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From: nospam on 13 Aug 2010 19:56 In article <jrlb66d9q6l6kjf7sk7r0ms745n1k6gq3d(a)4ax.com>, John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> MyBackup is dead easy. �<http://www.rerware.com/Android/> > > > >agreed, but it is an extra step for many users. > > Less so than iTunes. No computer required. Better backup in the cloud. better for some people, but not for others. some data *can't* be in the cloud and other data the user might not want it there.
From: nospam on 13 Aug 2010 19:58 In article <h7mb66db9fn7ctaq99nljofmlf08gcvihi(a)4ax.com>, John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > Does you little good when you're not near the computer, > or the computer crashes, or it gets stolen, etc. does you little good when the cloud is not available (think on an airplane, subway, etc.) or the cloud crashes (think t-mobile, last fall). plus the iphone can sync to the cloud anyway. different strokes for different folks.
From: KDT on 13 Aug 2010 20:29 On Aug 13, 4:30 pm, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:43:32 -0700 (PDT), in > <929f7c02-ef51-4b0c-8820-dbff79af1...(a)z28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, KDT > > > > > > <scarface...(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. > Even if you put your songs in individual folders under the Music folder on the SD card. The media player on the phone does *not* recognize the hierarchy. But let me give you a real world example. Here is my real world use for playlist/ Playlist 1: Workout -- about 2.5GB of songs I like to workout to. Anytime I want to add a song, I add it to this playlist Playlist 2: 75 Minute Workout A smart playlist set up as follows: Rule 1: Songs in Workout playlist Rule 2: Last Skipped is not in the last 15 days Limit to 75 minutes selected by least recently played. Playlist 3: Shuffle workout -- basically the same as #2 but limited to 950MB. I have three different iPods -- a shuffle, a Nano, and a Touch -- If I skip or play a song on any of the players, all of the players have playlists that are *automatically* updated. I have a different playlist created based on songs I haven't heard or skipped recently, created *automatically* just by plugging in whichever iPod I've used. The next question you're going to ask, is why do I have three separate iPods. The shuffle is used for outdoor running so I don't need an armband, the Nano is used in the gym so I have the option to use the radio to listen to the audio from the T.V. and the Touch is rarely used when running because a capacitive touch screen is useless when your hands are wet and you actually have to look at it to control it. To keep this on-topic, substitute "iPhone" for "Touch" > -- > John > > "If the only tool you have is a hammer, > you will see every problem as a nail." > -Abraham Maslow
From: nospam on 13 Aug 2010 20:33 In article <b285f07e-ef83-445f-a2d7-eefe0e9a5b57(a)x25g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>, KDT <scarface_74(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I have three different iPods -- a shuffle, a Nano, and a Touch -- If I > skip or play a song on any of the players, all of the players have > playlists that are *automatically* updated. I have a different > playlist created based on songs I haven't heard or skipped recently, > created *automatically* just by plugging in whichever iPod I've > used. excellent example > The next question you're going to ask, is why do I have three separate > iPods. The shuffle is used for outdoor running so I don't need an > armband, the Nano is used in the gym so I have the option to use the > radio to listen to the audio from the T.V. and the Touch is rarely > used when running because a capacitive touch screen is useless when > your hands are wet and you actually have to look at it to control it. i bet he'll say he does not need to do that therefore it's not important.
From: KDT on 13 Aug 2010 20:38
On Aug 13, 6:12 pm, Todd Allcock <eleccon...(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: > You're both arguing a chicken/egg scenario. > KDT- how did you get the contacts into the FIRST iPhone/iPod Touch, that > now syncs so magically with iTunes into your next iPhone? Type all 500 > of them in by hand? Use Outlook? iLife? You certainly didn't beam them > out of an old Nokia 8290 directly into the iPhone. Once you had the data > in a form iTunes could work with, syncing the iPhone became trivial. > Actually, my previous phone was a Samsung A900, (before the BB). I sent all of the contacts to my Mac over bluetooth and they were all vCards that easily imported into Mail. From there I was able to export them to my iPod. I sent the contacts directly from my Mac to my BB over Bluetooth. |