Apple (and other brands) needs to bring back IPods. Kids should be able to listen to music and audiobooks without having a cell phone or a device that also serves as a screen for playing games, texting, or using the internet. Let kids be kids!
@cmconseils I've been saying this for years. Until the battery failed a couple of years ago I still used my old iPod Classic when travelling.
@cmconseils the Apple Watch can do this. It seems a bit weird usinf a watch like an iPod but it would totally work.
@cmconseils I still have an antique USB key shaped mp3 player that works perfectly. No iTunes needed.
@cmconseils They did, they just put straps on it so you could wrap it around your wrist, then they called it a watch. That's pretty much what the Apple Watch is: next-gen iPods with wrist straps.
@cmconseils look around: there are alternatives
My kid has an ocarina player: mp3, no internet, can work as Bluetooth speaker. When it turns on it is limited to 75 dB (no damage to ears).
She has been using it since she was 3, independently, and she loves it. Helps a lot during car trips. I think she will be using it for long. And she doesn't use our smartphones.
@cmconseils There's the Tangara
https://www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara
which pretty much is what you asked for - and it's open source this time.
Follow @jacqueline to learn more...
@cmconseils Fiio, for example, have several high end PMP(portable music players)
@cmconseils @monkeydom I have resurrected myself old iPods for the kids to use exactly for this reason.
@cmconseils i use an old iPhone, remove all games and apps and let them use just the Music app.
@cmconseils are there still e-readers that do this? I seem to remember one of my first, a Kindle, playing mp3 ebooks. My current Kobo doesn't unfortunately. Added benefit of actual reading too!
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Personal MP3 players are still a thing, I think.
Kids probably look at them as early millennial relics though.
What I do see often is four or five kids with an outsize bluetooth speaker, streaming one of their playlists for the group to listen to. So an update on ghetto blasters.
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