MP3 advocates hope that the business model will change so dramatically that it will cut out the record companies altogether.

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In an environment like the Web in which people are loathe to pay for anything, much less audio (witness the success of MP3), Audible's business model seems risky but not to Katz.

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Among the laundry list of flaws reported are this model's small, dim screen, barely acceptable MP3 and call audio quality, lack of even EDGE-speed data, sub-four-hour battery life, limited filetype support, and flaky Bluetooth connection.

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