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The USB connector on the brain is a standard plug, the one on the USB2 HD isn't, unfortunately.

I disagree with you about keeping the hard disk removable.
But that's just because I don't use the feature I guess.
Anyway, I came up with a nifty idea: just make a regular player with built-in HD. On the bottom of the unit, put a slot covered by some "doors" to protect it. Ideally, this socket is a regular USB2 connection (on the go, ofcourse), in some kind of socket form instead of regular connector type.
That way, you could hook up another HD to the unit, transfer items with a nice menu,... With a couple special slots in the main unit, where the "extra device" can attach (click) itself into.

It's great for expansion, think about the possibilities: want a card reader? extra batterypack perhaps? want a docking station? want whatever-handy-dandy-device-you-want? add a blender and a microwave oven, whatever you like...
Such a thing wouldn't require a lot of extra work, the hardest thing will be to find a suitable place for the slot I guess.

Oh come on...

quote:I have to disagree that those concept images are "great". They would be great if the Neuros didn't already look almost exactly like that.

Take a horse. Add a barcode-like pattern on it's fur. That's no horse anymore, you'd call it a zebra. What I'm trying to say in my awfully bad English is that a Neuros is a Neuros, with some nice features separating it from "the other players"... Change those specific things and you don't have a Neuros anymore.

And what is all the talk about "large RAM"... As far as I'm concerned, RAM's not suitable for players, except for use in buffer applications.
RAM is memory that loses it's contents when power is removed. Now that would be handy! I'm on a long trip, my battery dies, I get a new one, and wow, all my content is gone... What a great storage device :|
You all mean flash. It's able to keep it's contents, even when power goes dead. And wake up people, mp3 players with flash memory _exist already_... OK, perhaps only to 2GB, if you want larger you need a hard disc player. And fact is, there is nothing wrong with that. People who need solid state players get a player with limited memory but large shock-proofness, people seeking large-capacity audio players get a hard-disc player. It's simple as that, and there's really nothing wrong with that (except when you should go on a mountaineering trip for several weeks, then you'd need friends or a radio...)

Honestly, I don't think there's a big market for small music devices with an enormous amount of storage in it.
There, however, is a market for cheap, open source many-in-one devices (music player, audio recorder, storage device and picture bank for example).

At least, that's my opinion, you don't have to agree with me, just giving my point of view, I'm not trying to start a flamebait
I'll be anxiously waiting 'till Neuros Inc. comes with the third version of this great device.

Nice one k-mouse!
It looks very similar to the current stuff, but that's not bad, I quite like the simplistic design.
The "slide in" hard disc is really sweet, but I guess it's not going to happen
Did you also think about "real" improvements, I mean, other than design?

Sure, a small unit is a pleasure to carry in your pocket, but what about a kind of interface for it so it can be used as an image bank (think about a CF slot, a higher resolution screen, preferrably able to display pictures,...)
Those are features I'm much more interested in then a small unit,though size _does_ matter eventually. Maybe a "universal connector" type of thingie at the bottom so the Neuros can interface to a docking station or a cardreader,...

Oh heck, I'm just dreaming out loud, I'll once get to see what DI made of the Neuros 3, and the sooner the better