Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players

2009-10-12 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/10/11 Michael G Fletcher mich...@ilovemylinux.com: Hi Guys, This is more of a philosophical question... I'm looking for a new mp3 player, about 4 - 10GB, but not over the top when it comes to features, I have a smart phone (HTC-Magic running Andriod)  . If I were to buy an Apple iPod

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players

2009-10-12 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 11/10/09 22:11, Michael G Fletcher wrote: Hi Guys, This is more of a philosophical question... I'm looking for a new mp3 player, about 4 - 10GB, but not over the top when it comes to features, I have a smart phone (HTC-Magic running Andriod) . If I were to buy an Apple iPod Nano, would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players

2009-10-12 Thread Michael G Fletcher
Some people regard me as a bit of a FOSS zealot/activist, but I do happily use my Nano, watch Flash based videos on my Ubuntu desktop using the Adobe Flash player and have other non-free stuff on my computer too; I know what they are and what they are for though. It's your free choice. Al

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players

2009-10-12 Thread John
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:11:56PM +0100, Michael G Fletcher wrote: Hi Guys, This is more of a philosophical question... I'm looking for a new mp3 player, about 4 - 10GB, but not over the top when it comes to features, I have a smart phone (HTC-Magic running Andriod) . If I were to buy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players

2009-10-12 Thread John
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 05:54:55PM +0100, John wrote: I dunno about the second aspect as I'm not religous when it comes to software. It's what you like and what works best for you ;) hence the .sig hence the sig take 2 -- John - comp dot john at googlemail dot com OpenBSD firewall | FreeBSD

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players

2009-10-12 Thread Alan Bell
Michael G Fletcher wrote: Hi Guys, This is more of a philosophical question... I'm looking for a new mp3 player, about 4 - 10GB, but not over the top when it comes to features, I have a smart phone (HTC-Magic running Andriod) . If I were to buy an Apple iPod Nano, would I be going against

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players

2009-10-12 Thread Seif Attar
On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 22:22 +0100, Martin Meredith wrote: On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:11:56PM +0100, Michael G Fletcher wrote: Hi Guys, This is more of a philosophical question... I'm looking for a new mp3 player, about 4 - 10GB, but not over the top when it comes to features, I have a

[ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players

2009-10-11 Thread Michael G Fletcher
Hi Guys, This is more of a philosophical question... I'm looking for a new mp3 player, about 4 - 10GB, but not over the top when it comes to features, I have a smart phone (HTC-Magic running Andriod) . If I were to buy an Apple iPod Nano, would I be going against all my OSS beliefs and values?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players

2009-10-11 Thread Martin Meredith
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:11:56PM +0100, Michael G Fletcher wrote: Hi Guys, This is more of a philosophical question... I'm looking for a new mp3 player, about 4 - 10GB, but not over the top when it comes to features, I have a smart phone (HTC-Magic running Andriod) . If I were to buy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players

2009-10-11 Thread Alan Pope
2009/10/11 Michael G Fletcher mich...@ilovemylinux.com: If I were to buy an Apple iPod Nano, would I be going against all my OSS beliefs and values? Without knowing what your beliefs and values are that's an impossible question to answer. We can of course make some assumptions. But doing that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players

2009-10-11 Thread Jon Spriggs
Given that you already have a device which will play MP3s (your android device), what does a new MP3 player bring you? Better battery life? Different display? Not being interrupted in the middle of that killer guitar solo by a stinkin' phone call? Ultimately, I'd prefer not to buy an iPod, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players

2009-10-11 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
2009/10/11 Jon Spriggs j...@spriggs.org.uk: Given that you already  have a device which will play MP3s (your android device), what does a new MP3 player bring you? Better battery life? Different display? Not being interrupted in the middle of that killer guitar solo by a stinkin' phone call?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players

2009-10-11 Thread mac
Michael G Fletcher wrote: This is more of a philosophical question... I'm looking for a new mp3 player, about 4 - 10GB, but not over the top when it comes to features, I have a smart phone (HTC-Magic running Andriod) . If I were to buy an Apple iPod Nano, would I be going against all my