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  • It doesn't seem to list what it supports. How do I get music on here? What kind of codecs are supported?
    by pwthornton
  • No information about the company, the process, the people behind this. I feel like there's gotta be more required before people would be willing to send money to a company promising delivery of a consumer good a year from now. Even most Kickstarters provide greater detail/narrative in an attempt to assuage. Is the bar really so low that I could spin up a brand name, some renders, a spec sheet, and a single page site to solicit "deposits" from people? Is this all it takes?
    by housebear
  • Maybe it’s me being old but I don’t understand why I’d want this device for 249$.

    I know some younger gens are looking for phoneless experiences, but for that price you can find old devices and simply recycle their usage. There are enough roms aimed and making a “dumb” mp3 player and include 3.5” and decent audio.

    So I wonder if I miss something. The fomo here is messing with me.

    by rock_artist
  • I recently bought an Android-based MP3 player that can use Spotify, including Spotify lossless, and has a microSD slot. The benefits here are pretty substantial. It has a really nice headphone amp inside of it for driving larger headphones at the right volume (and a switch in software for low/medium/high headphone gain, separate from volume). Also I don't have to take up expensive space inside my iPhone for Spotify download cache. When I upgrade my iPhone, I don't have to redownload anything. It's really nice to be able to use cheap microSD media for this type of music caching. It's also full Android, so I can run syncthing on it and just drop music into a folder on my desktop which will automatically get picked up by the device. It has really good battery life because it's not trying to be very thin. And it has dedicated hardware buttons for track changing and volume. I'm very happy with it. And it wasn't very expensive.

    Bluetooth means it works with my airpods and cars, and file playback means I am once again listening to all the music that I love that isn’t on Spotify.

    Also, a big microSD means I can throw Organic Maps on it and keep offline maps handy without using iPhone storage, too.

    Huge life hack.

    It has further led me to buy an android tablet with microSD just for the stuff iOS is bad at (eg emulators, torrenting, cheap storage for movie archives, etc).

    by sneak
  • I try not to be negative, but the name is bad. Literally any other name. sudo os?!?
    by zylent
  • Shipping Q4 2027? Let me know then. Even if it ships on time, that's like a year ahead, and who knows what else will be available by the time (it's not like there's not a thriving niche mp3 player market).
    by coldtea
  • Reminds me of the Tangara mp3 player: https://cooltech.zone/tangara/

    My friend got a Tangara from their "Kickstarter" and I think it's pretty cool. Plus it's open source and you can just make your own.

    by nticompass
  • What does this offer over, say, an Innioasis https://www.innioasis.com/products/y2? What Bluetooth codecs does it support; will I be able to use LDAC/LDHC/AAC/AptX HD/etc.? Is "Sudo OS" something I can hack and play with?
    by frio

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