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Remember those click wheels those really old iPods had? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Those were something, weren't they? I thought it was the coolest thing ever as a kid, just the absolute peak of technology.

And in hindsight... Yeah, it was a pretty comfortable way to play videos and music, wasn't it? And the click wheel iPods even had a surprisingly decent selection of games.

While I'm here, whatever happened to those Kindle e-readers with the physical page turn buttons and keyboard? I kinda feel like they stopped selling those, but I feel like that was kind of preferable to a touch screen, too.

I guess just in general I don't like touch screens and it'll be a good day when they stop being integrated into things that don't actually need them. I'm out here thinking that flip phones beat smartphones still

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Omg you just reminded me I had a sansa fuze and it had a wonderful physical click wheels. I think the software on it was better than what you described but I put Rockbox on it once I learned that I could. It ran Doom quite well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I also had a Fuze, that physical wheel was fantastic. I also Rockbox'd it, worked great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

When I make my own mp3 player that prioritizes good physical controls and high quality haptics I'll be sure to post it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Lol oh shit I had one too! My cheap dad refused to pay for an ipod, so we had a rotation of off brand mp3 players