@jacqueline @neckspike jep, it's one of these mornings...

@jacqueline @neckspike jep, it's one of these mornings and I could have worded that a lot milder - note to self to not open mastodon on bad mood workdays.

As for a few of the points - I have an original iPod CF storage around.. so it was at least replaceable, if not by a slot then with a screwdriver, but I admit I might have mis-remember it being through a slot. It was literally just a Compact Flash card though.

For the UI - unless I missed a very obvious link with more pictures or a video it's hard to tell how things work outside of “that looks a whole lot like the original iPod UI with the hardware buttons moved onto the screen” (see attached picture) - maybe a video would help preventing people from pulling comparisons to media players that did actually exist in the 2001s.

Like 19 Oct 2023 at 8:33 | Wall-to-wall | Open on indiepocalypse.social

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A cool crab wearing shades

@heals
@jacqueline

Refurbished iPod classics go for $150 and up and there are no new battery options, this also open hardware using standard parts that can be replaced. Ask @gourd about using old iPod hardware right now

19 Oct 2023 at 9:53 | Open on indiepocalypse.social

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@neckspike @jacqueline @gourd I still have old iPod hardware around - I have a rough idea how much fun it is to use them.

And yes, I was too harsh in my wording.

19 Oct 2023 at 9:55 | Open on indiepocalypse.social

A cool crab wearing shades

@heals @jacqueline I'm very excited about it because I've wanted something like this for the last ~5 years but there's really nothing on the market unless you want to fuck with 20 year old hardware. Audiophile DAPs are $500+ and basically a phone without a sim card, the cheap options break as soon as you look at them (have had several Clip+ that powered on less than 5 times before bricking forever and getting returned).

19 Oct 2023 at 9:58 | Open on indiepocalypse.social

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@neckspike @jacqueline people would probably murder me if I said “I'm excited about it despite of my comment this morning” even if I am :facepalm:

I get where you're coming from

19 Oct 2023 at 10:06 | Open on indiepocalypse.social

A cool crab wearing shades

@heals

@jacqueline
Also yeah the post was for the dozens of us who have been following @jacqueline & co's development of the Tangara for months, it's not a full pitch for a kit that's not quite ready to start a campaign.

19 Oct 2023 at 10:07 | Open on indiepocalypse.social

ailurux

@heals @jacqueline @neckspike just to let you know, ui is still an in progress thing for us right now, plus we have support for custom theming. but there's only so many elements on that screen and they're all kinda... stuff you'd expect to see on a music player, there's really not much to "copy".

19 Oct 2023 at 10:09 | Open on chaos.social