You know MP3 players have reached critical mass when they reached a disposable price of $8.50. The AAA battery powered DN-2000 is a basic no-frills player, no screen and no memory. The player has an SD slot where you can add your own memory up to 1GB.
This player has been around for some time now and is produced by an ODM that has been branded under a few different names selling for $25 to $50. The ODM has actually approached us some time ago to make an “Anything But iPod” version of this player, but of course we declined.
From Wikipedia: “An Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) is a company which manufactures a product which ultimately will be branded by another firm for sale. Such companies allow the brand firm to produce (either as a supplement or solely) without having to engage in the organization or running of a factory.” More
[Product Page via Akihabara News]
7 Comments
Kamil on April 25, 2006 1:49 AM
Why would you decline?
RACINGMIX on June 14, 2006 3:49 AM
Yeah, I second that, that thing is SWEET. With 1gb MicroSD’s running for around $30 shipped, this is a $40 1gb player that fits on a keychain!!!! Forget color screens, I just want my music!
Chuck_Of_Wah on December 7, 2006 7:45 AM
The finish is matte and rubberish in feel, and so are the buttons (click buttons under a rubber membrane). The quality build/sound quality is adequate to the price, the tracks have to be in alphabetical order because the thing doesn’t recognize numbers at the beginning of a track name.Used it with a 512MB SD, acts as a card reader/removable disk.The headphone input died after 3 days (the little metal connectors inside were so thin they bent, unscrewing the thing and re-bending them to touch the mini-jack fixed that problem).The player itself lived for just over a week.Truly disposable.
Raymond Guilhas on December 27, 2006 2:01 PM
Brought mine one year ago.Of course, have a earphone changed, but till now, works flawlessly.I use ate gyn and on runnings at beach.What I can say?The best buy from 2005.Looking to import another one from japan, to use as keychain os my bike.Trully amazing.Scored 9/10 for me.
о on August 29, 2007 8:25 PM
Good site. Thank you!!!
о on August 29, 2007 8:25 PM
Good site. Thank you!!!
dfgh on October 2, 2009 2:11 PM
Needs a random/shuffle function. If it had one, I’d get it, perfect for the car.