#361906 - 03/06/2014 11:18
Arstechnica writes about in-car infotainment, forget empeg
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So arstechnica today has an article about the history of in-car infotainment and leaves out the empeg altogether. They go through a quick history from radio to cassette to ipod to smartphones. The empeg certainly was a niche product but I'm still a little surprised they made no mention of it at all. I added in a comment to the article. I wonder if they'll add in a mention to the main article. Link here: Arstechnica In-car infotainment
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#361908 - 03/06/2014 12:40
Re: Arstechnica writes about in-car infotainment, forget empeg
[Re: petteri]
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It isn't just the empeg they left out, it is every installable car MP3 player.
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#361925 - 04/06/2014 09:10
Re: Arstechnica writes about in-car infotainment, forget empeg
[Re: petteri]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
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Loc: London
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How many empegs were made in all?
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#361927 - 04/06/2014 10:06
Re: Arstechnica writes about in-car infotainment, forget empeg
[Re: tahir]
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Wikipedia reckons < 6000, and riocar.org says: The total number of existing players in the world is about 4000 Mk2/2a players and about 350 Mk1 players
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#361928 - 04/06/2014 12:07
Re: Arstechnica writes about in-car infotainment, forget empeg
[Re: petteri]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
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Loc: London
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No wonder Rio went tits up!
It's a shame it was never mentioned, cutting edge in so many ways; linux, arm, mp3...
Had the lot really didn't it?
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#361929 - 04/06/2014 12:21
Re: Arstechnica writes about in-car infotainment, forget empeg
[Re: petteri]
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Registered: 02/08/2004
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Wow, less than 6000. I wonder how many are currently functional. I've got two, unfortunately just sitting under used in a home dock.
I was really surprised it wasn't mentioned, but as Andy stated they really didn't bring in any installable players at all. Ars really could have gone much further with this story than they did.
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#361931 - 04/06/2014 12:24
Re: Arstechnica writes about in-car infotainment, forget empeg
[Re: petteri]
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I was really surprised it wasn't mentioned, but as Andy stated they really didn't bring in any installable players at all. Ars really could have gone much further with this story than they did. Agreed. They pretty much went radio > 8-track > cassette > CD > iPod. I suppose that on the macro level that's accurate, but they certainly didn't try for much detail. (BTW, I hate the idea of CarPlay. I know that's no surprise to anyone here.)
Edited by Dignan (04/06/2014 12:31)
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#361932 - 04/06/2014 13:13
Re: Arstechnica writes about in-car infotainment, forget empeg
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Registered: 25/04/2000
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As far as I can tell, it is STILL the only one that lets you modify playlists on the fly. I don't know why others can't figure out how to append or insert songs into the current playlist. I swear, I used that function all the time when I wanted to hear a specific song.
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#361933 - 04/06/2014 14:08
Re: Arstechnica writes about in-car infotainment, forget empeg
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Registered: 20/12/1999
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Yep, the INSERT function is one of several reasons I'm still using my 'peg.
When I started using it, it was because it was the only available device that had enough storage for my entire music collection. Now I've got an iPhone with twice that much storage, but I keep using the 'peg because it's still so much better for playing music.
Still awesome after all these years.
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#361934 - 04/06/2014 16:30
Re: Arstechnica writes about in-car infotainment, forget empeg
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
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Loc: London
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As far as I can tell, it is STILL the only one that lets you modify playlists on the fly. I don't know why others can't figure out how to append or insert songs into the current playlist. I swear, I used that function all the time when I wanted to hear a specific song. I still miss the bookmarks feature on the Karma
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#361935 - 04/06/2014 20:28
Re: Arstechnica writes about in-car infotainment, forget empeg
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pooh-bah
Registered: 12/01/2002
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Loc: Brisbane, Australia
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As far as I can tell, it is STILL the only one that lets you modify playlists on the fly. I don't know why others can't figure out how to append or insert songs into the current playlist. I swear, I used that function all the time when I wanted to hear a specific song. Google's Play Android application certainly let's you insert playlists/songs/artists in to the current running order... I think PowerAmp too. Took them a while (what 10+ years) to catch up though. It's been a while since I used my empeg, but I'm pretty sure it didn't let you modify actual playlists - just the running order.
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