portable music players

[Bill McGonigle]

On Oct 3, 2008, at 09:49, Jesse Lazar wrote:

> What are others using?
>
> Are you happy with it, what are the shortcomings?


I was expecting to replace my iPod (5GB) with my n810, so I bought an  
8GB memory card for it, but I haven't given up the iPod yet.  I  
simply haven't found (nor written) any decent software for playback  
and updating on the n810.  The hardware is perfect, 802.11g and a  
built-in speaker (plus headphone & bluetooth).  It should just sync  
the podcasts directly or via an rsync job, but nobody has taken the  
time to build a nice solution yet.

FWIW, my iPod has had its battery replaced once (it's getting to  
needing it done again - the cold exaggerates the loss) and I re- 
soldered the firewire connector back to the mobo a few months ago:

   http://pictures.mcgonigle.us/main.php?g2_itemId=4990
   (ob. geek porn)

It'll be 7 years old next month and holds the podcasts.  The Rockbox  
3 bootloader won't find its software image on this device, so it's on  
the (now ancient) Apple firmware at present.

-Bill


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