...but not forgotten.
I don't know the details of the company's demise, but Engadget.com has [http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/16/the-rio-cubic-aka-the-carbon-c-what-could-have-been-part-ii|a great post] featuring smuggled-out-of-the-company-before-its-demise pics of what was to be their last mp3 player--the Rio Cubic.
Check 'em out and to all you Rio-haters out there, please, respect the history and the vision of the early adopters.
Hey, we all remember our first mp3 player and mine was the very first Rio to ever come out--when was it? 1998 or '99? So long ago, I don't even remember. I think Clinton was in office and Star Wars was still cool.
Though I'm an iPod man now, I've got tremendous respect for the guys who were the early adopters of this new world of DAPs. Rio helped change the world. Sure, they're players weren't perfect (mine had a flakey headphone jack) but they were the first and I picked up their first.
It's sad to see them gone.
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