Like I said- it's hard to resist that price...
US$24 ? That price range has lots of other options, though I suppose this one is special with the CF card and high-speed USB2.
Cheers
Considering that I paid nearly $200 for the predecessor model with 1GB microdrive, it's a heckuva deal.
The NexBlack was supposed to sell for something like $90 without a card.
Yes, there are many, many MP3 playing options in the $25 range just now. I think they're all capped at 2GB, though, and using the CF card is, as you mentioned, unique.
I got
one of these from Fry's Electronics when they were on sale a while back, but it's absolute crap.
edit:
It was a guy named Dreamflasher that ran the NexGeneration BBS.
http://www.dreamflasher.de/Not sure what's become of it or him.