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Ask HN: Nobody interested an open hardware iPod Nano?

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 5:41pm

Hey HN,

over the years I tested MANY audio dedicated players[1]. And here is the thing: I'm still using an Apple iPod Nano 7g for music and audio books (m4b), because in my opinion there is nothing that comes close in usability and flexibility.

Here is why:

Music, Audiobooks, Podcasts - all supported Tiny size - although not mandatory I hate bulky phones in my pocket Battery life - Can listen for days without running out of battery Usability - Greate UI Design and Earphone remote support[2] Bluetooth 4.0 - already supported The only optimizations I could find so far would be:

Interchangeable storage - if the internal flash dies, the device is broken forever Replaceable battery - it's hard to repair Audio formats - flac support would be nice Wireless sync - Not having to copy files via cable would be nice to have So here is the thing: The iPod Nano 7g is from 2012. I've seen many people designing custom PCBs and releasing Kickstarter projects for custom audio players[5] or game handhelds[6]. I know Rockbox (which is great, but its lacks support for Wifi and Bluetooth AFAIK and just does not compete with the UX of iPod's audio book features in my opinion) and iPod Linux. 10 years ago someone even reverse engineered the iPod Nano 6g display[3].

Although I'm not skilled enough in PCB-Design, after some research I found the Lilygo T-Display S3 Pro[4] based on ESP32 S3, which would be the size, but lacks audio and OS. There is also the Mango PI CyberPad[7], which looked interesting, but maybe is already too clunky.

Programming wise, LVGL[8] may be a good framework to develop a modern and efficient UI - at least it looks promising.

So, why is nobody interested in recreating an iPod nano like device? It should be doable with modern tech, but Phones have completely taken over the market...

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/audiobooks/comments/14ue4un/comment/ks1sj99/

2: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf-app/issues/847

3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TedIzmguP0

4: https://www.lilygo.cc/products/t-display-s3-pro

5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C597AkhGtw

6: https://www.funkey-project.com/

7: https://mangopi.org/cp1m

8: https://lvgl.io/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39556206

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A Positive Gamedev Subreddit

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 5:33pm
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Ask HN: What broke on 29th due to a leap day?

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 5:31pm

Hey,

I was wondering who got today a lesson that is taught every 4 years.

Today my company's timesheet web app was broken and I don't think it is a coincidence.

I also remember when I was in a mobile app project with a nice scrolling calendar in times around iPhone 4. Our manual tester saw that something strange is happening around February. We couldn't understand why it was so junky around a specific date. After a too long day of debugging I learned my lesson while moving everything to Objective C date/time API.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39556107

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Leap Year Test in K&R

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 5:27pm
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