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From: nospam on 13 Aug 2010 18:14 In article <fff0d579-f7bb-46e1-a9d3-719e73bbddcb(a)w30g2000yqw.googlegroups.com>, KDT <scarface_74(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >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. �;) > > So there is something hard about docking your iPhone, backing up, and > then restoring on your new phone? that happens completely automatically and the new phone asks if you ask to set it up from an existing backup. it's *very* easy.
From: nospam on 13 Aug 2010 18:18 In article <Wrj9o.24704$RZ1.23447(a)newsfe24.iad>, Todd Allcock <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: > Sorry I haven't been clearer. I've been backed into a corner by a third- > party app, Overdrive Media Console, an audiobook management app that > allows you to borrow audiobooks from local libraries over the 'net and > sync them via iTunes to iPods/iPhones. For whatever reason (presumably > DRM) the software requires any iPod receiving the books to be in manual > management mode. why the hell does it care? what did they say when you asked them why their software is braindead? seriously, get them to fix it. > I don't mind manually managing music (though I don't necessarily want to)- > I do, however, expect such music to be backed up and restored. That > seems to be a strange "exception" for a music-playing device- iTunes > backs up everything except the actual music! for whatever reason, manually manage music means it's *all* up to you. > Creating one giant playlist of all the content on the iPhone will > "simulate" a media backup. After a restore I can manually drag the one > "everything" playlist to the iPhone to restore the content wiped out in > the restore process. you can have multiple playlists and then a master playlist that includes the other playlists. like i said, it's very flexible :)
From: ed on 13 Aug 2010 18:34 On Aug 13, 3:04 pm, KDT <scarface...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Aug 13, 4:26 pm, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > > <scarface...(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. ;) > > Best Buy doesn't require you to wait for a rebate -- unlike, > ironically, buying directly from Sprint. > > > > > >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. ;) > > So there is something hard about docking your iPhone, backing up, and > then restoring on your new phone? you're comparing apples-oranges as i said. yeah, going from iphone- iphone is easy. going android-android is even easier, with regards to backing up contacts. you'd get your new phone, put in your gmail info, and have everything synced and ready to go before you leave the store. no need to dock anything.
From: John Navas on 13 Aug 2010 18:38 On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:05:49 -0700 (PDT), in <1a1c4ec9-e525-44b3-9703-55d416e6b48b(a)u26g2000yqu.googlegroups.com>, KDT <scarface_74(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On Aug 13, 5:27�pm, ZnU <z...(a)fake.invalid> wrote: >> I believe KDT has an Evo 4G, which was, for a few weeks there, the hot >> new must-have flagship Android handset. Are you saying it's not safe to >> buy the hot new must-have flagship Android handset? > >Actually I have the HTC Hero --- with the *same* "Sense" UI that he >brags about..... Not bragging -- it's simply a tool, not a religion, unlike the iPhone. -- John "Assumption is the mother of all screw ups." [Wethern�s Law of Suspended Judgement]
From: John Navas on 13 Aug 2010 18:42
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:01:45 -0700 (PDT), in <671793c4-4345-4315-8d57-b3c27e945926(a)s9g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, KDT <scarface_74(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >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: >> >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) On the phone. Comes preloaded. What do you use on the iPhone that has comparable capabilities? >2. A program to manage podcast No, a podcast client that includes management capabilities. What do you use on the iPhone that has comparable capabilities? >3. A program/service to manage text messages No, a comprehensive communications system. What do you use on the iPhone that has comparable capabilities? >4. A program to backup the rest of your phones contents Yep. To the cloud. What do you use on the iPhone that has comparable capabilities? >5. Going back to Google Market place to redownload all of your apps >(and what about the data for the apps?) No, MyBackup restores them. What do you use on the iPhone that has comparable capabilities? >6. A program to sync your contacts. No, that's the Google cloud. What do you use on the iPhone that has comparable capabilities? >And you still have a crummy media management solution..... Not to me. YMMV. -- John "Assumption is the mother of all screw ups." [Wethern�s Law of Suspended Judgement] |