aNdroid Touch media player?

[Davec19]

Hi,

I have Apple's ipod touch but am fed up with the whole iTunes bloatware gatekeeper walled garden software. I am looking elsewhere now.

I think with Android you can just drag and drop music, pictures and video just through Windows right?

What better media player is there now with a 4.5" OLED screen, lots of apps, adequate speed, and HDMI out? None. The closest is a Cowon with OLED but I had that and the screen is too small for video and low res (3.3" at 480 x 272) has fewer apps and no Wifi. Why no tablet? Too big, no OLED.

An unlocked Infuse cheap from ebay w/ 32 gb card and an enormous 4.5" OLED screen would fit the description and make a great PMP for about the same price. "outdated" phones like these go pretty cheap, even unused ones. Since I would only be using the wifi while browsing the net and not the phone I would imagine a bonus would be great "standby" battery life.

So the question is if I don't even use the phone part (I already have a phone) and use the phone as an aNdroid Touch, how would I get apps to it? Could I use the WiFi to connect to Android marketplace? USB transfer from computer? Can this phone be hacked to not need a SIM card to use these media features?

Can I get rid of all of the crapware they preload on these phones? If so how?

 

[JakeRoux]

Sounds like what you are looking for is the Samsung Galaxy S WiFi Player. Available on Amazon, among other places.May be as cheap or cheaper than an unlocked used phone.

Edit - note that it is available in both 4" and 5" screen size.

 

[Davec19]

Sounds like what you are looking for is the Samsung Galaxy S WiFi Player. Available on Amazon, among other places.May be as cheap or cheaper than an unlocked used phone.

Edit - note that it is available in both 4" and 5" screen size.

It is close, but where they blew it on that one is putting only 8GB internal and removing the HDMI capability that the Korean one had! Grrrrr. (I guess the US gets the crap version). Plus no OLED which I would like to have.