Thanks for the recommendation. I'm pretty sure my friend will be getting a Rio
Forge. I do have one question: what do you mean by "accessable" in your first
sentence?

Thanks,
-barry

--- In audible@yahoogroups.com, Barry <barryem@...> wrote:
>
>
> There's the Rio Forge at:
> http://system.s2gstore.com/site/RioAudio/RIO-28260105R.htm
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/35bj89
>
> I'm not sure this player will be accessable if that's an issue. It's probably
not. If that's not an issue this is probably the best player ever made for
audiobooks. It works with Audible and Overdrive and NetLibrary and all
subscription services. It's great with MP3 audiobooks. It has more audiobook
related features than any player. It's resume is very stable. It has
bookmarks. It even remembers it's place if the battery dies.
>
> It gets a little more battery life from an AAA battery than the Zen Nano.
>
> It's only got 128 meg of memory on-board but with the addition of a 2 gig SD
card it becomes a 2 gig player. I never bother with the on-board memory.
>
> I see that Audible no longer lists it in the device center but if you go to
their help section and type in Rio Forge it takes you to everything you need. I
still use mine at times and I have the latest Audible software.
>
> If your friend gets it it may or may not come with the latest firmware update,
which can be found easily by googling "Rio Forge firmware". That firmware adds
a number of new and very nice features. They released it long after the player
was no longer being made.
>
> This is a refurbished player, not a new one, but this is being sold by an
authorized dealer. I've bought a few from them and so have a number of other
people, at my suggestion. One person got a bad one and they replaced it.
>
> Barry
>
> --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Barry Margolius <bfm@...> wrote:
>
> > From: Barry Margolius <bfm@...>
> > Subject: [audible] AAA Battery Player?
> > To: audible@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:32 PM
> > Are there any AA or AAA players still
> > available new?  My friend who loves her Zen Nano needs
> > a new player and prefers not to go the eBay route.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > -barry
> >
> >
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