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Written by tinfoil
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Friday, 17 March 2006 20:47
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mp3.com: We found similar discrepancies with other PlaysForSure players. The
Archos Gmini 402 Camcorder maxed out at 11 hours, but with DRM tracks,
it played for less than 9 hours. The iRiver U10, with an astounding
life of about 32 hours, came in at about 27 hours playing subscription
tracks. Even the iPod, playing back only FairPlay AAC tracks,
underperformed MP3s by about 8 percent. What I'm saying is that while
battery life may not be a critical issue today, as it was when one of
the original hard drive players--the Creative Nomad Jukebox--lasted a
pathetic 4 hours running on four AA nickel-metal-hydride rechargeables
(and much worse on alkalines), the industry needs to include battery
specs for DRM audio tracks or the tracks we're buying or subscribing.
Yet, here's another reason why we should still be ripping our music in
MP3: better battery life, the most obvious reason being universal
device compatibility.
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