GPXSportX - headset-based audio player with TransFlash expansion

We've seen quite a few headsets with built-in digital audio players, and while they may be a great solution for people who work out to music, there are a couple of problems with them. One is that, for the most part, they're not expandable. GPX has addressed that one with the $99 GPXSportX (which was initially announced at CES), which, in addition to 128MB of onboard memory, supports TransFlash cards for expansion. It also includes an FM radio, and supports MP3 and WMA. Oh, and the second problem with headset-based players? If the headsets stink, you're stuck with them. Don't know if GPX has addressed that one; we'll just have to wait until this ships in May to find out.

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[Hideki @ Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

Hey, nice design. I never wanted audio player integrated into a headset because the ear pieces always looked so big. I don't know if this was the first product to do this, but by moving the guts from the ears to the back of the neck, the balance and the appearance gets fixed.

[cjw @ Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

GPX couldn't even get a $15 raido right (check some of the reviews of the RDT-4004SP on Amazon for example) so I'm not sure that I would trust them to add a headset, mp3/wma capabilities and charge me $99. Not only did they screw up the radio in the RDT-4004SP but the whole interface was poorly thought out. For that price there are tons of other flash based players that don't take me back to looking like I'm in elementary school again with headgear.

[Frank @ Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

Compaq computers, the Logitech iO2 digital pen (http://tinyurl.com/5l3t4), that ridiculous strap-on analog timer you could affix to the front of a VCR for idiot-proof recording, and now the GPX SportX... all products that *aren't* marketed toward Engadget readers.

This is for Trixies who just want some tunes at the gym. No one buying this thing has any idea what TransFlash means.