A single CD, however, holds up to 12 hours of MP3 music, obviating the need for a multi-CD changer and allowing for a marathon mix. A technological innovation hasn t really arrived until you can use it while driving. Its Web site entices you with such hype as Imagine going around the bend at 60 mph while video conferencing with your business partner. Uh, yeah imagine perishing in a fiery wreck. Fortunately, listening to MP3 music is somewhat more compatible with driving than video conferencing.
Reality is probably the most powerful car player out there.
In MP3 terms, that s about 200 hours of music more than 3,000 songs. And if that s not enough, then you can install a drive holding up to 37.5 gigabytes about 15,000 songs. The Reality is great if you re planning a little drive from, say, Nome, Alaska, to Cabo Tres Puntas, Argentina, and you really don t want to listen to the radio. Within a year, reportedly, several companies will begin marketing devices that pick up the Internet via satellite. So if you re driving from Bakersfield to Barstow and you can t shake the urge to tune in BBC One, or Tokyo s Shibuya-FM, you will have that choice.