99 – 2.5", 160 x 240 full-color – 4.33 x 2.91 x 1.1 in., 5 oz. w/o – 4 AA batteries, 8 hrs. – MP3 & OGG audio, JPEG photo – MPEG-4 / AVI video – Share: 2 stereo headphone jacks • New ZVUE - $149 - 2006 – Thinner, On-board flash memory – Rechargeable lithium-ion battery – SD/MMC flash cards – WMV, WMA (DRM) software

Portable Media Devices Flash Media Players – U10 Add Video • iriver U10 – 512MB $199, 1GB $249 – 34 hrs. music – 2.22” LCD, 320 x 240 – 2.7” x 1.8” x .6”, 2.50 oz. – Rechargeable battery, 28 hours – FM tuner, Voice recorder Line In/Out with cradle – Music: MP3, WMA (DRM), OGG – Multimedia: MPEG-4 (15fps), Flash Lite, Text, JPEG –Alarm clock – Click edges of screen to navigate

3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 22 Portable Media Devices Portable Players – Features Add Larger Display, Navigation Controls … • Physical Design – Capacity: Flash memory, hard disk – MBs - GBs – Design: Size / weight, controls, earphones – Screen: Size, text lines, graphics res., color depth – Battery: Play / charge time, removable, USB charge – Radio: Digital FM tuner, presets – FM broadcast: Play thru car radio – Record: FM, Voice mic. in, Line in: WAV, MP3 – USB 2.0, transfer rate; Card slot: SD • Music Functionality – Playlists: Create / edit – Custom navigation (from ID3 tag, not host) – Removable disk: Drag and drop files from host – Host interface: iTunes, Windows Media Player – File management: Delete – Native audio: MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG, Audible; DRM – Sound enhance: EQ, boost – Media: Music, text, photos – Text: E-book, lyrics – Organizer, Clock / timer, Pulse monitor … 3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 23

Portable Media Devices Trends – Audio Formats Native Formats on Portable Players • Base Formats – WAV – Windows WAVE – Uncompressed – MP3 – MPEG level 3 / VBR (~ 10:1) – AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) – MPEG-4 Apple / iTunes (~ 2:1 better) – WMA – Microsoft Windows Media Audio – Sony ATRAC3, OGG – Apple Lossless, AIFF – Audible – e-Books Audio Rates - Stereo Kbps MB/min /song MB/hr % CD Audio: uncompressed, 44.1 KHz 1411 10.5 42 635 -- Downloaded music - MP3 128 1 4 58 9% Typical WMA/AAC for portables 64 0.5 2 29 5% Aggressive WMA/AAC 48 0.33 1.4 22 3%

3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 24 Portable Media Devices Trends – Audio Content Protection Protected Content on Portable Players • Digital Rights Management (DRM) – Apple – FairPlay • iTunes Music Store – downloads – Microsoft Windows Media DRM (Janus) – PlaysForSure • Downloads from Internet music stores – MSN Music, Musicmatch, MusicNow, Napster, Wal-Mart • Music subscription services – Rhapsody To Go, Yahoo! Music Unlimited, Napster to Go – RealNetworks – Helix DRM • Rights / Restrictions – Authorization to play • Buy, rent, subscription – License management, backup • Internet check rights: Expire on count down, date • Change rights – Update over Internet, new version – Share / play on other computers (5) – Share / play on networked CE devices – Synch with portable players – Burn on CD, burn playlists (7)

Portable Media Devices Disk Media Players – iPod Add Hard Disk, Organization • Apple iPod – video (10/05) – 30 GB $299, 60 GB $399 (10/05) • 60GB: 15k songs, 25k photos 150 hrs. video H.264 – 2.5” LCD, 320 x 240 – 4.1 x 2.4 x 0.43/0.55”, 4.8/5.5 oz. – Battery: 20 hr. music, 3 hr. video –USB 2.0 • iPod (6/05) – 20 GB $299, 40 GB $399, 5.6 oz • Apple iPod Photo (2/05) – 30 GB $350, 60 GB $450, 5.9/6.4 oz. – 2” Color LCD, 220 x 176

3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 26 Portable Media Devices Disk Media Players – Vision:M Add Hard Disk, Organization • Creative Zen Vision:M (10/05) – 30 GB $329 –5 colors – 2.5” LCD, 320 x 240 – 4.1 x 2.4 x 0.73”, 5.7 oz. – Vertical touch pad, Shortcut button – Li-Ion battery: 14 hr. music, 4 video – MP3, WMA/DRM, WAV; JPEG – MPEG-1,-2,-4, WMV, Motion-JPEG

Songs: 15K WMAs / 1K hrs (64 k) – FM, Voice recording 7,500 MP3 / 500 hrs (128 kbps) – Personal Organizer: sync Outlook Video: 120 hrs (MPEG-4) – TV Video out Photos: 10K’s

Portable Media Devices Portable Media Players – Vision Add Video Playback, Large Screen • Creative Zen Vision (3/05) – 30 GB $399 • 120 hrs movies, 15K songs – 3.7" LCD, 640 x 480 – 4.9 x 2.9 x 0.8 in., 8.4 oz. – Speakers, A/V out – FM radio, Voice record – Removable Li-Ion battery • Play 4.5 hrs video, 13 music – Video: MPEG-1/2/4, DivX, WMV9 (w/ DRM), MJPEG – MP3, WMA (DRM), LPCM, JPG – Personal Organizer: Outlook

3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 28 Portable Media Devices Portable Video Recorders Add Digital Video Recorder (DVR) • Archos Gmini 402 Camcorder – 20 GB $399 – 2.2" LCD, 220 x 176, 5.64 oz – 1.2 Mpix camera – MPEG-4 capture • Archos AV 500 Mobile DVR – 30 GB $449, 100 GB $649 – 4" LCD, 480 x 272, 8.99/11.11 oz • Archos AV 700 Widescreen Mobile DVR – 40 GB $499, 100 GB $699 • 55K songs, 400 hrs video, 250 movies, 1M photos – 7” widescreen LCD, 480 x 234 – 4.2 x 8.2 x 0.8”, 20.8 oz – MPEG-4 720 x 480, AVI/WMV – MP3, WAV, WMA (DRM) – A/V in: Direct record, schedule (hub)

Portable Media Devices Media Players – Features Share: Larger Screen, Speakers • Physical Design – Capacity: Hard disk – 10’s – 100 GB – Design: Size / weight, controls, Speakers – Screen: Graphics res., color depth – Battery: Play / charge time, removable, USB charge – A/V connections: In / out – Record: Video, audio – Composite, TV tuner in dock – USB 2.0, transfer rate – Card slot: SD • Photo / Video Functionality – Navigation: Format, genre, artist, … – Playlists: Create / edit – Removable disk: Drag and drop files from host – Host interface: iTunes, Windows Media Player Media format conversion and downsizing – File management: Delete – Photo slide show, with music – Native photo: JPEG, TIFF, BMP, custom – Native video: WMV, MPEG-4 / DivX

3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 30 Portable Media Devices Media Players – Video Formats Video Formats on Portable Players • MPEG-4 / Apple – H.264 / AVC - Advanced Video Coding – QuickTime 6 MPEG-4 / 3GPP, QT 7 H.264 – Apple iTunes 6 / FairPlay DRM • iTunes Music Store – Shorts $1.99 • Microsoft Windows Media Video – WMV – Windows Media Video 9 – Desktop, set-top (VC-1 for HD DVD), portable – Microsoft Windows Media DRM • Rent, Buy – WindowsMedia.com, CinemaNow • Macromedia Flash Lite – Mobile phones, portable players

Portable Media Devices Multi-Function Devices Digital Communication

• Portable Game Machines – Video + Wireless • Mobile Phones – Streaming services • PDA Phones – Phone vs. PDA • Multimedia PDAs – Media players

3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 32 Portable Media Devices Portable Game Machines Add Movies + Personal Media • Sony PlayStation Portable – (PSP) $249 – 333 MHz CPU, 32 MB – 16:9 Wide screen TFT LCD 4.3 in., 480 x 272, 16 M colors – MP3 and ATRAC3plus, JPEG – Memory Stick Video (MP4) – IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi), USB 2.0, Memory Stick Duo, Infrared Port • Universal Media Disc (UMD) – 1.8 GB, caddy – Games, UMD Movies $19-29 – 2.36 in. diameter, red laser

Portable Media Devices Wireless Game Machines Add Mobile + GPS + Personal Media • Gizmondo – Tiger Telematics – US $229, $339 / $389 w/ SIM – ARM 400Mhz, NVIDIA GoForce 3D – Windows CE.net – 2.8” TFT color screen, 240 x 320 – MP3, MIDI, WAV, JPEG – Digital camera – Windows Media Player 9, MPEG 4 – USB, SD card reader – Games – GPS location based - geofences – GSM tri-band / GPRS / SIM cards – MMS Multimedia messaging – Bluetooth multi-player

3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 34 Portable Media Devices Mobile Phone – Verizon V CAST Camera + Stored and Streaming Video & Audio • Samsung SCH-a890 (a950) – $319, 2.8 oz. ($179, 4.5 oz.) – Display ~ 2 in, 176 x 220, 262K color TFT – Rotating 1.3-MP camera, flash – Photo: 1280x960 to 160x120 – Video: 176x122, 15 fps, AAC stereo – Get It Now: Ringtones, Photo sharing • Verizon Wireless V CAST – EV-DO 3G network, burst 2.4 Mbps – Download 400 - 700 kbps, upload 40 - 60 – V CAST VPak $15/mo. • Video, Music, Get It Now, Mobile Web – 300 daily updated videos – WMV 9 & WMA 9, 176 x 132, 15 fps – V CAST Music: 99 cents, dual $1.99

Portable Media Devices Mobile Phones – Sprint TV Camera + Stored and Streaming Video • Sanyo MM-5600 – $429 – 1.3 MP camera, flash, macro – TFT LCD screen , 240 x 320, 260k color – 30-sec. video clips – Player: MP3/AAC, stereo earphone – Transfer: miniSD memory card, USB interface • Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia – Sprint TV, MobiTV, RealOne Mobile, Music Choice – 15 fps, existing 1X network – upgrade to EVDO – Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Pack, $25/mo • Sprint TV, Picture Mail and Video Mail, 100 TXT

3/2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Douglas Dixon, All Rights Reserved - www.manifest-tech.com Page 36 Portable Media Devices PDA Phones – Treo Smartphones: Phone + PDA / PDA + Phone • Palm Treo 650 – CDMA or GSM/GPRS, Bluetooth, IR – ~ 3.4” color touch screen, 320x320, 65K color – Intel PXA270 312 MHz, Palm OS 5.4 – Camera 640x480; RealPlayer MP3 – 23 MB, SD card – MobiTV live video – 4.4 x 2.3 x 0.9 in., 6.3 oz.; Verizon $349 • Palm Treo 700w – Windows Mobile 5 –EV-DO – 128+60 MB – 6.0 oz.; Verizon $499

Portable Media Devices PDA Phones – i730 Smartphones: Phone + PDA / PDA + Phone

• Samsung i730 – CDMA, EV-DO, WiFi, Bluetooth, IR – 2.8” color display, 240x320, 65K color – Camera 1.3 MP – 64 MB, SDIO expansion; Verizon $599 – Windows Mobile 2003 SE – Windows Media Player 10; SmartVideo – 6.4 oz.; Verizon $499

• Pocket PC / Windows Mobile – Wi-Fi, Windows Media Player • Palm LifeDrive mobile manager – 4 GB, 6.8 oz.; $449 – Display 320x480 TFD, 16-bit color, 65K – 416MHz Intel XScale, 64 MB – MP3 player, voice recorder, photo viewer – 300 songs, 1000 vacation photos –2 hrs. video – Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless – MS Office docs, email & web

Portable Media Devices

11 GBGB ~~ 250250 songs,songs, 1212 hrshrs Pick-a-Player 4040 GBGB ~~ 10,00010,000 songssongs

Flash Sticks + USB = Backlit Display, < 1 oz. SanDisk Thumb Drive MP3, WMA (DRM), WAV, CF Card 1G $54, 2 $79, 4 $149 + Headphones, + Display, Record = AAC (DRM), ATRAC3, Audible Mini HD: 4G $99 512M $39 Play controls = Playlist, Albums, ID3, Timer 6 $119, 8 $149 Creative Zen Nano 1G $59, 2 $79 Voice Recorder, Line In Portable HD: 40G $119 Apple iPod Shuffle 512M $79, 1G $109 4 $149, 8 $349 FM Radio, Broadcast 60 $139, 80 $169, 100 $249 512M $69, 1G $99 Remove Battery, USB 2.0 Larger Display 2” Display, 1 – 2 oz. + Color Display = Touch pad, ID3 Navigation + FM, Record = + Video = E-Book text, Photos: JPG iPod Nano SanDisk Sansa c100 iriver U10 Organizer, Games 1G $149, 2 $199 1G $119, 2 $169 512M $199, 1G $249 Flash Card Slot 4 $249 1.5”, 176x172, 1.5 oz. 2.22”, 320 x 240, 2.50 oz.

Hard Disk 5+ oz., Photos / Slideshows Video: WMV, MPEG-4 (DRM) + HD, Video = A/V In/Out + Display, Speakers = + Record = Video Recording Apple iPod video Creative Zen Vision Archos AV-700 USB 2 / FireWire 30GB $299, 60GB $399 30GB $399 40GB $599, 100GB $799 2.5”, 320x240, 4.8/5.5 oz. 3.7”, 640x480, 8.4 oz. 7”, 480x234, 20.8 oz.

• Mobile Phones – Verizon Wireless V CAST Samsung SCH-a950, $179 – Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Sanyo MM-5600, $429 • PDA Phones – Palm Treo 650, $349 – Palm Treo 700w, $499 – Samsung i730, $499 • PDAs – Palm LifeDrive, $449 • Portable Game Machines – Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP), $249 – Tiger Telematics Gizmondo, $229

Portable Media Devices Flash-Based Portable Players

• USB Thumb Drives – Flash: 512 MB $34, 1 GB $54, 2 GB $79, 4 GB $149 – HD: 2 GB $159, 4 GB $99, 8 GB $149 • Lipstick Music Players – Apple iPod Shuffle: 512 MB $69, 1 GB $99, 0.78 oz. – Creative Zen Nano Plus: 512 MB $79, 1 GB $109 • Flash Music/Photo Players – Apple iPod Nano: 1 GB $149, 2 $199, 4 $249 1.5”, 176 x 132, 1.5 oz. – SanDisk Sansa c100: 1 GB $119, 2 GB $169 • Flash Video Players – ZVUE: 128 MB card $99, 2.5”, 160 x 240, 5 oz. – iriver U10: 512 MB $199, 1 GB $249 2.2", 320 x 240, 2.5 oz.

• Portable Hard Drives – 40 GB $119, 80 GB $169, 100 GB $249

• Hard Disk Media Players / Recorders – Apple iPod: 30 GB $299, 60 GB $399 2.5”, 320 x 240, 4.8/5.5 oz. – Creative Zen Vision:M, 30 GB $329 2.5”, 320 x 240, 5.7 oz. – Creative Zen Vision: 30 GB $399 3.7”, 640 x 480, 8.4 oz. – Archos AV700: 40 GB $599, 100 GB $799 7”, 480 x 234, 20.8 oz

Portable Media Devices For More Information

Manifest Technology® www.manifest-tech.com

The Manifest Technology site by Douglas Dixon contains some 200 articles and technical references on multimedia technology, especially digital video editing and DVD authoring.