A 500k song iPod coming soon...

[N8]

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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3728060.ece

Scientists at IBM say they have developed a new type of digital storage which would enable a device such as an MP3 player to store about half a million songs - or 3,500 films - and cost far less to produce.



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[narlus]

yeah, it's probably at a bit rate of 2 kbps...

[stevew]

I have 25-30 movies on my 180 gig ipod and still have a lot of room to play with. I think that's overkill.

[narlus]

but if you could put FLAC files on that, and have a portable, ultra-high quality player, then 20 TB (or whatever it turns out to be) doesn't seem so nutty.

this guy's thinking the same thing:
Forget 500,000 songs. This technology could instead be the death knell for lossy audio formats. At that size I could store all of my music in a lossless format and have plenty of room left over for future purchases.

[syadasti]

They built a website just for N8

http://www.controlc.com/

[SK6]

I just need a better site to get music.....The stuff I like is hard to find any more.

[narlus]

I just need a better site to get music.....The stuff I like is hard to find any more.

have you tried the wonderful world of shareminer?

[SK6]

No, but I shall, I shall!