ShoqBox
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The ShoqBox is a flash memory-based MP3 player from Philips
with attached speakers. Its name is formed from a portmanteau of "shock" and "boombox
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The Philips ShoqBox PSS110 has 256 mb of built in memory.CNET Review of Philips PSS110
The ShoqBox has line-in and radio inputs in addition to the integrated MP3 player. The USB interface for music transfer only supports version 1.1 (2.0 in the European version), which provides much lower maximum bandwidth resulting in longer transfer times.
The ShoqBox is a USB mass storage class device
and therefore supports driverless file transfer on most systems; however, files transferred via this method will not be available for playback on the device as they must also be added to an SQLite
database. This is done automatically by a customized version of Musicmatch Jukebox
included with the player, but alternative software has been developed to update the database.
Philips
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company....
with attached speakers. Its name is formed from a portmanteau of "shock" and "boombox
Boombox
Boombox is a colloquial expression for a portable cassette or CD player. Other terms known are ghetto blaster, jambox, or radio-cassette. It is a device capable of receiving radio stations and playing recorded music , usually at relatively high volume...
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The Philips ShoqBox PSS110 has 256 mb of built in memory.CNET Review of Philips PSS110
The ShoqBox has line-in and radio inputs in addition to the integrated MP3 player. The USB interface for music transfer only supports version 1.1 (2.0 in the European version), which provides much lower maximum bandwidth resulting in longer transfer times.
The ShoqBox is a USB mass storage class device
USB mass storage device class
The USB mass storage device class, otherwise known as USB MSC or UMS, is a protocol that allows a Universal Serial Bus device to become accessible to a host computing device, to enable file transfers between the two...
and therefore supports driverless file transfer on most systems; however, files transferred via this method will not be available for playback on the device as they must also be added to an SQLite
SQLite
SQLite is an ACID-compliant embedded relational database management system contained in a relatively small C programming library. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain and implements most of the SQL standard...
database. This is done automatically by a customized version of Musicmatch Jukebox
Musicmatch Jukebox
Y!Music Musicmatch Jukebox, a remake of the original Musicmatch Jukebox made by Musicmatch, Inc., is an audio player that manages a digital audio library...
included with the player, but alternative software has been developed to update the database.