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nrwilk
01-20-2007, 16:23
I live in the US, so these questions apply there.

The reasons that I want the D2:
I _-*LOVE*-_ the feature that allows you to jump to any part of a song by touching the progress bar. LOVE it. This feature makes my life sooo much easier. A lot of the music that I listen to is live and untracked. This means, most of my tracks are at least over an hour long. If I want to scroll to a certain spot in a track, it sucks to have to hold down a fast-forward button for several minutes. Also, the battery life is excellent!

I will probably never put a movie or any photos on it, but I may use it for some text. So, It's going to be a music player exclusively for me.

Now for the questions:
I see that the D2 is available at JetMall.net, but only the black 2GB. I would much rather have thw hite version, and a 4GB model.

Is there any speculation on when the the white version will be released in the US? How about a 4GB model? I saw in another post that a 4GB model was due in May. How accurate is this? I do want it sooner than later, so if these are going to be a couple months away, I'll just get it now.

Also, what will be the difference in price between the 2GB and the 4GB versions? About $50? I'd love even your guesses!

I saw a leather case is already available from noreve, but it looks very expensive. I'd very much like to get a case for my D2. Are there any others available yet? Will there be any available later on? I don't need a leather case by any means, so any material on a quality functional case will do.

The one thing that I don't think I like about the D2 is the stylus. It's tiny, and I wish it stored in the unit differently. So, because I'll probably resort to using my fingers most of the time. So, I want to protect the screen from the very first time I touch it on. Can anyone suggest a quality screen protector that won't mess with the touch-screen, and that doesn't distort the image too much?


Thanks for any help! [biggrin]

nrwilk

mikey
01-20-2007, 16:47
Unfortunately all your questions cannot be accurately answered even by Cowon agents, they are all guesses, but the 50 dollar price difference id doubt, id say it would be 100.
Ive been checking for cases and the one you mentioned is the only one ive found so far, more will come in coming months.

WAI
01-20-2007, 20:45
I'm buying the leather case for my F2 and it's alright for the price. It's leather after all.

pixels
01-20-2007, 21:54
100$ price difference? I hope not.

nrwilk
01-20-2007, 22:49
I think I'll just buy the one that's out now. I can always buy SD cards in order to expand memory. I don't mind carrying a few 2GB or 4GB cards around with me.

But, I realized that I have more questions now. hehe [rolleyes]

So, here they are:

I use Linux exclusively. How are things such as updating iAudio firmware done on Linux? Is the process easy? Will I encounter any weird snags in operability due to my OS?

Is it possible that Rockbox may release firmware for the D2?

I know I'll think of more later.

nrwilk