#200337 - 25/01/2004 02:16
Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
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some CES news with some info about the new Karma:
http://gear.ign.com/articles/474/474750p1.html?fromint=1
"Rio was willing to admit that the unit will have a bigger drive and will use a similar menu system, which has been an important part of Rio portable since the ill-fated Rio Riot years ago. The new Karma will also get a color LCD and an SD expansion slot."
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#200338 - 25/01/2004 10:00
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: JimKnopf]
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Methinks DNNA had a little "chat" with him since his last article...
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#200339 - 25/01/2004 13:15
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: JimKnopf]
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and an SD expansion slot
I know this is all rumor and could very much not be true. But, if there is a small chance that it is, use the SD port for also allowing digital camera photos to be offloaded onto the Karma if the user has an SD camera.
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#200340 - 26/01/2004 16:35
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: drakino]
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Or, in my case, an SD Camcorder.
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#200341 - 26/01/2004 16:43
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: drakino]
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I know this is all rumor and could very much not be true. But, if there is a small chance that it is, use the SD port for also allowing digital camera photos to be offloaded onto the Karma if the user has an SD camera.
What is it will all these devices being camerazied lately ? Whats the use ? If i wanna take a picture, i take out my Canon digital camera, if i wanna hear music currently i eighter bring my empeg, or use my ipod - but can you imagine saying, honny remember to bring the karma, incase we need to take som pictures ?
No ?
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#200342 - 26/01/2004 16:50
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: _hardcore_]
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I think it would help to re-read the part you quoted...
use the SD port for also allowing digital camera photos to be offloaded onto the Karma if the user has an SD camera
So it looks like he was saying it would be nice to use the (comparably) massive storage of the Karma to store pictures they had taken with their SEPERATE camera. Thus allowing them to take more pictures before having to go home / to the hotel / pull out the big laptop / etc...
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#200343 - 27/01/2004 01:29
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: webroach]
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think it would help to re-read the part you quoted...
use the SD port for also allowing digital camera photos to be offloaded onto the Karma if the user has an SD camera
So it looks like he was saying it would be nice to use the (comparably) massive storage of the Karma to store pictures they had taken with their SEPERATE camera. Thus allowing them to take more pictures before having to go home / to the hotel / pull out the big laptop / etc...
My bad. It was late :-)
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#200344 - 27/01/2004 10:33
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: _hardcore_]
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No worries! 
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#200345 - 27/01/2004 11:03
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: _hardcore_]
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I would LOVE to have a Karma sized device with a CF slot so that I could offload a few gigs of pictures after shooting - even as a backup. Those picture vault devices are fine, but if the Karma could do it... Oh, lust.
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#200346 - 27/01/2004 11:27
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: JoshMKiV]
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a Karma sized device with a CF slot
You're unlikely to see something Karma-sized with a full-blown CF slot -- it's a bit big.
The rumour is talking about an SD slot, which is much smaller.
Hmmm, I wonder if you can get CF adapters that fit in an SD slot? I could use one of those for my Ixus 400...
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#200347 - 27/01/2004 14:46
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: drakino]
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When SD was mentioned, I was thinking in a completely different direction. (Taking for granted that it'd be SDIO capable.)
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#200348 - 27/01/2004 14:47
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: Roger]
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What I want is something to allow a USB CF (or SD or whatever) reader to plug into the Karma (esp. since the karma hardware is already capable of this!).
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#200349 - 27/01/2004 17:22
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
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#200350 - 27/01/2004 17:48
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: JBjorgen]
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Very cool!
How neat would it be to have an in-car radio that supported bluetooth (or whatever) and have your portable mp3 player stream to it!
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#200351 - 27/01/2004 17:53
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: JBjorgen]
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That would be pretty slick.
But then again, if it really did support SDIO, then that could open up Other Options as well...
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#200353 - 28/01/2004 06:00
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: rob]
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In reply to:
:-)
I wonder if this is one of Rob's enigmatic " I couldn't possibly comment" smileys, or am I reading too much into it? 
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#200354 - 28/01/2004 07:30
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: Geoff]
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I am not sure... :-)
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#200355 - 28/01/2004 18:54
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: Jerz]
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Honestly, I'd still rather have one without a Bill Gates OS.
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#200356 - 28/01/2004 19:32
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: DLF]
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NICE! Thanks!
Since I have an empeg, rio 800, several rio recievers and 640GB worth of replay tv's I really need something portable that can handle both video AND mp3's and something like this or a Karma2 with video (yes I'm dreaming) would fit the bill. 
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#200357 - 29/01/2004 05:49
Re: Most Anticipated Gear of 2004: Karma 2
[Re: DLF]
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Honestly, I'd still rather have one without a Bill Gates OS.
It's a bit more than just the OS - Microsoft Media2Go (or whatever is is called now) is pretty much a complete product that vendors are licensing and rebranding. With so many sheep I guess that makes it easier for a few folks to differentiate.
Rob
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