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Old 09-14-2014, 06:24 PM  
iwantchixx
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Point blank: All those cheap ebay and aliexpress mp3 players will be buggy, slow and have terrible audio quality.

iPod killed the walkman years ago for the simple fact that they had the first easy to use mp3 player. Zune SUCKED. Every other one sucked just as bad, Useless navigations, bad quality, battery issues, etc. Nothing could match an iPod.. until the smartphone came about and all those teenybopper geared cells with fancy flip pads, fancy walkman phones etc.. then.. iPhone came out. Then android kept improving and here we are, the mp3 is dead beyond resuscitation.. Every kid has a cell phone now, no need for dedicated mp3 players. And with this push for cloud this and cloud that.. older generations cannot addopt such a blantantly foolish way of doing things.

Sly is right though, there is a boutique niche for it. But it has to be for something quality, Easy to use. Easy to load and easy to replace batteries. It really wouldnt be all that hard for someone with dedication to crowdfund something based off any one of those micro computer boards..
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