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
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.
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
I also had a Fuze, that physical wheel was fantastic. I also Rockbox'd it, worked great.
When I make my own mp3 player that prioritizes good physical controls and high quality haptics I'll be sure to post it.