Originally Posted by DavidNZ
Minidisc recorder + 3 disks (including the one in your player) = huge amounts of music and 24 hours of battery life. I record everything optically (brings back memories of making mixed tapes) and use Sennheiser PX200 cans. Great sound, and somewhat isolating.
David
So how do you use it as a mass storage device as the original poster requested?
FWIW, I use an iRiver H120, and have had
zero problems with it. I don't use the database function and keep my music filed in folders by genre, artist and album (startup time is roughly 8 seconds). Finding what I want quickly is not a problem.
On-the-fly playlists will be nice, and that feature (along with a plethora of others) will be available in the next firmware release due within the next couple of weeks.
Battery life is tremendous; I usually get 15-16 hours with 192KB/s VBR MP3s, and it doesn't use power when it's off (unlike the iPod's sleep/resume method of operation).