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Apple Considering Standalone iTunes Radio App for iOS 8
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MacrumoursUser
macrumors 6502
fix the selection
Stop fiddling with less-important stuff.
The important stuff is:-
1. expand the playlist so tunes do not repeat after twenty minutes or so
2. fix whatever is generating the "You're listening to iTunes Radio" messages, up to seven times in a row. Yes - SEVEN
Then you can start thinking about better presentation of the good stuff you've done, and not before.
Stop fiddling with less-important stuff.
The important stuff is:-
1. expand the playlist so tunes do not repeat after twenty minutes or so
2. fix whatever is generating the "You're listening to iTunes Radio" messages, up to seven times in a row. Yes - SEVEN
Then you can start thinking about better presentation of the good stuff you've done, and not before.
If awareness is an issue then i suggest doing a stand alone app but still keeping the option of getting into itunes radio through the music app..I shuffle between itunes radio and my music quite a bit and would hate to exit out of the music app and open another app to do that.
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APparently it is , as even Pandora has struggled to get its radio out beyond 2 or 3 countries.
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APparently it is , as even Pandora has struggled to get its radio out beyond 2 or 3 countries.
acfusion29
macrumors 68040
how about make it available for canadians first
(yes i know i can use it if i have a US account but it's a pain switching accounts)
(yes i know i can use it if i have a US account but it's a pain switching accounts)
Technarchy
macrumors 604
This would be a good move since a big reason I continue to defer to Pandora first is ease of accessibility.
Now Apple needs to actually get their stations in line because at times it seems like they have no idea what genres should be played.
Now Apple needs to actually get their stations in line because at times it seems like they have no idea what genres should be played.
ghostface147
macrumors 601
You don't think they are working towards this? Licensing outside of the US is a bit more complicated. Here in the US you have the four major labels and it's done faster. Overseas, especially in europe...they all want different terms from country to country.
Personally, I am into this for one reason. I hate iTunes Radio. Sometimes in the morning I plug in my headphones, double click the mic button on the headphones and iTunes Radio starts. All data plans are capped here in Japan so I am trying to save data. Additionally, I think the algorithm of iTunes Radio is awful. Pandora and iTunes Radio slowly bring you up to more and more main stream stuff. For example put in Converge, soon you'll have deftones, and before you know it Limp bisket (barf). Last FM was the best, put in a band you like and they slowly take you underground and introduce you to new stuff!
So if I can just never have to deal with it or better yet not have install it or delete it with a jailbreak tweak.
Otherwise I agree that having the videos in the "iPod" app was better. I find that I use the video less now.
(I know some people like iTunes Radio and that is fine. Some people also like pandora which is fine too. For me it's spotify, last fm, soundcloud and grooveshark. Different needs.)
So if I can just never have to deal with it or better yet not have install it or delete it with a jailbreak tweak.
Otherwise I agree that having the videos in the "iPod" app was better. I find that I use the video less now.
(I know some people like iTunes Radio and that is fine. Some people also like pandora which is fine too. For me it's spotify, last fm, soundcloud and grooveshark. Different needs.)
rebrand iTunes
Its ridiculous to go to an online media store to buy and rent movies and videos and have it called iTunes.
So, how about re-branding iTunes as a radio/music only product and then come out with a new brand for Apple's walled media garden.
Its ridiculous to go to an online media store to buy and rent movies and videos and have it called iTunes.
So, how about re-branding iTunes as a radio/music only product and then come out with a new brand for Apple's walled media garden.
Gudi
Suspended
No it's not, its a feature of another app. And when it becomes standalone, we don't know, if it will be deletable (like the Podcast app) or not (like the Newsstand app). All we know is, the icon will move from inside the music app to right on the home screen.
iMessage is a standalone app. And SMS is a feature of it. Only for backward compatibility with feature phones and forward compatibility with non-apple smartphones. Otherwise SMS has no point to exist any longer. iMessage has replaced it, not integrated with it.
You might just get what you want.
Apple_Robert
Contributor
Either way is fine with me. My main gripe is what appears to be the limited selection of songs played.
Ludatyk
macrumors 604
Well, it's a feature... I don't care to use. Whereas if it will become a standalone app.. It would be an app I don't care to use.
I'm not trying to make a big deal out of it, it's not like if it's something that would push me away from using iDevices. But if this is gonna be such a WOW feature for iOS 8... I just hope that this doesn't take too much attention from other areas of the iOS that needs to be attended to... *hint* QuickReply 🙂
dannyyankou
macrumors Pentium
carjakester
macrumors 68020
please make it optional, the last thing i need is another one of these apps in a folder of shame.
QCassidy352
macrumors G5
How about 1) fixing the issue where a song can play more than once in very short order, and 2) making the new music finder half as good as pandora's? Do whatever you want with the icon because it's so inferior to pandora that I can't see why anyone would use it right now anyway.