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Because I want something half the size of a phone. I don't need a giant screen, I just want a player that can do music or audiobooks and be light enough to run

Because I want something half the size of a phone. I don't need a giant screen, I just want a player that can do music or audiobooks and be light enough to run with. I find myself researching, trying to find the smallest lightest old phone that either has decent internal memory or a micro SD slot, but it's not easy. Most phones are massive compared to an iPod shuffle

molybd3num 3mo ago
the unihertz jelly is pretty small and not very expensive
jayGlow 3mo ago
you could use a smart watch, not nearly as much storage but for playing music while running it can work well enough.
- arthurfm 3mo ago
  There's a case [1] for the Apple Watch that turns it into an 'iPod'. It's also quite similar to the Pod Case concept [2]. [1] https://thetinypod.com https://thetinypod.com [2] https://www.behance.net/gallery/72386255/Pod-Case-for-Apple-Watch-Series-4 https://www.behance.net/gallery/72386255/Pod-Case-for-Apple-...
  - timc3 3mo ago
    Oh that is kinda cool. Now I really want one
wmf 3mo ago
There are a ton of these and they're all behind your "company I've never heard of" blind spot.
robotresearcher 3mo ago
Here's a one in close to the form factor of the last iPod Shuffle: https://www.fiio.com/m5 https://www.fiio.com/m5
- asimovDev 3mo ago
  They have an AI assistant on the webpage and it says that the shortcut to activate it is cmd+Q (on Mac this is a global shortcut to quit an application, akin to alt+F4) which is absolutely psychotic. I wonder if in chinese macOS the shortcut is different or something or the person designing it uses windows and just thought ctrl+q(uestion) makes perfect sense
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aembleton 3mo ago
Maybe a pair of these: https://uk.shokz.com/products/openswim-pro https://uk.shokz.com/products/openswim-pro They have 32GB of storage, no screen, light enough to run and swim with.
smackeyacky 3mo ago
The old HTC One M8 used to fill this niche but they might be too old to use on the daily any more. I’ve been thinking of digging mine out, the headphone output was great
- Multicomp 3mo ago
  Now there's a name I've not heard in a long time! Yes the old box of obsolete smartphones and PDAs and datalogic falcon x3 pocket pcs waiting for me to do projects with them are why I can never justify buying even a20 dollar mp3 player.
NetMageSCW 3mo ago
You seem to be moving goal posts a little. Get an iPhone 12 Mini or 13 Mini for around $200 used.

molybd3num 3mo ago

the unihertz jelly is pretty small and not very expensive

jayGlow 3mo ago

you could use a smart watch, not nearly as much storage but for playing music while running it can work well enough.

arthurfm 3mo ago
There's a case [1] for the Apple Watch that turns it into an 'iPod'. It's also quite similar to the Pod Case concept [2]. [1] https://thetinypod.com https://thetinypod.com [2] https://www.behance.net/gallery/72386255/Pod-Case-for-Apple-Watch-Series-4 https://www.behance.net/gallery/72386255/Pod-Case-for-Apple-...
- timc3 3mo ago
  Oh that is kinda cool. Now I really want one

wmf 3mo ago

There are a ton of these and they're all behind your "company I've never heard of" blind spot.

robotresearcher 3mo ago

Here's a one in close to the form factor of the last iPod Shuffle: https://www.fiio.com/m5 https://www.fiio.com/m5

asimovDev 3mo ago
They have an AI assistant on the webpage and it says that the shortcut to activate it is cmd+Q (on Mac this is a global shortcut to quit an application, akin to alt+F4) which is absolutely psychotic. I wonder if in chinese macOS the shortcut is different or something or the person designing it uses windows and just thought ctrl+q(uestion) makes perfect sense

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aembleton 3mo ago

Maybe a pair of these: https://uk.shokz.com/products/openswim-pro https://uk.shokz.com/products/openswim-pro They have 32GB of storage, no screen, light enough to run and swim with.

smackeyacky 3mo ago

The old HTC One M8 used to fill this niche but they might be too old to use on the daily any more. I’ve been thinking of digging mine out, the headphone output was great

Multicomp 3mo ago
Now there's a name I've not heard in a long time! Yes the old box of obsolete smartphones and PDAs and datalogic falcon x3 pocket pcs waiting for me to do projects with them are why I can never justify buying even a20 dollar mp3 player.

NetMageSCW 3mo ago

You seem to be moving goal posts a little. Get an iPhone 12 Mini or 13 Mini for around $200 used.