Never mind that the LINQ mini has only 1GB of flash memory—the thing can stream music directly from Windows Media Player 11, giving it essentially unlimited (or at least PC-levels of) storage if you’re hooked up to Wi-Fi…on the LAN. Why is this cool, again?
Other than this, there’s a monochrome LCD (wha?), MP3/WMA support, 20 hours battery life in MP3 mode, 5 hours battery life in Wi-Fi mode and the ability to record music being played back from the car’s radio, Starbucks speakers or the GAP and identify it the next time you sync your player. All this for $99 means that if you don’t mind the black and white screen, the odd combination of features makes it a tempting buy. [Venzero via Generation Mp3 via Dapreview] More »
Venzero’s black-sheened players have always looked good, which is why the Venzero Linq looks so promising. Besides having the standard MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, OGG, JPEG and MPEG4 playback, it also supports Wi-Fi streaming from internet radio stations and your Windows Media Player 11 on a PC. That means you don’t need to jam-pack its 4GB of memory with songs if you’re at home—you can just stream your entire library over wireless. But if you do want portable storage, there’s an extra 2GB microSD slot for a total of 6GB of memory. Available at the end of September. [Venzero via GizmLounge] More »
