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January 13, 2006

Lexar JumpGear-MP3

Digital Media and Lexar has released the JumpGear-MP3, a mp3 player that uses Lexar's JumpDrive Sport USB flash drive as its storage medium. A 64MB flash drive, the player can be used with any of the JumpDrive Sport USB flash drive, and the drives can be used as data storage and transfer mediums.

Users are able to upgrade memory to 512MB with a single JumpDrive Sport - or carry several JumpDrives, each with their own collection of music. It has usb 2 for transferring files and a file label on the back of the flash drive.

The JumpGear-MP3 supports both MP3 and WMA music formats, and Microsoft's digital rights management.

It features a backlit LCD displaying the song title, artist, playtime and track number, and an equalizer with five preset modes: normal, jazz, pop, rock, and classic music. The device has three playback modes, normal, repeat and random, and has a continuous playtime of up to 14 hours for the two AAA batteries.

Available now from retailers across Australia, JumpGear-MP3 will be sold in two configurations, one including a 64MB JumpDrive Sport (retail price of $99) and another as a stand-alone accessory for JumpDrive Sport (retail price of $59). Both options include headphones and 2 AAA batteries. To increase the memory of the digital audio player, users can purchase additional JumpDrive flash drives ranging from128MB, 256MB and 512MB storage capacities.

More details at www.lexarmedia.com.au.

Posted by mp3fan at January 13, 2006 10:01 AM