Reddit reviews Rio 600 32 MB Digital Audio Player (MP3/WMA)
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32 MB of built-in flash memoryLarge, easy-to-read LCD screenFast USB connectivityCan accept additional memory backpacks to expand memory up to 340 MBPC and Mac compatible
I had an MP3 player a couple years before the first iPod (like this but iirc only 16MB). It wasn't big and bulky and it didn't overheat (that I remember), but it only held about 6 songs and the quality was awful. Even the first gen iPod was unbelievable in comparison.
That looks like the Rio 600. I used to have one, and I remember loading that thing up over Linux. Those were the days.
OH wow nostalgia.. https://www.amazon.com/Rio-600-Digital-Audio-Player/dp/B00004SPUN
"Can accept additional memory backpacks to expand memory up to 340 MB"
So battery life is the new storage space!
I really dislike Real now, and I really disliked Real then so I do agree they wouldn't have been able to do as well as Apple did with the iPod.
Even if they released the iPod (or whatever they would have called it) I highly doubt I would have bought it. But that's just me.
My first MP3 player was a Rio 600 with a whopping 32MB
i had one of these. it does look pretty cool, but that 32mb size was a killer.
You can only imagine the creativity I had to have to fit Tool songs (as well as anything else) on the Rio player. I could fit maybe a whole 16 songs on that bad boy if I sacrificed intelligently... and assuming they were maybe a standard 4-5 minutes in length.
My first MP3 player was the RIO 600 32MB
https://www.amazon.com/Rio-600-Digital-Audio-Player/dp/B00004SPUN
I remember it being a huge deal that I could have 15-20 songs with me (64kbps) while running and not have a bulky CD player to drag around.