Rockbox has a bit more of a learning curve than the original firmware and if you think you can just be proficient with it right outta the box--think again. It takes some work at reading the instructions and getting comfortable with it. The payoff is it's way better and you have soooo much more freedom. It also has some handy plugins like video games and a stopwatch. Most importantly, it'll play FLAC files, which is a lossless codec that plays the music with a lot more _mojo_ than MP3. It's not something you can really put your finger on, and I've had computer geek friends tell me that FLAC is a waste of space, but I don't believe them. The difference between FLAC and MP3 is like the difference between vinyl and CD.
Don't forget that the tiny MP3 player is in actuality a computer--more powerful than the most powerful computer in the world a few decades ago. With some programming know-how there's no limit to what you could program an MP3 player to do.
Also, I want it to me OK to call any MP3 player an iPod even if it's not that brand. We do it with a lot of other things like Kleenex, Xerox and other brands that don't end with X. My college girlfriend's mom called a refrigerator a Frigidaire.
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Rockbox has a bit more of a learning curve than the original firmware and if you think you can just be proficient with it right outta the box--think again. It takes some work at reading the instructions and getting comfortable with it. The payoff is it's way better and you have soooo much more freedom. It also has some handy plugins like video games and a stopwatch. Most importantly, it'll play FLAC files, which is a lossless codec that plays the music with a lot more _mojo_ than MP3. It's not something you can really put your finger on, and I've had computer geek friends tell me that FLAC is a waste of space, but I don't believe them. The difference between FLAC and MP3 is like the difference between vinyl and CD.
Don't forget that the tiny MP3 player is in actuality a computer--more powerful than the most powerful computer in the world a few decades ago. With some programming know-how there's no limit to what you could program an MP3 player to do.
Also, I want it to me OK to call any MP3 player an iPod even if it's not that brand. We do it with a lot of other things like Kleenex, Xerox and other brands that don't end with X. My college girlfriend's mom called a refrigerator a Frigidaire.