Okay, so the ipod classic is dead. Apple no longer manufactures it.
Right now, Android doesn't offer software with advanced music management features- smart playlists that auto-compile and change based on user defined parameters (i.e. 50 least recently played songs I've rated 4 stars or higher). Iphones are very pricey and getting them with a lot of native storage is even more pricey (no MicroSD support), plus some users are loyal to Android or other non-Apple phone OSes for non-music reasons, or want to continue to have a separate portable music player. Ipod touches max out at 64 gigs or so.
What about someone making a low spec inexpensive Ubuntu tablet that can fit in your pocket that could replace an ipod classic? You assign developers to take some open-source music software and make it touch friendly and have all the advanced music features power users of big libraries like that itunes offered and maybe more, and put that on there preinstalled. Then the one high-end spec is that you have two empty microSD card slots that can each accommodate 128 gig microSD card for a theoretical 256 gig storage capacity to have local access to your music plus anything that's on there natively storage wise. And it's a full tablet operating system that looks cool and offers unique features like scopes, so users don't just feel like they are buying a second Android phone without the phone part or something. ;)
Maybe it could even be hardened a little to drops or made somewhat weather resistant, and there could be a "power saver music-only" mode where the battery life would be much longer thanks to optimizations that would just have the absolutely necessary parts of the OS and hardware running to play the music when you just want listen to your tunes all day. Then you flick back to normal mode if you want to use it like a tablet and you've got a full OS with the usual battery draining stuff when you want it. ;)
I'm just saying, millions of people loved the ipod classic. There is no complete solution available to replace it now that it's discontinued. Ubuntu could, with the right software development and hardware, replace it with a tablet that fits in your pocket and offers all the same features (Maybe more) and storage (potentially through microSD) *plus* it's a full Ubuntu tablet for when and if you want to use it that way.
It'd get Ubuntu into a lot of people's homes and make the developers and manufacturers heroes to the people who are going to be "orphaned" when their ipod classic breaks down and they see that nothing really has that type of combination of features, storage, extended battery life, price, and portability.
You could sell it to a lot of people who already have phones and PCs that run other operating systems. It replaces the ipod classic, not their phone or PC. People sort of have that "slot" in their lineup and with no new ipod classics rolling off the assembly lines are going to be looking to fill it and not like their options as things currently stand.
Right now, Android doesn't offer software with advanced music management features- smart playlists that auto-compile and change based on user defined parameters (i.e. 50 least recently played songs I've rated 4 stars or higher). Iphones are very pricey and getting them with a lot of native storage is even more pricey (no MicroSD support), plus some users are loyal to Android or other non-Apple phone OSes for non-music reasons, or want to continue to have a separate portable music player. Ipod touches max out at 64 gigs or so.
What about someone making a low spec inexpensive Ubuntu tablet that can fit in your pocket that could replace an ipod classic? You assign developers to take some open-source music software and make it touch friendly and have all the advanced music features power users of big libraries like that itunes offered and maybe more, and put that on there preinstalled. Then the one high-end spec is that you have two empty microSD card slots that can each accommodate 128 gig microSD card for a theoretical 256 gig storage capacity to have local access to your music plus anything that's on there natively storage wise. And it's a full tablet operating system that looks cool and offers unique features like scopes, so users don't just feel like they are buying a second Android phone without the phone part or something. ;)
Maybe it could even be hardened a little to drops or made somewhat weather resistant, and there could be a "power saver music-only" mode where the battery life would be much longer thanks to optimizations that would just have the absolutely necessary parts of the OS and hardware running to play the music when you just want listen to your tunes all day. Then you flick back to normal mode if you want to use it like a tablet and you've got a full OS with the usual battery draining stuff when you want it. ;)
I'm just saying, millions of people loved the ipod classic. There is no complete solution available to replace it now that it's discontinued. Ubuntu could, with the right software development and hardware, replace it with a tablet that fits in your pocket and offers all the same features (Maybe more) and storage (potentially through microSD) *plus* it's a full Ubuntu tablet for when and if you want to use it that way.
It'd get Ubuntu into a lot of people's homes and make the developers and manufacturers heroes to the people who are going to be "orphaned" when their ipod classic breaks down and they see that nothing really has that type of combination of features, storage, extended battery life, price, and portability.
You could sell it to a lot of people who already have phones and PCs that run other operating systems. It replaces the ipod classic, not their phone or PC. People sort of have that "slot" in their lineup and with no new ipod classics rolling off the assembly lines are going to be looking to fill it and not like their options as things currently stand.
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