Are MP3 players even a thing these days?

[wdenton@cosocial.ca]

@dangoodin I got a FiiO JM21 recently, when my Sansa/SanDisk players all finally died. It cost a lot more but does a lot more and sounds a lot better.

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

@dangoodin If you're looking for specific brands, others have already mentioned FiiO, so I will mention South Korea's Astell&Kern, which was spun out from iRiver (a name you may remember from the golden age of MP3 players).

https://www.astellnkern.com/

[aleteoryx@labyrinth.zone]

@dangoodin

there's a shitton of used MP3 players on the ebay of various makes that can run rockbox. rockbox kicks ass

[meejah@mastodon.social]

@dangoodin https://www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara is cool but not sure if it'll "be for sale" after the campaign is fulfilled (many things on crowd supply do go that route)

[maitre@mastodon.online]

@dangoodin I just went through pains to copy some MP3s onto my old Essential PH1 phone (on which I recently replaced the battery), 128GB should be enough for everyone right? Now, if only this phone had a headphone jack…

[almonds@mastodon.mit.edu]

@zak Did the firmware update do something special? I like my Snowsky Echo Mini a lot, except it can't do scanning, and I wonder, if a firmware update would fix that, it'd be perfect

[brinazarski@app.wafrn.net]

@dangoodin@infosec.exchange

the ipod community is still alive and thriving

r/ipod old reddit link | redlib link

dankpods covers ipods and mp3 players as well

dankpods youtube | unofficial archive.org dankpods archive

[bloodripelives@federatedfandom.net]

@dangoodin probably depends what you want it for but I want something 🤏 teeny so I love my sandisk clip jam. I have the wired one but they also have bluetooth

[foobarry@mastodon.social]

@dangoodin there's a few like this that i've been tempted by https://www.amazon.co.uk/MECHEN-Lossless-Resolution-Portable-Player%EF%BC%8CSupport-Gray/dp/B0B4NCSPNX

[zak@infosec.exchange]

@almonds It did add a bunch of stuff (like new Artist > Album sorting views) as well as massively improve the stability of the device, which was a major complaint when it came out. There have been a ton of updates for it in the last few weeks, so I just went from an old version to the latest one and got all of it. They've been great about releasing updates.

[reiddragon@fedi.catto.garden]

@dangoodin Everything I'm aware of is basically just an Android phone without a SIM card

[baloouriza@social.tulsa.ok.us]

@jalefkowit

[baloouriza@social.tulsa.ok.us]

@jalefkowit Serious question: Are these just Android phones without the phone?

@dangoodin

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

@BalooUriza @dangoodin It's not uncommon for companies to use Android as the OS for non-phone devices. Lots of handheld game players run Android, for instance. It's just a convenient OS optimized for mobile devices that you can pick up and use without a lot of licensing hassle