I think Kyocera DuraForce PRO 2 with Sapphire Shield is a good bet for drivers...

[Duck]

Yes, here is even how to do it:

How to Transfer Music from Your Computer to an Android Phone - dummies

Your computer is the equivalent of the twentieth-century stereo system — a combination tuner, amplifier, and turntable, plus all your records and CDs. If you’ve

www.dummies.com

Caveat: Be sure your phone allows you to play digital music copied from your PC. That the phone has no copy-guard crap built into it. Scott S at Kyocera Chat has assured me that the Duraforce Pro 2 will allow mp3 music to be transferred to it and played. The phone is not copy-guarded, in other words, forcing you to subscribe only to certain music resources. I only like to listen to the music I already own in my home mp3 library and want it right there in the cab when I become a professional driver.

Chances are millions of people worldwide as I do, still have vast music collections in Window Media Player.

Lately it seems that people prefer to use up all their data live streaming the same songs over and over. Or they pay through the nose for unlimited.

 

[Mike]

Or they pay through the nose for unlimited.

I thought everyone had unlimited at this point. I would not survive a week with data limits

 

[r3gulator3]

A woman named Steve? What planet is this?

Once again it’s a joke not a dick, don’t take it so hard.

I’m not married.

 

[Rigjockey]

I thought everyone had unlimited at this point. I would not survive a week with data limits

First world problems Yo!

 

[r3gulator3]

Lately it seems that people prefer to use up all their data live streaming the same songs over and over. Or they pay through the nose for unlimited.

I pay $12 more a month for my unlimited plan than I did when I had a 4gig limit. So it’s a win.

 

[Rigjockey]

I pay $12 more a month for my unlimited plan than I did when I had a 4gig limit. So it’s a win.

I pay $30 less per month for unlimited than I did for 3 Gigs a month. How ****ed up is that?

 

[Hillbilly Canuck]

I thought everyone had unlimited at this point. I would not survive a week with data limits

First world problems Yo!

You would never survive in Canada.

And @Rigjockey you may find this hard to believe but outside the "GTA".....*cringe*.......people have problems with cell signal. Never mind data limits.

 

[Mike]

I remember when the smartphones first came out, and you had to choose between a 250 or 500mb data plan in order to have the phone on your plan.

 

[Mike]

You would never survive in Canada.

No kidding, I hear it takes something like 38 weeks to see a specialist after getting a referral from a doctor.....

 

[Rigjockey]

No kidding, I hear it takes something like 38 weeks to see a specialist after getting a referral from a doctor.....

where did you hear that, from a hearing specialist?

 

[Rigjockey]

You would never survive in Canada.

And @Rigjockey you may find this hard to believe but outside the "GTA".....*cringe*.......people have problems with cell signal. Never mind data limits.

Oh I know. Running from Lethbridge to Montreal there were hours of road where I could not get a signal, Zero signal.

 

[Hillbilly Canuck]

Oh I know. Running from Lethbridge to Montreal there were hours of road where I could not get a signal, Zero signal.

Northern Ontario and anything west of Calgary/Edmonton is questionable at best.

 

[Rigjockey]

Northern Ontario and anything west of Calgary/Edmonton is questionable at best.

Saskwatchuan has like zero cell service. At least from my provider.

 

[Mike]

Saskwatchuan

Close enough for an excuse to post this....

 

[Electric Chicken]

No kidding, I hear it takes something like 38 weeks to see a specialist after getting a referral from a doctor.....

Your truck would have been sitting for YEARS.

 

[JohnPrestonBailey]

Lately it seems that people prefer to use up all their data live streaming the same songs over and over. Or they pay through the nose for unlimited.

Streaming your home-rolled library music from the phone to the truck radio head unit via Bluetooth should not consume data bandwidth at all. I assume any modern tractor by any truck manufacturer that any big-box American motor freight carrier has in its fleet is going to be MODERN enough to have factory Bluetooth technology for wirelessly connecting phones, tablets and such. I can't begin to imagine that any (Swift, Prime, Hunt, England, Schneider) truck on any American road in 2019 is such a medieval dinosaur that it lacks COLD factory a/c also.

 

[Duck]

Streaming your home-rolled library music from the phone to the truck radio head unit via Bluetooth should not consume data bandwidth at all. I assume any modern tractor by any truck manufacturer that any big-box American motor freight carrier has in its fleet is going to be MODERN enough to have factory Bluetooth technology for wirelessly connecting phones, tablets and such. I can't begin to imagine that any (Swift, Prime, Hunt, England, Schneider) truck on any American road in 2019 is such a medieval dinosaur that it lacks COLD factory a/c also.

I was talking about streaming services like Spotify vs just having a lot of MP3's already on the device as you mentioned.

 

[Mike]

I was talking about streaming services like Spotify vs just having a lot of MP3's already on the device as you mentioned.

This is why you need unlimited data. Duh!

 

[JohnPrestonBailey]

This is why you need unlimited data. Duh!

As a driver over the road, I would not spend much time on my notebook computer anyway. Mainly to check emails and manage finances. I would not watch much video or stream much entertainment. Drivers have precious little personal time over the road. I would spend as much off-duty time as possible keeping fit, sleeping as needed, eating, getting groceries, getting wash done and taking care of personal hygiene. My main entertainment would be music and talk radio playing while at the wheel or at the travel center gyms.

 

[Mike]

Drivers have precious little personal time over the road

You probably have more personal time in this profession than in any other.