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What player would you buy today, to use Rockbox?
TonyTiger:
Oh Man Rockbox is Grrrreat!
I just stumbled upon this site last winter while investigating the purchase of a Sansa c250 2GB Refurbished unit, so for $15, plus another $10 for a 4GB SDHC card (at one of those 2 hour, early a.m. Staples Holiday sales events), I am one happy little cheapskate thanks to Rockbox.
You guys ROCK!
Now I'm looking forward to upgrading to a Sansa e2xx , but how would I avoid the horror of getting a unit that is V2 Firmware? It doesn't seem practical to get that information from most vendors. Could this somehow be discerned from the manufacturer's extended model number that I see on some sites?
Thanks and Congrats on a truly great product.
MHael:
I would definitely get a 5.5G Ipod. Ipods really are great. Apple's rather fascist design models are what cripples it. I really couldn't ask for a better player than a 5.5 with Rockbox. If you want, you can even reboot to the OF any time, though really I'm not quite sure why you'd want to :P.
sr00t:
--- Quote from: brinerustle on July 29, 2009, 03:34:57 AM ---what a bummer.
Is there anyplace we can all send a letter to hardware manufacturers asking them to use rockbox as their factory interface (and explaining why they will save money on development) or at least open the drivers so that those of us who want can install rockbox?
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I really don't know how manufacturers prefer creating firmwares from scratch when all of them suck really bad. Is there one reason for manufacturers to avoid using open firmwares that are exponentially superior to theirs?
Llorean:
1) They control what's in the firmware, so a lower perceived chance of inviting a patent suit or copyright infringement suit if it turns out not all code really was legal.
2) Don't have to provide their code to someone else (including potential competitors) if they want to include specific features we don't.
3) Don't get stuck providing support (or at least, constantly saying they don't provide support) for third-party software because that third party software now seems "official" to users.
4) Don't have to deal with users complaining about the features they removed from Rockbox (which they invariably will, either over patent fears or over a desire to 'turn off' features that aren't completely stable yet).
5) Don't have to let someone else control their user experience.
Etc, etc.
gottahavit:
--- Quote from: Llorean on September 04, 2009, 03:42:53 PM ---1) They control what's in the firmware, so a lower perceived chance of inviting a patent suit or copyright infringement suit if it turns out not all code really was legal.
2) Don't have to provide their code to someone else (including potential competitors) if they want to include specific features we don't.
3) Don't get stuck providing support (or at least, constantly saying they don't provide support) for third-party software because that third party software now seems "official" to users.
4) Don't have to deal with users complaining about the features they removed from Rockbox (which they invariably will, either over patent fears or over a desire to 'turn off' features that aren't completely stable yet).
5) Don't have to let someone else control their user experience.
Etc, etc.
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6) Someone in the office always has a kid who needs a short term development internship. ;D
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