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#249255 - 13/02/2005 23:13 best portable for sandy environment?
lopan old hand Registered: 28/01/2002 Posts: 970 Loc: Manassas VA	Just got a new job that will put me in the green zone in Iraq... I'm going to need a device with gobs of storage 30gb or better (being that I'll be there for a year), and it needs to be fairly impervious to sand... (nicely sealed) and of course decent sound quality and a nice battery life. Being that I've never had a really nice portable MP3 player, what would you guys suggest. Edited by lopan (13/02/2005 23:15) _________________________ Brett 60Gb MK2a with Led's
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#249256 - 14/02/2005 11:39 Re: best portable for sandy environment? [Re: lopan]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	Probably going to get flamed on here but how about an iPod? It's fairly well sealed if you put tape over the docking port and make sure you leave the headphones in.
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#249257 - 14/02/2005 15:18 Re: best portable for sandy environment? [Re: tman]
matthew_k pooh-bah Registered: 12/02/2002 Posts: 2298 Loc: Berkeley, California	Is the new click wheel sealed? You may do better looking for the older generation with all touch buttons. Of course, that always sounded awful to actually use, but I never tried one. Now, how much sand are you really going to be exposed to if you're staying within the "Green Zone"? It was my impression that it was downtown Baghdad, not really the middle of the desert. I'm extremely happy with my Karma. I havn't had a problem with it yet, and it's got many of the great empeg features. (It's great when you press the menu button and hold it a seccond time just to see if it'll take you back down to where you were in the playlist tree, only to find that it does exactly that...) Matthew
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#249258 - 15/02/2005 10:53 Re: best portable for sandy environment? [Re: matthew_k]
bonzi pooh-bah Registered: 13/09/1999 Posts: 2401 Loc: Croatia	Quote: Now, how much sand are you really going to be exposed to if you're staying within the "Green Zone"? It was my impression that it was downtown Baghdad, not really the middle of the desert. If dowtown Baghdad is anything like downtown Khartoum (sandwise), a lot BTW, good luck, Brett! Try to keep out of too exiting activities (like getting yourself abducted or killed) _________________________ Dragi "Bonzi" Raos Q#5196 MkII #080000376, 18GB green MkIIa #040103247, 60GB blue
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#249259 - 18/02/2005 17:48 Re: best portable for sandy environment? [Re: bonzi]
lopan old hand Registered: 28/01/2002 Posts: 970 Loc: Manassas VA	Quote: Probably going to get flamed on here but how about an iPod? It's fairly well sealed if you put tape over the docking port and make sure you leave the headphones in. I was thinkin the same thing, even though I love my empeg, and would love a rio portable, I'd hate to buy one then have it break due to sand... Quote: BTW, good luck, Brett! Try to keep out of too exiting activities (like getting yourself abducted or killed) Although I plan on being as safe as possible, I'm not doing civil engeneering, security or anything that would put me directly in harms way, I'm assured by my company that I'll be in a hardened facility working with servers and from what I've read the green zone is surrounded by 15 ft high concrete, so I don't fear so much about being killed as much as I hate to leave my family for a year... But thanks! I'm actually more worried about some of the day to day crap you have to deal with, apparently everyone that goes gets fleas, they have real lice problems, only bottled water can be used for consumption and some really creepy bugs and such that can pose problems. Edited by lopan (18/02/2005 17:55) _________________________ Brett 60Gb MK2a with Led's
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#249260 - 18/02/2005 17:59 Re: best portable for sandy environment? [Re: lopan]
lopan old hand Registered: 28/01/2002 Posts: 970 Loc: Manassas VA	Quote: Now, how much sand are you really going to be exposed to if you're staying within the "Green Zone"? It was my impression that it was downtown Baghdad, not really the middle of the desert. I've talked to a few people that have been there, apparently a lot! Not like the sand at the beach but really fine sand that gets in everything, one lady told me she never had skin problems til she went there, now she has severe acne due to the fine particles of sand that get into everything including the pores of your skin. You have to be really careful with laptops and any type of electronics. Edited by lopan (18/02/2005 18:01) _________________________ Brett 60Gb MK2a with Led's
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#249261 - 18/02/2005 20:29 Re: best portable for sandy environment? [Re: lopan]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	Quote: Not like the sand at the beach but really fine sand that gets in everything, one lady told me she never had skin problems til she went there, now she has severe acne due to the fine particles of sand that get into everything including the pores of your skin. Nice! Buy a tin of varnish and coat yourself before going How about a cheap flash memory based player and just keep your music collection on an external HD which you keep safe in the server area?
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#249262 - 18/02/2005 23:51 Re: best portable for sandy environment? [Re: tman]
lopan old hand Registered: 28/01/2002 Posts: 970 Loc: Manassas VA	I was thinking about this I could use it as an external drive and could use any size drive I wanted. Might not be as sealed as some, but it's the cheapest I've seen if you get one with no drive... I have a 60 gb laptop drive layin right here in front of me All the reviews say one of the only drawbacks is that it's huge... but looking at this review it's not THAT much bigger then the 3g ipods.. Edited by lopan (18/02/2005 23:53) _________________________ Brett 60Gb MK2a with Led's
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