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Julian Bond - 2014-09-09 21:45:53+0000 - Updated: 2014-09-09 21:49:19+0000

So farewell then, iPod Classic.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/09/the-ipod-classic-is-dead/

Well that sucks. If Apple won't build and sell the 1TB iPod Classic I want, then maybe now somebody else will? I seem to have been saying this for quite some time. There's a small but genuine market for a high capacity, high quality personal media player. It's just not a mass market.

I could rush out and buy one of the last remaining 240GB Classics on eBay available from people that mod and upgrade the official 160. But unfortunately the firmware doesn't really support the extra space. And the extra space still isn't big enough.

So what alternatives are there for those of us with too much music in our collections? And no, storing it in the cloud and accessing it via streaming on a smartphone is not an option.

The iPod Classic Is Dead | TechCrunch

Joby Elliott - 2014-09-09 21:56:25+0000

I bet phones will start breaking the TB barrier before too long. I mean, just six years ago the pinnacle of smartphone technology was a G1 with 256MB (with an M!) of onboard storage. Now 8GB is low to middling and lots of phones have 64GB. At that rate I reckon there will be 2TB phones in half a decade or so.

Julian Bond - 2014-09-09 22:01:35+0000

Is that a realistic alternative? A Smartphone with a 1TB SD card. Or perhaps a 1TB thumb drive.

Winamp[1] currently reports 35466 Items, 286.76 GB

[1] In 2014 we nearly lost Winamp. Maybe we still have as it hasn't been updated by the new owners. And now this.

Joby Elliott - 2014-09-09 22:08:33+0000

If the OS supports it, a smartphone with a 1TB sd card might be a sooner viable alternative. SDXC should be able to go as high as 2TB, but I think the biggest anyone makes at the moment is 256GB -- and they're still powerful expensive.

Julian Bond - 2014-09-10 07:20:24+0000

I wondered which manufacturers were still in the game. http://uk.creative.com/p/mp3player 32Gb+32Gb doesn't cut it.

Archos? iRiver? Microsoft?

Julian Bond - 2014-09-13 07:21:23+0000

People are recommending a Sansa Clip + SD Card + Rockbox. The only HDD based player I've seen is the Cowon X7 but not available in the UK.

I'm also interested in suggestions for something less portable but carrying a BIG music collection around. Netbook + external hard drive?

Joby Elliott - 2014-09-13 15:14:10+0000

http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/19/3167527/paragon-ntfs-hfs-android-app

If you have an android device that can do USB Host mode maybe. I have my doubts though as far as apps supporting a ton of music on a USB device.

Julian Bond - 2014-12-13 10:14:07+0000

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/14/12/13/0042214/apples-ipod-classic-refuses-to-die