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