Thinking of one of those portable music player thingies.

[garbon]

Seems like it'd be a pain to carry around a Kindle Fire while exercising. 

Right? The appeal of the nano is it is so small.

And no GF - I do have the one from work but again battery life is a concern.

I was asking Raz but all modern gizmos have piss poor battery life & need to be charged daily.

Ah gotcha. I'd wager the simple mp3 players aren't that way - particularly that shuffle.

[Vricklund]

I use my smartphone and spotify. For on the go listening I could never go back to the hassle of mp3s again. Battery drain is perfectly acceptable as long as I don't fiddle too much with the screen.

[Razgovory]

I actually like the idea of a curated store, like Apple has.  I'm already signed up with Amazon through my Kindle, If I could use something that would download music from amazon, that would be great.  I would go with Apple but the price for the hardware seems... excessive.  If all else fails, I'll go with the Shuffle.

[Syt]

Raz why not try one of these;

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Sansa-Clip-Player-Black/dp/B002MAPT7U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383696088&sr=8-1&keywords=sandisk+clip+plus

Modestly priced, good sound quality, various colours/capacities and the memory is expandable with micro-sd cards.

I have one of those for my commute to work (don't need to listen to annoying people's phone calls at 8 am) and it's good for that.

[mongers]

Raz why not try one of these;

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Sansa-Clip-Player-Black/dp/B002MAPT7U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383696088&sr=8-1&keywords=sandisk+clip+plus

Modestly priced, good sound quality, various colours/capacities and the memory is expandable with micro-sd cards.

I have one of those for my commute to work (don't need to listen to annoying people's phone calls at 8 am) and it's good for that.

Yeah I'd certainly get one of the recent versions, few months back I partially fried mine by wiring it up to a faulty solar charger, but I now rarely use public transport to justify one.

[viper37]

Actually I don't know what they are called anymore.  Doctor says I really should get some exercise and start taking walks everyday.  I figured it would be more bearable if listened to some music while I did it.  Instead of digging out my old Walkman and finding out that nobody sells cassettes anymore I thought I'd buy one of those computer ones.  Like the Ipod or whatever else is on the market.  Looking for something fairly inexpensive that I get music on without much hassle and can carry around easily.

buy the iPod if you like overpriced and über small devices.  If you want something you can handle with a man's hand, look for some Android device.

[garbon]

If you want something you can handle with a man's hand

Do men lack dexterity?

[MadBurgerMaker]

buy the iPod if you like overpriced and über small devices.  If you want something you can handle with a man's hand, look for some Android device.

I, too, think immediately of the various gigantic Android devices when I read that someone is looking for something to easily carry around while exercising.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Do men lack dexterity?

If I try to use anything smaller than my Optimus G Pro (5.5" screen), my hands just lock up and become useless.  Because I'm manly, you see.

[garbon]

[viper37]

If you want something you can handle with a man's hand

Do men lack dexterity?

They usually have bigger hands than children.  an iPod is a pricey children's toy, nothing more.

[viper37]

I, too, think immediately of the various gigantic Android devices when I read that someone is looking for something to easily carry around while exercising.

I tried again this week-end, and I just couldn't work with one of those things.  I maintain that it's perfect for little girls.  Even if you're training, there are better solutions.

[garbon]

So perhaps, v, the common element is you. I think you could vouch that I'm not a little girl and I've no issue using my nano.

[Maladict]

http://www.cowonglobal.com/
My 5 y.o. iAudio7 still gets me ~50 hrs battery life.
Better sound quality than iPods too (back then, at least. don't know (or care) about the new ones).