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From: John Navas on 13 Aug 2010 16:30 On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:43:32 -0700 (PDT), in <929f7c02-ef51-4b0c-8820-dbff79af17cd(a)z28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, KDT <scarface_74(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >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$1v3.4...(a)newsfe20.iad>, Todd Allcock >> >> <eleccon...(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: >> >At 12 Aug 2010 21:26:02 -0700 KDT wrote: >> >> I don't want to listen to the same artist. �I want a playlist for when >> >> I'm working out. �I want a different playlist on my way home. �I want >> >> mellow background music, etc. >> >> >Yeah, Android support of playlists seems particularly weak. �... >> >> Not on HTC Sense devices, which have a nice Music player that does >> playlists easily. >What's "nice" about having to dig through your songs, hold down the >song button, and press add to playlist and then choose the playlist >instead of creating a playlist on iTunes with all songs that have >"workout" in the comments that were added within the past three months >and letting iTunes do the work? I prefer to do everything on my mobile. But if I wanted to create a playlist on my computer, I'd simply put the tunes in a folder and sync it to my mobile. Simple, fast, and easy, no need for iTunes bloatware. -- John "If the only tool you have is a hammer, you will see every problem as a nail." -Abraham Maslow
From: John Navas on 13 Aug 2010 16:30 On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:45:43 -0400, in <LTh9o.62295$lS1.30300(a)newsfe12.iad>, Todd Allcock <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: >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. Yep. -- John If the iPhone and iPad are really so impressive, then why do iFans keep making excuses for them?
From: nospam on 13 Aug 2010 16:51 In article <dcab669douag9945eko44ppfp61ukvqa0o(a)4ax.com>, John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >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). check again.
From: nospam on 13 Aug 2010 16:53 In article <dkab66h90hi3huoiej7mcak6h9gg9vfii4(a)4ax.com>, John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >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? > > I prefer to do everything on my mobile. But if I wanted to create a > playlist on my computer, I'd simply put the tunes in a folder and sync > it to my mobile. unless you wanted smart playlists that automatically updated themselves. > Simple, fast, and easy, no need for iTunes bloatware. actually, quite the opposite.
From: KDT on 13 Aug 2010 18:01
On Aug 13, 4:25 pm, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:11:41 -0700 (PDT), in > <b4f3b9f0-c9b4-4763-a6ac-37acb7917...(a)y11g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, KDT > > <scarface...(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. This is a HTC Hero -- using the same "Sense" UI that you were bragging about..... > > >> >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. You mean the same HTC Sense interface that you were bragging about. > > >> 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...the same HTC Sense UI that you said was so great..... > > >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). Let's see, you've listed.... 1. A program to buy music (Amazon MP3) 2. A program to manage podcast 3. A program/service to manage text messages 4. A program to backup the rest of your phones contents 5. Going back to Google Market place to redownload all of your apps (and what about the data for the apps?) 6. A program to sync your contacts. And you still have a crummy media management solution..... |