![]() ![]() It does not state that these are prices for the 4G models, instead it says "w/click wheel". Within the space of 3 hours or so the 15 GB model has been removed! Sadly the price is not quite as good as what I hoped, it is $584.10 for the 40 GB model (I speculated it would be $540), and $448.80 for the 20 GB model. Quote FrEaKy! I went back to the Apple Education store that I can access (For Flinders University S.A.) and it is now showing only two models, the 20 GB, and the 40 GB. On the other hand, if I had some other player, I probably wouldn't have Linux support at all. The Java software for the Karma (which you need to use if you're not running Windows) only works over the Karama's ethernet connection, not USB. Right now, my biggest gripe is a very minor one. At one point the Rio RMA department had a really slow turnaround, but apparently that's been resolved. warranty is only 90 days, so if the retailer has an option for an extended warranty, I'd recommend it. ![]() Many people have "fixed" a locked up unit by giving it a solid "thwack" to dislodge the heads, after which the player operates normally. The hard drive isn't able to spin up properly after that happens because of stiction. The actual cause of the problem is not completely known but seems to be a bug in the hard drive's firmware (not the Karma firmware), that causes the heads not to be parked under very particular circumstances. ![]() ![]() Hard drive failure rates are higher than other HD based players, but problems are still pretty rare. You've hit on the biggest drawback of the Karama. Of course, it also supports truly gapless formats like vorbis and flac, so that's an option as well. If they aren't, it usually can figurwe it out anyway. Yes, it's true, the Karma reads lame tags to play mp3s gaplessly if they are present (I've tested this myself). ![]()
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