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From: Ben Shimmin on 31 Mar 2010 07:29 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com>: > On 2010-03-31 09:46:07 +0100, Ben Shimmin said: >> Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com>: [...] >>> You can add .epub books to the iTunes library now. You can see their >>> covers and get info on them, but not read them. >> >> There's a nice `Play' option for them, but unfortunately it doesn't >> do much. Unless you pretend. Still, with resources like Project >> Gutenberg, being able to import EPUB is going to be great. > > Yes, it is likely to be a useful way of managing ebooks. I'd still like > iTunes to be able to read them. What, you mean add more functionality to iTunes? Surely Apple would never do that... b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert
From: David Empson on 31 Mar 2010 08:36 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Apparently you can now sync to something called an 'iPad'. > > Other improvements mostly seem to be with Genius mixes. You can now automatically down-convert anything bigger than 128 kbps AAC when it is loaded onto _any_ iPod or iPhone model (previous versions of iTunes only did that for the Shuffle). I'd been intending to re-rip my CD collection (many of which I still have as 160 kbps MP3 from early versions of iTunes). I'll probably end up with everything as 256 kbps AAC on my computer, and with this option I'll be saving space on the iPhone and iPod. If I dig up a spare hard drive, I might do the whole lot as Apple Lossless for an archival backup, as long as I have an easy way to down-convert them to 256 kbps AAC for my active copy. -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: Mark on 31 Mar 2010 09:48 On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:53:11 +0000, Chris Ridd wrote (in article <81gnsnFu7iU1(a)mid.individual.net>): > On 2010-03-31 09:46:07 +0100, Ben Shimmin said: > >> Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com>: >>> On 2010-03-31 08:34:22 +0100, Jim said: >>>> On 2010-03-31, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> Apparently you can now sync to something called an 'iPad'. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes, there seems to be a general sprinkling of "and iPad" labels in the >>>>>>> prefs. And "Audiobooks" (I had it disabled) is now "Books". >>>>>> >>>>>> I wonder if the UK pricing for the iPad will be any time soon? They're >>>>>> starting to string this one out a bit too much. >>>>> >>>>> It is pretty unbelievable. >>>> >>>> [snort!] >>> >>> You can add .epub books to the iTunes library now. You can see their >>> covers and get info on them, but not read them. >> >> There's a nice `Play' option for them, but unfortunately it doesn't >> do much. Unless you pretend. Still, with resources like Project >> Gutenberg, being able to import EPUB is going to be great. > > Yes, it is likely to be a useful way of managing ebooks. I'd still like > iTunes to be able to read them. > > Came across this resource for eBooks: <http://librophile.com/> Cheers ... Mark
From: Paul Grayson on 31 Mar 2010 10:23
On Mar 31, 6:50 am, j...(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: > Apparently you can now sync to something called an 'iPad'. > > Other improvements mostly seem to be with Genius mixes. There's also an updated version of the VoiceOver framework for those with an iPod Shuffle who've enabled that feature. Although it updated all of the entries on my shuffle, it didn't seem to make any real difference to the spoken bits. I suspect that the real changes are to support more languages. There's still no British English support, however. |