JuiceBox Hacking
I can’t really stop geeking even when on vacation with my wife. We stopped in at the Target in Napa to pick up some toothbrushes (I always forget to pack ’em) and found that they had the Mattel Juicebox on the clearance aisle. The Juicebox is a tiny little media player intended for kids, but they were expensive, incompatible, and didn’t sell too well. But I got one for $12 or so, and another $11 for a compatible SD card reader for it, so I snapped it up. I was hoping to be able to turn it into a simple little video player, but it seems like the video functionality is difficult/impossible to access. Still, it is a cheap little mp3 player, and you can convert it into a photo viewer, so it might be fun to play with. The eLinux.org Wiki has the most information about its internals that I have found so far. Stay tuned for internal photos and further reports.