While Nomad Jukebox and Remote Solutions' Personal Jukebox have become very popular, they could very well lose many of their potential buyers to the Mojo. Unlike the D-Link, the Mojo offers navigation by Artist, Album, Song Title and Musical Genre. TDK's exclusive Navitrackä navigation technology (patent pending), enables Mojo to read and sort the music ID information contained in each MP3 file, and in a matter of seconds every music file on an MP3-CD is scanned and displayed on a bright, backlit 4-line LCD screen. Navitrack also allows users to edit ID3 (music identification) tag information. Custom playlists can be created and Mojo remembers playlists created for up to five CD-MP3 discs.
Mojo plays for up to 10 hours on two rechargeable Nickel Metal-Hydride AA batteries, which are supplied with the unit. The batteries can be recharged in the unit itself with the included AC adapter, or Mojo can operate on two AA alkaline batteries. Mojo conserves energy by filling up the unit's anti-shock memory buffer with up to eight minutes of MP3 music then pauses the CD drive motor. The player comes with MusicMatch Jukebox 6.0 software, making it ideal for anybody who owns a Windows-based CD burner. The unit also has preset equalizer settings (Rock, Jazz, Classical, etc.) plus bass boost system, which enable listeners to tailor sound quality. A line out connection for playback through an external audio system, bass enhanced high-fidelity headphones, an AC power adapter and two rechargeable NiMH AA batteries are included with the unit.
If you have loads of MP3s on your PC and don't want to separate them into CDs, a hard disk based player like Nomad would be more suitable. But before you make up your mind, check out the price. Mojo will be available from April 2001 for a ridiculously low price of $179.99, compared to the $300 -$500 price range of competing players.
