With the mid-September release of Creative Technology's Nomad Jukebox MP3 player, you can now carry around 150 CDs worth of your favorite tunes in the palm of your hand (now that's what I call a palm pilot). That's about 100 hours of music.

To add some perspective, the fabled Wurlitzer jukebox that was popular in the 1950s and 1960s held 100 45" records or 200 songs. The current CD-adapted Wurlitzer holds about 1,200 songs to the Nomad's 1,500. And unlike a real jukebox, you don't have to listen to B-sides or carry around a pocket full of change. The Nomad also holds a whopping 2,600 hours of audio books.

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