MrSinatra;218560 Wrote: 
> 
> could it be attached to an ext usb drive?  could it access a huge
> playlist, and do random for it well?

Not without hacking.  It is a USB client: the USB port is so that you
can plug it into a PC to copy files to it.  (Painfully slow.)  You can
reflash it to enable USB host mode, but you will need to make your own
USB cable and you must have a powered USB hub between the Nokia and any
device.  There is a usb-storage module, but I don't know if anyone has
ever made it work (most of the interest is to use a portable
keyboard... a rollup usb keyboard would make this a great laptop for
ssh'ing into servers.... sort of annoying that you have to play cable
games and carry a powered hub, too, though).

A huge playlist?  Depends on your concept of huge.  This is NOT a fast
CPU.  It is pretty easy to bog it down.

> 
> if so, it very well may be exactly what i'm looking for.  definitely
> has my interest.

If you want SB-type sound quality, no, it won't give you that either. 
It does make a nice remote and I no longer have to carry a laptop with
me at all times, the Nokia suffices for most emergencies at work.  With
headphones it's not bad for watching movies (but you will have to drop
the frame rate and resolution).

But it's not a Squeezebox in sound quality, nor is it able to replace
slimserver in handling large libraries.


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