[lug] iPod/mp3 players.

[Nathan England]

Virgin Mobile has a $69 dollar android phone with 8GB and a MicroSD card slot 
which you could add 16 or 32 GB or storage for mp3 and ogg files. Plus being 
wifi capable and access to the market via wifi it is an awesome all-around media 
player. I have an old HTC Hero that I keep around just for this as my new 
Galaxy S is my primary phone now.

The virgin mobile deal is actually a decent phone, but you don't need the 
contract. You can put the phone into "Airplane" mode, then turn the WIFI back 
on and use the device as an awesome mini-tab. I believe CyanogenMod is 
available for the device as well.

And if you have a SIP account you can even make and receive calls via the SIP 
service built into the phone. I use my invalidated HTC Hero for this as well.

Oh, and did I mention it's linux friendly??? ha ha

Nathan

On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 23:00:32 David L. Anselmi wrote:
> Can anyone recommend something similar to an iPod that is more Linux
> friendly or less proprietary? I guess I mean something that includes a full
> size screen (like the iPod Touch) with a camera.  I don't know whether I
> care about movie playback and such.
> 
> Besides the premium you pay to have an *Apple* product I saw an older iPod
> recently that wouldn't give up its pictures without heroic measures.  Uggh.
>  So I'd like something high quality, durable, that can be managed without
> iTunes-like service and with standard Linux tools.
> 
> Bonus if it can play Ogg. :-)
> 
> Thanks!
> Dave
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