Neuros 3

Don't know if I mentioned this back when I found out, but in July some of the specs for the Neuros 3 were released:

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After considerable debate and discussion, the decision was made to use the TI DM320 and Linux as the platform for the N3.

The primary reasons for this were

* Substantial price/performance benefits of the processor
* Substantial programming benefits of the Linux/ARM9 architecture, can recruit more application developers
* Compatibility of platform with other Neuros devices
* Substantial processing power of the ARM core of the processor obviates the need for DSP programming for most, if not all, audio tasks.
* Video capabilities still considered a nice to have in an MP3 player

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So in addition to the myriad of other cool products coming Digital Innovations (include the 442 video recorder/player) the N3 looks to be shaping up nicely. I also saw a post on the site about something like true open source development of the software. What that means is creative people who want to help make this thing the best it can be would be able to get developer boards to test write software on. You wouldn't find Steve Jobs doing something like that, now would you?

Now if I could just figure out how to get some sync software that will import playlists from the neuros, I'd be set.