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Title: Touch screen mp3 player for rockbox
Post by: bigjim8499 on January 01, 2015, 01:02:30 PM

I would like to have touch screen mp3 player that runs rockbox to put in a boombox project that i am building. what are some good players that would run rockbox.    Thanks   bigjim

Title: Re: Touch screen mp3 player for rockbox
Post by: ZincAlloy on January 01, 2015, 02:36:29 PM

An Android phone will do.  ;)

Title: Re: Touch screen mp3 player for rockbox
Post by: cereal_killer on January 03, 2015, 12:11:28 PM

I suggest the Cowon D2. I think the iBasso DX50 is also quite usable with rockbox. There is also the Onda VX Players and the Olympus  M-Robe.

Greetings,
c_k

Title: Re: Touch screen mp3 player for rockbox
Post by: bigjim8499 on January 05, 2015, 07:01:35 PM

Thanks for the info I will check them out    jim

Title: Re: Touch screen mp3 player for rockbox
Post by: [Saint] on January 05, 2015, 07:30:24 PM

It is going to be next to impossible to find a Cowon D2, and in all honesty...they're rather shit.

The iBasso DX50/90 are nice players ( I have a DX90 myself), but they are over-engineered and fairly expensive for the average consumer (approximately $250 and $430 USD for the DX50 and DX90 respectively).

Are you aware, OP, that Rockbox exists as an Android application? I would guess that you probably have one or more potential Rockbox candidates in the form of an arbitrary Android device already.

If not, if you'd be willing to spend the $250~$430 USD for one of the iBasso players, or the $200-odd USD for the Cowon D2 (IFF you can even find one...), you should probably consider getting a phone instead. I mean, to me, it seems to be a fairly easy choice. The audio quality of modern Android devices running a modern version of Android has increased exponentially in the past year or so.

You could get a Nexus 4 for the same approximate cost, less cost actually...and that is touch screen 'media player' that just so happens to be a smartphone (a very kick-ass one at that, despite its age, and one that is perfectly capable of running the latest iteration of the Android operating system as of this writing, 5.0.2) as well. Something neither the iBasso nor the Cowon players can boast.

Please do at least consider going the Android smartphone route, whether or not you already have an Android device, It is well worth looking in to.


[Saint]

Title: Re: Touch screen mp3 player for rockbox
Post by: cela on January 06, 2015, 02:25:17 PM

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I would like to have touch screen mp3 player that runs rockbox

Another option is Creative Zen x-fi2.

I have one of these, they are still available on ebay from time to time. In spite of it being listed as unusable with
Rockbox, you can actually use it!  ;)