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MP3 or some such device
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It may not look it, but that article is a little out-of-date.
Examples:- SharePod
- CopyTrans Manager / CopyTrans Drivers Installer
- MGTEK dopisp (costs money; allegedly requires iTunes)
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True..but there are still plenty of alternatives to using iTunes for iPods.I shot a vein in my neck and coughed up a Quaalude.
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very pleased with my recent sandisk purchase - would prefer to change the headphones - i have tried a pair I already have with rubber on that I find comfy but they distort the sound and the jack (if that's what you call it) is not the same size as the one that came with the mp3 player - how do I work out which size I needThe mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.:o
A winner listens, a loser just waits until it is their turn to talk:)0 -
What model/make/etc is it? it can then be looked up and found out.0
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Another vote for Sansa clip - I have had a clip and a clip zip and they are very easy to use and great value.0
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A totally "outside the envelope" idea would be what I use: I have two dogs who need to be walked; their conversation isn't up to much so I tend to listen to music as I walk... on a geriatrric phone. I've got an old Samsung F480 Tocco - bought for about a tenner on EBay - which serves as a second phone (Which might seem decadent, but when your battery runs flat, or you can't get a signal, supplementing your "Contract" phone with a spare PAYG one is actually quite sensible) The Tocco gives a broadly similar performance to an "iPod Touch", but with the obvious exceptions that it stores MP3's on a MicroSD card, and the battery is 100% replaceable. I put an old 8 Gigabyte Card in it, after copying a bunch of tunes to it, then set it on "shuffle", and enjoy the music. The built-in FM Radio is pretty good too. Phones have been pretty good at playing music for quite a while, with the result that even totally out of fashion models (Like the Sony Ericsson Walkman range) can be bought for a song. Slip in a £1 PAYG SIM... and enjoy a GREAT MP3 player that's worth substantially more than it costs! Ancillaries, like headphones, cases, spare batteries, external battery chargers, can be found cheaply on Ebay - particularly for older models.0
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A totally "outside the envelope" idea would be what I use: I have two dogs who need to be walked; their conversation isn't up to much so I tend to listen to music as I walk... on a geriatrric phone. I've got an old Samsung F480 Tocco - bought for about a tenner on EBay - which serves as a second phone (Which might seem decadent, but when your battery runs flat, or you can't get a signal, supplementing your "Contract" phone with a spare PAYG one is actually quite sensible) The Tocco gives a broadly similar performance to an "iPod Touch", but with the obvious exceptions that it stores MP3's on a MicroSD card, and the battery is 100% replaceable. I put an old 8 Gigabyte Card in it, after copying a bunch of tunes to it, then set it on "shuffle", and enjoy the music. The built-in FM Radio is pretty good too. Phones have been pretty good at playing music for quite a while, with the result that even totally out of fashion models (Like the Sony Ericsson Walkman range) can be bought for a song. Slip in a £1 PAYG SIM... and enjoy a GREAT MP3 player that's worth substantially more than it costs! Ancillaries, like headphones, cases, spare batteries, external battery chargers, can be found cheaply on Ebay - particularly for older models.
Second that.
I have Tocco Lite, inherited from the kids, 2 years ago, with an 8GB micro SD card in.
Holds about 1800 of my tracks.
On shuffle it will last 8 hours + and as you say batteries are cheap as chips if you need to replace them. P.S I don't walk the dogs for 8 hours very often. It has been used on some long drives partnered with a n FM sender.
Can't fault it, matched to some sennheiser cx300 earphones. Has some preset equalizers which give it a nice rich sound.
The only trouble is it is now full, so I have to bump stuff if I want to add new stuff.
Their replacement phones, HTC wildfires will shortly become available (end of contract). They have16Gb capability but I am not sure yet whether I will swap as they don't seem as good, music wise."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
SanDisk Sansa Clip+ 4GB - I searched for headphones for this and think I have ordered the right ones:oThe mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.:o
A winner listens, a loser just waits until it is their turn to talk:)0
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