The MP3 Players

PalmOne Inc.’s new handheld with a built-in hard drive makes it possible to jam more rich content than ever into your pocket.

PalmOne Inc., the world’s biggest maker of hand-held computers, began selling Wednesday a new device that combines business and entertainment functions and targets Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod Photo digital players.

The LifeDrive mobile manager has a 4-gigabyte micro-disk drive that can store and play digital music, photos and video, as well as access data generated by business programs from Microsoft Corp., Stephane Maes, PalmOne’s director of product management, said in an interview.

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The world’s largest maker of hand-held computers is trying to gain back the market leadership, which lose to the Pocket PC. A PDA now is not just a PDA.
Let see how does Apple react to the PalmOne’s move.

BoxWave offers now metal Armor Cases for the Creative Zen Micro 4GB, 5GB and 6GB.

It is made of durable, protective aluminum, with a soft black foam interior to keep the Zen Micro safe.
A clear Plexiglas window protects the screen. The BoxWave Armor Case also gives you accessibility to all the necessary openings for access to the button functions, display and the headphone jack. Apparently the Creative Zen Micro 4GB, 5GB and 6GB versions are different as Boxwave offers a separate case for each model.

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Solid protection for Zen Micro. But, personally I don’t like it! It made the player looks dump and heavy even thought its made with lighweight anodized aluminum.