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work on best low cost mp3 player for rockbox
hunterleo:
Hi Ben,
PM me your email address. I'd like to send some products for you to get some opinion.
Thank you,
Leo
progmars:
Thank you, AGPTek, hunterleo and all the Rockbox team for reviving affordable MP3 players.
For me personally, an alternative to Sansa Clip+ and with full Rockbox support would be awesome. I don't need "audiophile" features but FM radio and voice recording are really useful for me because when I take long walks after working day, I like to listen to some local radio shows, and sometimes an interesting idea or a problem solution comes to my mind and I want to record it. Most people could do that with their smartphones but I don't take my bulky and somewhat expensive phone with me when I'm walking because, well, it's evening and I might get robbed, especially if someone notices me fiddling with a smartphone on a lonely street.
I really enjoy Rockbox ability to be controlled without using a screen after applying TTS engine texts, and now it talks to me without taking it out of my pocket, which is awesome. I'm not sure how would I achieve the same thing on my smartphone or any other DAP without Rockbox.
Screen quality is not important at all, but general build quality is - it has to survive for at least some years.
So, in summary, I hope AGPTek one day will launch a fully Rockbox compatible all-in-one budget DAP with FM radio and voice recorder - essentially, a clone of Clip+ functionality for similar price.
alcaier:
There seems to development tools available for ingenic x1000 at www.ingenic.com/en/?product/id/9/lm/4.html . I am not familiar with rockbox in any way but to me it would seem like easier job just to keep the kernel and have a stab at the user land programs. Are there folks familiar with the project interested in this device?
Astrogoth:
It is not about the price. Don't hide behind that.
People are paying up to $150 for a used Clip Zip on eBay. It was selling for $20 there recently. It's not about price. Buy a Zip. Study it. Make a player like it but a little better. It will sell!
MiB:
--- Quote from: progmars on April 20, 2017, 06:37:51 AM ---Thank you, AGPTek, hunterleo and all the Rockbox team for reviving affordable MP3 players.
For me personally, an alternative to Sansa Clip+ and with full Rockbox support would be awesome. I don't need "audiophile" features but FM radio and voice recording are really useful for me because when I take long walks after working day, I like to listen to some local radio shows, and sometimes an interesting idea or a problem solution comes to my mind and I want to record it. Most people could do that with their smartphones but I don't take my bulky and somewhat expensive phone with me when I'm walking because, well, it's evening and I might get robbed, especially if someone notices me fiddling with a smartphone on a lonely street.
I really enjoy Rockbox ability to be controlled without using a screen after applying TTS engine texts, and now it talks to me without taking it out of my pocket, which is awesome. I'm not sure how would I achieve the same thing on my smartphone or any other DAP without Rockbox.
Screen quality is not important at all, but general build quality is - it has to survive for at least some years.
So, in summary, I hope AGPTek one day will launch a fully Rockbox compatible all-in-one budget DAP with FM radio and voice recorder - essentially, a clone of Clip+ functionality for similar price.
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I think there is one from AGPTEK: G6 but this device is not rockboxed yet...
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