replacement for iPod

[E.S. Rosenberg]

2013/10/10 geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson at gmail.com>:
> The battery died in my iPod. It's old enough to have a hard drive so it does
> not do anything except play music.
>
> If I can find the spare I have, I'll probably replace the battery, but
> before I spend any money on it, is there anything that can replace it and be
> more reasonably priced than a new iPod Touch?
>
> Is there something equivalent to it that runs Android and hopefully is a lot
> cheaper. I can get an LG smartphone that runs Android 4.1 for 700 NIS, I'd
> rather something that is cheaper and not a phone.
>
> I also do not need Bluetooth, but the ability to connect a headset to it and
> run SKYPE and or a SIP/IAX client would be a plus.
>
> I don't want a small tablet, I already have a tablet and it's not all that
> useful to me. I really want something to play music and thought it might be
> better to aim a little higher.
But you want to run a SIP client... make up your mind ;)
MP3 players are a dime a dozen these days... it sounds like on the one
hand you'd be happy with just any simple one and on the other hand
you'd actually like a tablet/smart device.
Cowon iAudio (or other cowon products) may fit your bill but they also
approach iPod Touch in price, same goes for the Samsung Galaxy S Wifi
(android device without cellular modems) and the same goes for tons of
other "smarter" mp3-players, I'm pretty sure the two I named run some
form of Linux though....

Regards,
Eliyahu - אליהו

>
> Thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice. If you think it is a bad idea,
> feel free to tell me so.
>
> Geoff.
>
> --
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ
> Jerusalem Israel.
>
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