They have lots of cheap netbooks on eBay. <br><br>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<br><br>Mr. B-o-B<br><br><div id="htc_header" style="">----- Reply message -----<br>From: "Mark Mitchell" <mark.russel.mitchell@gmail.com><br>To: "TCLUG Mailing List" <tclug-list@mn-linux.org><br>Subject: [tclug-list] Wanted - Netbook<br>Date: Tue, Aug 28, 2012 12:37<br><br></div><br>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.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Yaron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tclug@freakzilla.com" target="_blank">tclug@freakzilla.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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.<br>
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I will note that my most expensive Android tablet is a Kindle Fire which I got for $140. The touchpad was even cheaper.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2012, Mark Mitchell wrote:<br>
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I have a cellphone. I don't use it for MP3, and I don't have a simple way to<br>
transfer files from the phone to the mp3 player. My phone battery is going<br>
to be stressed enough as it is, with gps tracking. Plus, trip log updates<br>
would be a pain without a keyboard.<br>
Tablets don't have keyboards, and are way too expensive.<br>
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On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Yaron <<a href="mailto:tclug@freakzilla.com" target="_blank">tclug@freakzilla.com</a>> wrote:<br>
Any reason you don't want a tablet? Or even a cellphone?<br>
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2012, Mark Mitchell wrote:<br>
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I'm planning a long bike trip starting next Sat (10<br>
days 600+mi). In getting<br>
my gear together, there's one piece of equipment<br>
that I don't have that<br>
would really be useful.<br>
Does anyone here have a netbook I could borrow or<br>
buy for cheap ($100-ish)?<br>
A borrowed machine could be returned after Sept 10.<br>
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Specs: All I need is something that'll run a full<br>
web browser (google maps<br>
and <a href="http://bikeroutetoaster.com" target="_blank">http://bikeroutetoaster.<u></u>com</a> are required),<br>
downloading podcasts via<br>
sftp/rsync, decent wifi, and good battery life<br>
(it'll spend most of it's<br>
time off, but longer life means I have to stop to<br>
recharge less often).<br>
<br>
If you've got something that fits the bill, please<br>
contact me off-list.<br>
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-Yaron<br>
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