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From: Derek Dittmar <derekjdittmar_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:27:13 -0500 Brandon: Links would be lovely. I'm nervous about ebay, yes. Knowing my luck I'd get the broken one. :) On 11/16/11, Brandon Hicks <hicks.brandon2_at_gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I can definitely sympathize with the music and never having too much of > it. I'm exactly the same way. > In that case, you probably will want an iPod of some sort, as they're > the only easily available players Rockbox supports that can go past 40 > gigs of onboard storage. With a flash player, you could get > theoretically unlimited storage, they are smaller and a bit less prone > to memory failure, as well as at least a couple models Rockbox supports > having actual physical click wheels, but managing microSD cards can be a > huge pain, especially for those of us who can't see. Finding those > things if they get dropped or misplaced is not fun. > > The accessories for the iPod are easily done, Rockbox supports most of > those by now. The one nice thing about Apple's proprietary dock > connector is it makes things easy when it comes to charging and whatnot. > All of those things can be easily obtained. > > Any rockbox player has the same playback capabilities as regards > formats, so that's not much of a worry. > > I'd still recommend an iPod Video of EBay. You can easily find 60 or 80 > gigabyte models, and you'll probably pay less than getting one > new/refurbished from Amazon. That said, if you're uncomfortable dealing > with eBay, Amazon would be the place, even though the price will be > higher. I do know of a company on EBay that sells rebuilt and restored > iPod video models with a longer life battery and upgraded hard drive and > such. I can give you links privately if you wish. > > Brandon > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe: http://cool.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > FAQ: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GeneralFAQ > Etiquette: http://www.rockbox.org/mail/etiquette.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://cool.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rockbox FAQ: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GeneralFAQ Etiquette: http://www.rockbox.org/mail/etiquette.html Received on 2011-11-16 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |