Chip said:
Half the charm of Pandora is that it is an all-in-one computing device. If you're going to be carrying it around anyway, you might as well use it as an MP3 player and not have to carry a separate player as well. Not that I'll be ditching my 8gb Nano any time soon.
Yes, of course. However, I'm thinking "Sledgehammer - nut" scenario. If your going to playing MP3 files more than what you'll be using the real power of the device for, then it's certainly going to be better (and save your battery capacity) by using a dedicated mp3 player.
Saying that, who says we need to use the Cortex to play MP3s? I think one of the challenges will be to see how low we can get the current consumption whilst still doing something useful.
Although I think Squidge brings up a valid point, I also was under the impression that one of the great functions of the ARM processor series was its ability to save power by using less juice when the processor was not working as hard. Also when it comes to devices that I carry in my pocket, I think most people will agree that a multitasking computer and a cell phone are enough of a load to the pants, and with those its already necessary to wear a tight belt to make sure your not going to be "depantzed" just by pure wind factor alone. So, I think this is an important feature, but also I think that it will definitely have to be added as an after market upgrade or add on program. As I'm sure the creation of the Pandoa's hardware alone is taking up a fair amount of time and energy. Just conceptualizing and releasing any new hardware device that was created from scratch pretty much is hard enough, and I commend the team for efforts thus far. I'm sure that such additions will be more of an after market issue. I just saw the new renderings as well and I', looking forward, although I'm hoping that the microphone jack and the red model are still part of the package set for release.
