Post 9nvPREDP35e7pDFdB2 by LilFluff@tootplanet.space
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(DIR) Post #9nvIqWIuEVSnUEwDgG by ajroach42@retro.social
2019-10-14T17:27:42Z
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Would it be silly to try to find an mp3 player of the same kind as the first one I owned? Yes. Is that going to stop me? Maybe.
(DIR) Post #9nvIqWesun2oaPDlwG by ajroach42@retro.social
2019-10-14T17:29:56Z
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What was your first MP3 player?
(DIR) Post #9nvIqX6XFzA7yA9r2O by mikey@letsalllovela.in
2019-10-14T17:35:08.233470Z
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@ajroach42 My 1st was a Rio Karma in 2003. The original broke, but I was able to pick up another, which still sits on the box I use as a nightstand. I'm not sure if it even works anymore.
(DIR) Post #9nvIr9aIBnXnJSN9hA by twodimes@writing.exchange
2019-10-14T17:32:45Z
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@ajroach42 I miss my Rio Cali sometimes ;)
(DIR) Post #9nvNBfqYLeV8ys1DMW by ajroach42@retro.social
2019-10-14T17:45:54Z
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Mine was a Philips, I think? It was silver, it had a small monochrome screen with bright white letters. It did not have many buttons. I got it in 2005. IIRC, it had a very sleek, composed and design-y appearance. I don't remember the model, and I'm having a hard time finding anything that *feels* right online. I smashed it sometime in 2006. I still used it for another year or two until I managed to get the palm pilot set up like I wanted.
(DIR) Post #9nvNBgOwHo0UhW6fxY by ajroach42@retro.social
2019-10-14T18:18:13Z
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It was silver. It was kind of chunky. It had a small white on black screen. I don't remember the button configuration at all. I think it had 4GB of storage and an FM radio.
(DIR) Post #9nvNBgy2BK50SMWhf6 by ajroach42@retro.social
2019-10-14T18:22:03Z
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It was a Philips GoGEAR Micro jukebox HDD086 4GB
(DIR) Post #9nvPRDCIphAifVjEp6 by LilFluff@tootplanet.space
2019-10-14T18:34:48Z
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@ajroach42 hmm. While they were conveyed away from mp3 on device, it would be one of the last Sony MiniDisc players carried by Best Buy. Which I used for about a year after which I needed to reinstall Windows and discovered the software cd was missing which meant I couldn't conveniently use it without paying Sony to send a replacement cd. So instead of nearly $50 for said cd I bought a no name mp3 player from Costco, returned it, and got a Sansa mp3 player that I used for a few years.
(DIR) Post #9nvPREDP35e7pDFdB2 by LilFluff@tootplanet.space
2019-10-14T18:40:31Z
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@ajroach42 I probably would have kept using that minidisc player for years if Sony had simply put the software on their site to download (seriously, why go to such lengths to restrict access to the software when it's of no use unless they buy your hardware?). The little thing felt solidly built and I could operate the controls without looking at them. Then again the history of the minidisc can be accurately summed up as, "good tech hindered by Sony acting like Sony."
(DIR) Post #9nvPRFMemAdtOCaXEu by ajroach42@retro.social
2019-10-14T18:45:03Z
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@LilFluff I mean... Yeah, that's Sony. Betamax would have beat VHS if the tapes had been larger. The PSP would have been a viable console if it had used a standard media format. Etc. etc. etc.
(DIR) Post #9nvXAQENv7arnmCvUO by thomasfuchs@mastodon.social
2019-10-14T20:15:37Z
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@ajroach42 iPod touchwheel
(DIR) Post #9nxpPk1mQutIhjILaK by tom@slime.global
2019-10-15T21:01:50Z
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@ajroach42 this extremely generic thing that's still on the first page of google image results for "mp3 player"
(DIR) Post #9nxpPkzKrUWtgR9uPg by Piejacker875@linuxrocks.online
2019-10-15T22:49:28Z
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@tom @ajroach42 I own something like this from phillips. Not sure if it still works.
(DIR) Post #9ny4aAD7RIMk7L1hA0 by kelbot@fosstodon.org
2019-10-16T01:39:17Z
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@ajroach42 Oh gosh, I can't recall the details at the moment but I can picture its cheap silver painted plastic housing and fake metal coated plastic buttons. You know the typical plastic electronics look of the late 90s that looks soooo bad compared to what we have now.