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From: KDT on 13 Aug 2010 15:43 On Aug 13, 10:38 am, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:09:52 -0400, in > <Y289o.12459$1v3.4...(a)newsfe20.iad>, Todd Allcock > > <eleccon...(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: > >At 12 Aug 2010 21:26:02 -0700 KDT wrote: > >> I don't want to listen to the same artist. I want a playlist for when > >> I'm working out. I want a different playlist on my way home. I want > >> mellow background music, etc. > > >Yeah, Android support of playlists seems particularly weak. ... > > Not on HTC Sense devices, which have a nice Music player that does > playlists easily. > > -- > John > > "Assumption is the mother of all screw ups." > [Wetherns Law of Suspended Judgement] What's "nice" about having to dig through your songs, hold down the song button, and press add to playlist and then choose the playlist instead of creating a playlist on iTunes with all songs that have "workout" in the comments that were added within the past three months and letting iTunes do the work?
From: KDT on 13 Aug 2010 15:45 On Aug 13, 12:32 pm, ed <n...(a)atwistedweb.com> wrote: > On Aug 13, 4:45 am, KDT <scarface...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > On Aug 13, 12:52 am, ed <n...(a)atwistedweb.com> wrote: > > > On Aug 12, 9:20 pm, KDT <scarface...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > On Aug 12, 10:52 am, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > > > > > > >What about the apps you *buy*. > > > > > > That answer applies. > > > > > So yet again I have to search through the Market place to redownload > > > > apps. This is suppose to be easier than just plugging up the iPhone. > > > > you don't need to go searching for anything- just do to your downloads > > > list in the market. a new phone will give you the option to > > > redownload everything, including paid apps, with one click. > > > > > > >BTW, you sure are using a lot of > > > > > >programs to do what you could do with a single click of a button with > > > > > >the iPhone. > > > > > > Similar capability on the iPhone takes as many apps. > > > > > So I need one app to manage music, one app to manage sms messages, one > > > > app to backup (most) of the settings, one app to (barely) manage > > > > podcasts, one app to buy music, one app to get my contacts that aren't > > > > on Google already on Google, one app... > > > > transfered contacts from an old phone get synced up to google. > > > > <snip> > > > No they don't. You have two types of contacts on the phone -- google > > contacts and phone contacts. When you create a new contact you have > > to choose which type of contact you want. The program that most > > stores use to transfer contacts from an old phone (in my case my > > BlackBerry) to a new phone are stored as "phone contacts". You have > > to export the contacts (using yet another app) and then re-import them > > into Google. > > unlike you, i can't speak for "most stores" and what software they > have (and i'm not sure how you do). :P but my local sprint store > (that i went to) can (and did) transfer them as google contacts that > sync. It was Best Buy. But isn't it a lot easier just to use iTunes to back up your old phone and then restore?
From: John Navas on 13 Aug 2010 16:25 On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:11:41 -0700 (PDT), in <b4f3b9f0-c9b4-4763-a6ac-37acb7917533(a)y11g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, KDT <scarface_74(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On Aug 13, 10:34�am, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: >> You must be thinking of the issue of storing contacts in internal memory >> or on the SIM card, but that only pertains to GSM devices, and isn't a >> real issue as I explain below. > >This is not a GSM phone. It's Sprint. > >Click on Add Contact. Under Information, there is a "contact type" >pull down you can choose "Google" or "phone". All of the contacts >that were synced from the BlackBerry 8330 (also CDMA) were transferred >as "phone" contacts. Choose your phone more carefully. >> >The program that most >> >stores use to transfer contacts from an old phone (in my case my >> >BlackBerry) to a new phone are stored as "phone contacts". �You have >> >to export the contacts (using yet another app) and then re-import them >> >into Google. >> >> Unless the store is clueless (and uses only SIM transfer), it will use a >> sync cable that gets _all_ the internal phone contacts (and you get any >> SIM contacts when the SIM is moved), which are then synced seamlessly to >> Google. �Or you can use SyncML (service, not an app), as I noted >> previously, to fully sync any SyncML device to Google. > >No, they were all stored as "phone" contacts. Choose your phone more carefully. >> Part of your problem with Android is that you don't fully understand it. > >Did you actually try it? Did you actually try SuncML? ;) But you bet, on lots of phones, just not the one you are unfortunate enough to have. >Again, why must I use *7* different apps/ >services to reproduce what can be done in iTunes. You don't. Are you not paying attention to my answers? Or are you in denial? ;) And iTunes doesn't run on phones (last time I checked at least). -- John "Assumption is the mother of all screw ups." [Wethern�s Law of Suspended Judgement]
From: Todd Allcock on 13 Aug 2010 12:45 At 13 Aug 2010 07:38:29 -0700 John Navas wrote: > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:09:52 -0400, in > <Y289o.12459$1v3.4591(a)newsfe20.iad>, Todd Allcock > <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: > > >At 12 Aug 2010 21:26:02 -0700 KDT wrote: > > >> I don't want to listen to the same artist. I want a playlist for when > >> I'm working out. I want a different playlist on my way home. I want > >> mellow background music, etc. > > > >Yeah, Android support of playlists seems particularly weak. ... > > Not on HTC Sense devices, which have a nice Music player that does > playlists easily. Sense, essentially, is a multi-purpose app. The native Android music player is surprisingly crude.
From: John Navas on 13 Aug 2010 16:26
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:45:07 -0700 (PDT), in <2e99bca8-230d-4ce3-92d4-38125d517f09(a)w30g2000yqw.googlegroups.com>, KDT <scarface_74(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On Aug 13, 12:32�pm, ed <n...(a)atwistedweb.com> wrote: >> unlike you, i can't speak for "most stores" and what software they >> have (and i'm not sure how you do). �:P �but my local sprint store >> (that i went to) can (and did) transfer them as google contacts that >> sync. > >It was Best Buy. There's a lesson there. ;) >But isn't it a lot easier just to use iTunes to back >up your old phone and then restore? No. There's a lesson there too. ;) -- John "Assumption is the mother of all screw ups." [Wethern�s Law of Suspended Judgement] |