Hardware Game boy micro = my new mp3 player

[Darkforce]

MP3 playback through any GBA conversion software is pretty dreadful. The Play-Yan is a possible solution and I'm guessing the MP3 player cart Nintendo released in Europe isn't any different so that might be worth a look.

I myself have a 20GB Sony Walkman I picked up for next to nothing though most of the time I just use the MP3 player on my w800i cell phone. Nothing extra to carry around, phone has a decent loud speaker, built in FM radio, I can swap songs with friends via bluetooth, the sound quality is excellent... not to mention it plays games, can browse the net, takes pics, plays vids and more!

So yeah I'd say get a music phone if you want to get something that can do more than just music, there are some great handsets out there... and they're fairly cheap nowadays, if not then pick up a cheap MP3 player. By all means get a GBA if you don't have one already, there are some great games out there but, but spend what you would on a Play-Yan on an mp3 player or phone or something instead!

 

[Veho]

You have to convert your mp3s to some weird file format, and you can only have 32 megs of music at a time, because it compiles the music into a ROM that has to be run from a flashcard.

WAV is'nt some weird format, although finding a free converter was alot of work.

Yeah, but if you use WAV, you can only fit around 10 minutes of music at a time

(Remember, 32 megs at the most, if you use the GSM player.

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Any lower bitrate and the sound is unbearably crappy.

(Winamp has a built-in mp3-to-WAV converter, and it's free. )