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We can talk flash vs. hd vs. sd vs. the future, well into the future itself.
It simply talking around the fact that nothing has been delivered, in some time, on the Neuros Audio Computer front, hardware or software wise.
Whether that be in the form of a new unit, or support of the existing, and that plain out just hurts.
@dragonwisard::
"Why is it you fanboy, obsessive-posters are always such doomsayers? Yes the N3 is going to come out much later than everyone hoped.
Yes everyone, including Joe, is dissapointed about it. But that doesn't mean that the N3 will be a complete loss when it does arrive.
Keep in mind, the N1 and N2 were a bit behind their competitors in some ways when they arrived on the scene and Neuros still convinced you guys to buy them."
I know the main reason I bought it was the promise of open source and customizable ui, functionality and such.
The wording across the entire site has changed quite a bit in the past couple of years.
As well, the forums have been wiped clean up to a point and the internet wayback machine was no help either,
but they sold it as being simpler than it turned out to be.
So apart from the great contributions of a very few, custom dev didn't get too far really.
I might be mistaken but wasnt there also the unforseen setbacks of 'open source' not being as open source as they'd hoped due to a hitch with TI's chip?
Dev updates have gone nowhere for over a year now, a long and silent record that hints at the smell of a possible trend.
"The reality is "first-to-market" mentality is the primary source of bad products and we all hold Neuros to a pretty high standard." +
"Finally, I'd like to say that as with any OpenSource project... Instead of comming to the forums every day to complain, fix it yourself.
The more help NT gets with the OSD the faster we'll see the 442v2 and N3."
Accept for the fact that, we [a niche audio based crowd] jumped on NT's ship because of the Neuros.
And they in turn dropped that and moved on to the 442 and the OSD, a new niche.
So I can understand interest waning, when the product you intended on supporting is all but chucked aside for a new niche.
One of these products main selling point is that it supports the competition's formats [ipod/psp].
To some, that may have made it easier to adopt this new niche and invest any intended DAP interest/fundage to the competition.
"Just tell your iPodding freind that the N3 is wourth waiting for because it really is THAT much better (and you won't be lying either)."
That's a hard one too. Not that I hold these kind of conversations wit the 'ipod' crowd much.. but I try not to tout features of vaporware to someone holding the current 'hotness'. And forget about trying the approach of ''You see this N2, it's like this but better!'
I don't know about you, but with an 80gb drive in my N2, unless it's 'random' music day..
and unless i already know exactly what i want to play, it takes a hell of a long time to go through track selection, especially with the harddrive spinning while listening to music.
This was acceptable 3 years ago, not anymore.
If you don't own or never used the ipod, speedwise, the ui is night and day, as far as speed is concerned. That goes for almost every other DAP i've touched.
One of my biggest concerns right now is the lifespan of my Neuros.
When the first Neuros was released, I purchased the top bundle, at a HIGH early adopter premium mind you.
I didn't mind it at all then either, I was eager to support such a bold project, but that's neither here nor there.
This bundle included the Flash backpack, the HD backpack + brain, etc.
My Flash backback wasn't used often really because of the HD backpack's capacity, and no longer functions due to a dead internal battery.
I'm wondering how long before my main battery goes now, as I'm already noticing a shortened battery life.
And with no viable alternative just yet in our 'niche', do we just settle for more of the same silent service?
This my friends, is devotional limbo....
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