It's a bit big for a jersey pocket for listening while riding 60-70mi/day. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 1:57 PM, mr.chew.baka at gmail.com < mr.chew.baka at gmail.com> wrote: > They have lots of cheap netbooks on eBay. > > I have a kindle fire. It can do everything you need and you can leave > your sansa at home. Just use the fire for listening. Battery life is > better than most netbooks. The touch screen keyboard isn't so bad. Just > say'n > > Mr. B-o-B > > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Mark Mitchell" <mark.russel.mitchell at gmail.com> > To: "TCLUG Mailing List" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: [tclug-list] Wanted - Netbook > Date: Tue, Aug 28, 2012 12:37 > > > I appreciate the offer, but that still leaves 2 problems, 1, the lack of a > keyboard., and 2, no easy way to copy mp3s to the root volume of my Sansa > Clip Zip mp3 player. > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > >> Cost isn't really a huge consideration when you're asking to borrow one >> (; I'd be happy to lend you an Android-based tablet if that would work for >> you. >> >> I will note that my most expensive Android tablet is a Kindle Fire which >> I got for $140. The touchpad was even cheaper. >> >> >> On Tue, 28 Aug 2012, Mark Mitchell wrote: >> >> I have a cellphone. I don't use it for MP3, and I don't have a simple >>> way to >>> transfer files from the phone to the mp3 player. My phone battery is >>> going >>> to be stressed enough as it is, with gps tracking. Plus, trip log updates >>> would be a pain without a keyboard. >>> Tablets don't have keyboards, and are way too expensive. >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: >>> Any reason you don't want a tablet? Or even a cellphone? >>> >>> On Tue, 28 Aug 2012, Mark Mitchell wrote: >>> >>> I'm planning a long bike trip starting next Sat (10 >>> days 600+mi). In getting >>> my gear together, there's one piece of equipment >>> that I don't have that >>> would really be useful. >>> Does anyone here have a netbook I could borrow or >>> buy for cheap ($100-ish)? >>> A borrowed machine could be returned after Sept 10. >>> >>> Specs: All I need is something that'll run a full >>> web browser (google maps >>> and http://bikeroutetoaster.**com<http://bikeroutetoaster.com> are >>> required), >>> downloading podcasts via >>> sftp/rsync, decent wifi, and good battery life >>> (it'll spend most of it's >>> time off, but longer life means I have to stop to >>> recharge less often). >>> >>> If you've got something that fits the bill, please >>> contact me off-list. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -Yaron >>> >>> -- >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/**mailman/listinfo/tclug-list<http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -Yaron >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20120828/1e061856/attachment-0001.html>