iAudio M3 presented at CES 2004!

[eXity]

Well, Francis told us that he was off to the CES 2004, so I guessed that he would be going there on business.
So I checked out the CES homepage looked for JetAudio - didn't find anything - looked for Cowon and felt like christmas!

Check it out dudes:

iAUDIO M3 #1

#Features
-Plays 5,000 songs of MP3 (tested on 20GB)
-USB Storage Drive :
-Store or transfer any type of files
-Supports MP3,WMA,OGG,ASF*,WAV* files
-High speed download : USB 2.0 interface
-Direct MP3 encoding : Encoding from CDP/MD to 63-320 kbps MP3 format
-Voice recording : Encoding to 32-128 kbps MP3 format
-FM Radio & FM Radio recording & Easy to control folder : 1,000 folders 5,000 files
-Compact size : 103.7 X 60.8 X 14.2 mm
-A full functional remote control with 6-line large LCD
-Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery
-Superb sound quality powered by BBE, Mach3Bass,5 Band EQ

http://www.cesweb.org/press/new_products/new_product_detail.asp?prodid=2691

iAUDIO M3 #2

same feature list ...

http://www.cesweb.org/press/new_products/new_product_detail.asp?prodid=3482

Looks good. We want more pics and infos NOW! *please* :rolleyes:

[eXity]

91.44 x 50.8 x 12.7 mm (iPod Mini)

103.5 x 61.8 x 15.7 mm (iPod)
103.7 x 60.8 x 14.2 mm (iAudio M3)
(+0.2 x -1.0 x -1.5 mm) (size difference)

the iPod and the M3 are virtually the same size (the M3 is a tiny bit smaller). This is going to be interesting. The iAudio has 1 million more features, but the iPod is already well established. I can't wait to see the pricing.

I was just looking at the image in the second link and that display is HUGE! like 2-3 times the size of the one on the iPod ...

[AW747]

There is another difference between the iPod and iaudio 4.
iPod is in the market place, they are available TODAY!!
Where is iaudio 4?? What happened to the December release date?
Will this be a repeat of the CW300 where people waited months and months before it was finally released?
Or will people just go out and purchase a iPod TODAY??

[NeTo]

Nice eXity, i would had never figure that out.

That M3 looks nice. Hope it gets released soon. In any case, it seems the wait will be worth it! :D

[eXity]

There is another difference between the iPod and iaudio 4.
iPod is in the market place, they are available TODAY!!
Where is iaudio 4?? What happened to the December release date?
Will this be a repeat of the CW300 where people waited months and months before it was finally released?
Or will people just go out and purchase a iPod TODAY??

Please STOP comparing the iAudio CW series and the iAudio4 to the iPod! It doesn't make any sense. Thank you. I'm sick of explaining it all the time.

[BackFireWarrior]

It doesnt seem to have a built in LCD on the main unit.

[AlexV]

It doesnt seem to have a built in LCD on the main unit.

It does, and its huge. Look at this picture (http://www.cesweb.org/shared_files/prod_images/radE8662.jpg) - the smaller pic in the right looks like the back of the unit.

[BKDotCom]

It does, and its huge. Look at this picture (http://www.cesweb.org/shared_files/prod_images/radE8662.jpg) - the smaller pic in the right looks like the back of the unit.

Uh... that would be the inline remote
The main unit has no visible display... if they're not showing it, it doesn't exist.

[eXity]

-A full functional remote control with 6-line large LCD

well, it looks like the remote will be pretty big ... :rolleyes: