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Devices => Androids and other portables => Topic started by: JimH on June 07, 2009, 07:34:39 am

Title: What should we call Handhelds? Portable Devices? MP3 Players? etc?
Post by: JimH on June 07, 2009, 07:34:39 am

What should we call Handhelds?  Portable Devices?  MP3 Players?  etc?

The lines have blurred a lot since the first MP3 players came out in 1998.  We supported the Diamond Rio, by the way, but that's another story.

It's also hard to cleanly separate them from cell phones, cameras, GPS, etc.  Even some PC's are small enough to fit in your pocket.

For years, we've called them Handhelds in MC.  I've also seen them called:

MP3 Player
iPod (as a generic term like Xerox)
Portable Media Player

Maybe we should just call them "Portable Devices".  Would that work?

I'm also thinking about splitting this board into two -- one for iPods and one for "the rest us".  Would that work?

Title: Re: What should we call Handhelds? Portable Devices? MP3 Players? etc?
Post by: Magic_Randy on June 07, 2009, 10:11:34 am

Quote from: JimH on June 07, 2009, 07:34:39 am

Maybe we should just call them "Portable Devices".  Would that work?

I'm also thinking about splitting this board into two -- one for iPods and one for "the rest us".  Would that work?

I agree on both points.

Title: Re: What should we call Handhelds? Portable Devices? MP3 Players? etc?
Post by: ThoBar on June 07, 2009, 11:16:38 am

I agree with the above.

Title: Re: What should we call Handhelds? Portable Devices? MP3 Players? etc?
Post by: zxsix on June 07, 2009, 05:18:23 pm

Yes, this works for me.  Portable devices is pretty obvious and covers them all nicely.

Title: Re: What should we call Handhelds? Portable Devices? MP3 Players? etc?
Post by: tinear on June 08, 2009, 12:10:33 pm

How about "PMPs" (Personal Media Players)?

Title: Re: What should we call Handhelds? Portable Devices? MP3 Players? etc?
Post by: Mr ChriZ on June 08, 2009, 01:27:03 pm

I've always liked portable media player.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_media_player

Title: Re: What should we call Handhelds? Portable Devices? MP3 Players? etc?
Post by: JimH on June 08, 2009, 01:32:00 pm

Quote from: tinear on June 08, 2009, 12:10:33 pm

How about "PMPs" (Personal Media Players)?

I've seen PMP used, but it doesn't include cell phones.

Title: Re: What should we call Handhelds? Portable Devices? MP3 Players? etc?
Post by: Mr ChriZ on June 08, 2009, 01:33:54 pm

Quote from: JimH on June 08, 2009, 01:32:00 pm

I've seen PMP used, but it doesn't include cell phones.

I think it does.  A cell phone that plays media must by definition be a portable media player, and pretty much all phones play media now.

Title: Re: What should we call Handhelds? Portable Devices? MP3 Players? etc?
Post by: bwaldron on June 08, 2009, 06:14:38 pm

Quote from: JimH on June 07, 2009, 07:34:39 am

Maybe we should just call them "Portable Devices".  Would that work?

Works for me.

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I'm also thinking about splitting this board into two -- one for iPods and one for "the rest us".  Would that work?

I'd prefer keeping them combined, personally. For the iPod models that you do support, there is enough similarity with other portables in their interface with MC to hang together (I use iPods as well as Sansas and a non-Apple phone). Now, if you're thinking about doing something to sync with iTunes...then that would be a different story.  :)

Title: Re: What should we call Handhelds? Portable Devices? MP3 Players? etc?
Post by: MrHaugen on June 09, 2009, 04:02:25 am

"Portable Devices" should do it.

Title: Re: What should we call Handhelds? Portable Devices? MP3 Players? etc?
Post by: JimH on June 12, 2009, 03:29:16 pm

I've split the board into two boards.