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Duncan |
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[Pan-users] Re: Advice on other lists |
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Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:52:27 +0000 (UTC) |
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Rob posted on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:50:39 -0400 as excerpted:
> I've thought about a netbook as an mp3 player too, but compared to the 3
> by 5 inch Archos, even the 7" Eee was too bulky. It had to fit into my
> jacket pocket. But the netbooks may be my only choice now that SSD has
> taken over the mp3 player market and the generic 2.5" player-enclosures
> I expected to see haven't materialized (though it's still tempting to
> get something like this and duct tape a portable TV to it for the
> display: http://xrl.us/bfeb9u ). On the plus side, I certainly could
> write my own interface on a netbook and make it really car-friendly.
That's what really had me buying in, the extra flexibility of having a
"real", if small and limited performance, computer, full keyboard that
may be a bit cramped for fingers, but my hands aren't as big as many
men's hands, and at 1024x800, a reasonably usable if small display, as
well. The 7" EEE's display, at 800x480 IIRC, was going to present UI
issues for a standard computer interface, that 1024 width just doesn't
need to worry about. And as I mentioned in the previous reply, the
standard SATA storage interface very quickly became non-negotiable for
comparisons once I realized it was available.
Yes, it's not as small as the small MP3 players, but the extra
flexibility I decided was worth it.
Plus, I could always get an iPod Nano or similar, or a Sansa, which has
excellent rockbox compatibility, and use the AA1 as a kind of mother ship
for the tiny MP3 player, thus having effectively my whole music
collection on the AA1, while being able to swap out songs on the Sansa/
Nano as needed, even if I'm half way across the country on vacation when
I get a hankerin' for that album I haven't heard in two years! Again,
I'm thinking sneaker-net refills here, as a year's mobile broadband buys
a **LOT** of storage these days -- or somewhat less storage but a new
netbook every year, for less than I'd spend on a mobile broadband
subscription!
--
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: Advice on other lists, (continued)
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: Advice on other lists, Chris Metzler, 2009/08/26
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: Advice on other lists, Rob, 2009/08/26
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: Advice on other lists, Ron Johnson, 2009/08/26
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: Advice on other lists, Rob, 2009/08/26
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: Advice on other lists, Ron Johnson, 2009/08/27
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: Advice on other lists, Rob, 2009/08/27
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: Advice on other lists, Ron Johnson, 2009/08/27
- [Pan-users] Re: Advice on other lists,
Duncan <=
Re: [Pan-users] Advice on other lists, Doug Saylor, 2009/08/24
Re: [Pan-users] Advice on other lists, Doug Saylor, 2009/08/24