Interesting timing Ajay……
I used to have something vaguely similar for my car around ’97, it was the Kenwood Music Keg. Had a whopping 10G hard drive, with car and computer side docks. Worked for the most part, but the software on the pc side was pretty notorious for being buggy.
http://www.phatnoise.com/products/digitalmediaplayers/kenwood_music_keg.aspx
Since then I’ve relied on car stereos that can play mp3s burned on dvds. Searching is a pain, and it’s limited in terms of things like shuffle, but it’s much easier to use than having to play with a small screen while driving.
Other than the car, the majority of my listening is on the work or home pcs. I heard yesterday that the venerable Winamp is closing shop. I’ve listened to 80% of my music through this software, also going back to about ’97. It’s been solid, non-intrusive, with
just enough (easy to use) functions.
http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/06/winamp-how-greatest-mp3-player-undid-itself/
I ditched the i-pod long ago, and rarely use my phone, but do carry around about 30 gigs of music. Music is now purely in digital form (though I will surely pick up the coming Gene re-releases!). It’s also native, I’ve not really delved into streaming services,
but will check out Indie Shuffle from time to time, or youtube.
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