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608zz:
Moving my post away from the off-topic idea that it previously generated:
I am very interested in buying a flash device that uses high-capacity expansion cards, is efficiently powered by a single AA battery, has a jack for an external, unpowered, stereo mic and has all the capabilities of the Rockbox H120 port. Essentially the H120 running Rockbox, but as a small, efficient, flash-based device. The 32GB CF-cards should be available soon enough, so an appropriate replacement for the H120 could easily be accomplished by someone with the proper ability. There is much unmet demand for devices like this - Ask the folks who prefer the iAudio G3 and/or Iriver H120, and/or people who want small devices that make good quality recordings.
portable:
Check this out
http://www.tinkdoing.com/eng/005.html
http://www.tinkdoing.com/eng/011.html
As I suspect, there are hardware with similar requirement to yours exists. You just need to find one and make Rockbox work on it ;)
608zz:
--- Quote from: portable on October 14, 2006, 07:32:21 PM ---Check this out
http://www.tinkdoing.com/eng/005.html
http://www.tinkdoing.com/eng/011.html
As I suspect, there are hardware with similar requirement to yours exists. You just need to find one and make Rockbox work on it  ;)
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Hey, I'm not looking for ideas of devices to port Rockbox to and that's not what this thread is about. Furthermore, the device that you're suggesting to me is nothing at all like the device that I envisioned.Â
* First, that thing has no screen. I specifically said that I want a monochrome LCD. Rockbox needs a screen.
* Second, the SD-card sticks out. I specifically said that the card must not be exposed on the exterior of the device.Â
* Third, it's not powered by the AA battery-standard. I specifically said that it should run on a single AA battery.Â
* Forth, lack of screen means no feasible recording ability. I specifically said that the device needs to have a jack for an external mic.
jbond:
My requirement is almost exactly the reverse. I want a Creative Zen Xtra with a phat 2.5" disk, USB Mass storage and RockBox. Since I can't have that based on the Zen, I'm investigating ways of getting it, starting with other hardware and ultimately perhaps as a kit.
One possibility has been a gutted iPod with a broken hard disk mashed with a 1.8" to 2.5" connector to a 120Gb disk and all stuffed in an old tobacco tin (An altoids tin is probably too small for the disk!).
I should add that I have absolutely no interest in DRM.
As we're all still waiting for an iPod killer, I'm also interested in supporting any manufacturer prepared to turn their back on DRM and build the device we actually want with open source firmware and the features Apple won't give us, like easily upgradeable hard disks, replacable batteries and USB mass storage. Once the basics are sorted then we can start working on the extras like USB host support, onboard bluetooth and so on.
I want a brick in my pocket that holds my entire media collection so I can take over other people's stereos. Not a penny sized player that only holds an hour or two of music. Key to this is the 2.5" disk. Mainly because they're cheap and with high capacity. And 2.5" based hardware has all but disappeared.
saratoga:
--- Quote from: jbond on October 23, 2006, 05:33:58 PM ---
As we're all still waiting for an iPod killer, I'm also interested in supporting any manufacturer prepared to turn their back on DRM and build the device we actually want with open source firmware and the features Apple won't give us, like easily upgradeable hard disks, replacable batteries and USB mass storage.
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FWIW the ipod battery and hard disk are pretty easy to upgrade (you just unplug the old one and plugin the new), and it supports USB mass storage.
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