I was going to buy a Sansa Clip+ which supports Ogg Vorbis and FLAC, but then we got Android phones and I've found it just as adequate for music playing.
With a data plan, you can stream live music directly from Jamendo as you walk down the street. On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen <roz...@geekspace.com>wrote: > I'm looking for a new music-player to replace my iPod Video, > which died over the weekend. > > The reason I bought that iPod was that, at the time, iPods were not > yet particularly hostile toward projects like Rockbox or iPod Linux, > and the hardware was nice. It looks like that line of iPods was the > last one that was anything like open, and that Apple is now actively > hostile toward `homebrew computing', so... to heck with it: > > I could buy a used, previous-generation iPod and load Rockbox onto it, > and run with it in the same configuration as I've had up until now, > but I'd rather put my money (and time) into supporting something > that's actually open or `friendly'. I'm even willing to pay extra > for that feature. > > I'm looking for something that I can carry on my person and use > with a set of headphones, and that I can use in my car. > The car currently has an iPod dock, but I can replace that > with a 1/8" `aux in' jack. > > My music-collection is predominantly Ogg Vorbis files, > and I'm not particulary interested in converting those to mp3. > > > So, that's the setup. My question to you all is: what are my options? > > While it may be surprising given the recent thread about > how `nobody wants to write games for Linux but maybe those > Android Linux phones will convert some developers', > it turns out that most of the desirable-looking devices > that I've found so far are actually supposed to be > *gaming* systems, and many of them actually *ship* > with some sort of Linux OS. So maybe someone from the > Gaming SIG (however disbanded) offer some insight. > > Ideally, I'm looking for something with no built-in microphone, > camera, or radios. My FreeRunner is not a candidate to replace > the iPod for this as well as several other reasons, though > I suppose *another* FreeRunner might be. > > > Candidate devices so far: > > * The Touchbook <http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook> > caught my eye before the iPod died, but seems... a little big > for foran iPod-replacement, and it also appears to have multiple > inbuilt radios. All FLOSS. > > * The Pandora <http://www.openpandora.org> has been on my want-list, > and would probably make a great iPod-replacement, but > I'm still waiting for them to finish becoming real, > and the thing has a microphone and several radios. > All FLOSS, apprently. > > * Gizmoforyou.com sells Gumstix-based modular kits called "Flow"... > for $800--ouch. Looks like it comes with a bunch of components > that I don't actually want, but would also do what I do want. > > * GP2X Wiz: No radios. Has Microphone. Runs `Linux-based OS'. > Not sure how much that actually means. Reflashable? > Bootable from SD? FLOSS drivers? Userspace? > Affordable--costs about what an iPod costs. > > * GP2X: No radios. No Microphone. No longer in production, but > can apparently be found on eBay for ~cheap. > Same concerns as the Wiz. > > * Dingoo A320: Cheap, and no undesired components. > Not expressly FLOSS-friendly, but appears to be non-hostile. > > * Leapfrog Didj <http://elinux.org/Didj>: Like Dingoo? > > * Ares <http://ares.gizmoforyou.com/>: Still vapour. Needs funding. > > > Do you have any experience with any of the above systems? > Do you know of any other similar devices that I should investigate? > > Are you a hardware hacker interested in building me a one-off, > and can you do it cost-effectively? :) > > -- > "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >
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