Archived from ListenSmart.com, November 26, 2003. Historical; not current advice. Software, prices and links are as they were then.
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Storage
Online Storage Lockers
Myplay is a FREE service where you can store, organize, share and listen to your digital music online - anytime, anywhere. Click here to sign up for your own free locker, which provides you with unlimited storage for all of your ListenSmart tracks and 3 gigabytes of storage for all your other favorite mp3s.
If you'd like to save your favorite tunes, simply click on the bright green button to the right of any track on ListenSmart.com and if you are already registered with myplay, your track will be automatically saved to your locker. If not, you'll be taken to the myplay registration page for a quick sign up. Best of all, myplay is easy to use and FREE!
Also, using the new myplay Dropbox you can drag an entire folder full of MP3, Liquid Audio (.LQT), Windows Media (.WMA), or WAV files from your hard drive onto the myplay DropBox, and the files within that folder will be automatically moved into your Locker. It's that easy! (Best for users on ISDN or better.)
i-drive is a free, secure Internet storage facility for your stuff--your résumé, MP3s, photos-any file you want to access remotely. i-drive's unique Web-based system allows users to store, share and distribute files and Web content quickly and efficiently.
Storage Software/ Hardware
Winzip is a very useful tool for compressing any kind of file, including MP3s, into a smaller file size. It then allows you to save the file to a floppy or email it to a friend with ease. WinZip is one of the more popular archiver shells available. It has internal support for zip archives and additional support for several other types of archives like TAR, gzip, Uuencode, BinHex, ARJ, MIME, LZH, ARC and CAB. Additionally, it showcases many features such as the optional "wizard" interface and toolbar shortcuts.
Price: $179
Homepage | Purchase
The latest addition to the Zip product line, the Zip 250 USB drive, offers mobility (1 inch thick and weighs just under a pound) that meets the high-capacity storage needs for both PC and Mac users. Connect the drive with the industry-standard USB port, or for mobile users, the drive also provides a host-powered PCMCIA interface. The Zip Drive's reasonably quick access time lets you store valuable but less-used files or transport large files from computer to computer. The Zip 250MB USB drive comes with software for backing up files, as well as for recording and playing music.
Price: 2GB model $649 ($549 internal); 1GB model $299 Homepage | Purchase
The Iomega 1GB SCSI Jaz drive uses 1.07GB removable Jaz cartridges to provide portable storage. This external drive features average seek times of 10ms (read) and 12ms (write) and a sustained average transfer rate of 5.4MB per second. It uses the fast SCSI-2 interface to communicate with the system. A 50-pin to 50-pin hard drive cable, and a 25-pin converter come included with the unit. Iomega's new Jaz 2GB is designed for people with large capacity storage needs. If nothing but the highest capacity and fastest speed will do, the Jaz 2GB is your drive, but at $649 ($549 internal), its out of the average amateur storage user's league. In addition, each 2GB cartridge costs $169 (one cartridge comes with the drive). If you're on a budget but you need gigabytes of storage, consider the Jaz 1GB, which is slower, but costs less than half the price for drive ($299) and cartridges.