what display?

[DRONE7]

Your "dream" machine sounds like the MP3 players that were all the rage 20 years ago. I still have my iRiver ifp890. It wasn't Internet-enabled, of course, so it played FM radio stations but other than that it does just what you describe. I would slip it into my pocket before going on long walks.

Hiya Kent and a very Happy New Year sending to you and yours.  

Yes..the old mp3 player....plenty of them knocking about here.

I set up a car FM sender using MoOde Pi as the input and can perambulate our 2 Acre property listening to FM where-ever I may wander... and have a much more powerful FM broadcast kit for when I walk around the back of the neighbours farm..