I grabbed an LG 34C about a year ago from Walmart that is / was a "Straight Talk Wireless" CDMA phone for $30 new. Runs Android KitKat. I didn't activate it as a smartphone; I just us it as an Internet radio / mp3 device. Doesn't have much of a speaker but I primarily use it with headphones. It has decent battery life; it also has Bluetooth but I have never tried it.
Streaming audio doesn't put much demand on a smartphone, so just about any would do. Something that can take a microSD card at least gives you more storage space, in case you want to dump audio books on the device. I checked Straight Talk Wireless for Dubuque and that same phone still goes for $30 on the website; you actually might get it cheaper at the Walmart website. As for tablets, again I don't think it matters a lot, particularly if you're going to keep it plugged in all the time. I know some of the $50 tablets out there only have a four-hour battery life. And like John says, the "old-fashioned radio" experience is best, but unfortunately just isn't very practical if one is looking at options today... Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Kevin Anderson via Internetradio <[email protected]> wrote: > This thread reminds me of one on this forum about three years ago regarding > appropriate el-cheapo smartphones that one doesn't use as a phone, but > instead as an WiFi internet radio appliance. Would one still go this route > (and if so, which "phones" are the better choices now) or look to the now > el-cheapo 7-inch Android tablets (some of which can be gotten for a low as > $50 for off-brand Asian imports)? > _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
