Pretty cool idea. But you'd need a VXpocket to record to this device, right? Guess you'd have to transfer your recording over to a PC/Mac via usb or firewire to be able to burn it.
It depends on how this device is configured. If it has a PCMCIA slot, then a card like the VX pocket would work. Those take up internal space and if I was designing this, I would drop the PCMCIA slot and only have USB and or firewire. If that's the case, there are a number of products like the MiniMe and UA5 that can do at least 24/48 over USB and a smaller number that can do 24/96 over firewire. There is also the M-Audio Transit USB card that has optical in. I'm not sure that is bit accurate, but there may be other solutions for going V3>USB.
I hope this is a real computer, and not just a winCE/ pocketPC or whatever.
By the way, are there any of these winCE machines that have: 1) a USB port, 2) a recording program? It seems obvious, but I have never heard of this.
Richard
i dont know if any of the little guys have usb...
as for a recording program, i use live2496, and it is fine. i use an older version, too - but that is out of choice. i record to 16/48 wav via the pdaudiocard, and it works great with my handheld (pics
here). now i seem to remember some chatter on the pen-recorder list about another input card/device that would work with live2496 - an alternative to the pdaudio card, but i dont remember all the specifics...
this origami looks life ms's answer to the psp and ipod video. this really would have to be able to record at 24/96 for long periods. now i think a good enough li-ion battery would do the trick, but then there is the issue of storage. the easiest would be removeable media, like sd or cf, but cf is too big (physically), and sd is only at 2gigs widely, and 4gig by special order; i might be wrong, but i have not seen an 8gig sd card for sale anywhere. i love recording to removeable media - take that card out, usb2.0 to your homeworkstation, and edit with you fave wav editor...
and i would hope this thing doesnt run full windows. i bet the processor isnt that strong. i think a ppc os would leave more useable horsepower for the 24/96 recording app. stutters and overheated cpus are not an option with recording gear...
i doubt this thing will be ready for primetime for at least a year (primetime = full time useage for critical assignments like recording live music)...
looks neat, but i still like my psp
the thing is the ferrari of handheld video playback devices. i listened to the 16/44.1 recording of something i had done last week, and the music player sounds terrific, too; hopefully flac playback will be included in the next firmware update...
for recording, i will be sticking to the handheld and/or the laptop for the forseeable future...