Remember a few weeks ago when I said I wanted an iPod for Christmas? After doing some research with my library, I have decided that the better option is to get a Creative brand mp3 player (This is the model that I covet and have added to my Christmas wishlist). They are more compatible with the software used by libraries, and my library in particular. Wouldn’t it be awful to get an iPod and then discover that I can’t download audiobooks to it? I’m glad I did the research.

This morning I asked Beau if I could get a cheaper model now (and nevermind the other one for Christmas) so that I could use it on our trip. Because I had checked out three audiobooks from the eaudiobook part of the library website and after spending 30 minutes burning 2/3 of one book to CDs (11 CDs total took about 45 minutes to do the complete burn), I realized that it would be much more practical and cheaper to just buy the mp3 player.

At some point I remembered that Jaynee has an unused PDA now that she uses her Blackberry for everything the PDA used to do. I asked her about it and we agreed that it would work as long as I downloaded the books to my 2GB thumb drive since the memory on the PDA is small. She was going to mail that to me so that I had time to test it and work out kinks before our trip.

And then Beau reminded me that he has a small mp3 player. So he got it and we started a test download of the smallest book and less than 4 minutes later the whole book was transferred to his little Creative MuVo N200, which only had 512MB of memory. I then tried to transfer a second book and that one transferred completely in about 4 minutes. So there are 2 full novels on Beau’s little MuVo! The third is on the CDs and I’ll just use those since I have them.

And I just realized that the memory on the PDA may be enough for at least one regular novel after all. So Jaynee, if you want to bring that up with you at the end of the month, I’ll still give that a test, too.

I’m very excited. It’s days like today that I love technology.

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1. I agree this is all very exciting, but my real question is, Beau (BEAU?) has an MP3 player?  Does he use it for teaching or research or something?  Because I’m having a hard time with that one.

   Posted by Gwynne  on  07/11/08  at  04:58 PM

2. I know. It’s another “Keb Mo” moment.

   He said he deleted a bunch of lectures off of it. And I know he had some music on it, too.

   The one he has is cool - it has FM radio and the ability to record, which must be where the lectures came from.

   Posted by  on  07/11/08  at  08:35 PM

3. Yes, Gwynne, lectures..... the world is not topsy turvey. :)

   Posted by  on  07/11/08  at  09:09 PM

4. Jen, that’s exactly what I was thinking, it’s another Keb Mo moment. Thanks for that assurance, Beau.

   Posted by gwynne  on  07/12/08  at  01:30 PM

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