[vorbis] beta firmware for Neuros available

[Graham Mitchell]

For the two or three of you who are subscribed to the mailing list that 
*haven't* heard already... from the blurb on Slashdot:

"Xiph.org has made a beta release of firmware with Ogg Vorbis support for the 
Neuros portable music player. You can grab the firmware from the Neurosetta 
site. Note that this beta release only plays Vorbis files, and may skip on 
very high quality files, like average bitrates above 200 kbps. Also, you'll 
need to head over to the positron website for instructions on how to upload 
Vorbis files. Big thanks go out to Monty all of his hard work, and Digital 
Innovations for supporting the project."

You can get the official announcement at http://open.neurosaudio.com/ , plus 
there's info there about a coupon code that takes $30 off the price of the 
128MB flash-only unit (lowering it to $199), or $50 off the price of the 
version with the 20GB HD, lowering its price to $350.  And there's free 
ground shipping on the thing through the end of July.

Which means that the Neuros is officially the first portable to play back Ogg 
Vorbis files.  (Well, it's "officially the first to play back" but not yet 
"the first to officially play back" since the firmware is still in beta... 
but I digress....)  The player has been well-reviewed, too.

Go Monty.  And go Neuros for being willing to pay to get this to happen and be 
first to market.

It sure would be nice if all those who'd complained about no portable support 
would put their money where their mouth is and make Neuros a ton of money, 
because that'll help pull other hardware manufacturers onto the bandwagon.

Anyway, just a heads-up for those that don't reload Slashdot a dozen times a 
day like I do.


-- 
Graham Mitchell - computer science teacher, Leander High School
"It is not possible to be 'incidentally a Christian'. The fact of
Christianity must be overwhelmingly first or nothing. This suggests a reason
for the dislike of Christians by nominal or non-Christians: their lives
contain no overwhelming firsts but many balances."
	-- Sheldon Vanauken

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