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Do you think Tim Cook will bring about the features we've been asking for faster?
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I agree. Cook seems more into customer relations. Jobs was all about milking us for profit.
Calidude said:
I agree. Cook seems more into customer relations. Jobs was all about milking us for profit.
No, I don't think Cook's ideas will be incorporated for 3-4 years -
Don't you think Apple has devices being worked on and waiting to come out?
(like the flippin' iphone5)
If you knew anything about Jobs, he didn't give a crap about money. He did care about creating the best product. Now, sometimes this 'best product's' features don't bode well with the customers.
If Jobs really cared about creating the best product, he would have made iOS as powerful as OSX AND retain the same quality and speed instead of locking users into something you have to "jailbreak" to get true functionality out of.
I love my iPhone, but there's simply no excuse for the lack of things like a centralized filesystem.
Feature # 3 that I would like (file under app integration). I want to be able to click on an address in a non-apple app, and pull up the maps/gps software of my choice for navigation.
Android handles that wonderfully, I think apple can as well.
Android handles that wonderfully, I think apple can as well.
Some of the things mentioned, aren't really under the control of Tim. Certain things go completely off from what they've done, and they aren't likely to change that for a while. And, they have probably thought about how to incorporate features, but haven't found a good way to do so, so they've waited. People will constantly buy the iPhone, so they don't have much to worry about.
Hmm if anything it's easier to launch an app on android, because you have an alphabetically-sorted drawer where everything application is listed on one vertically scrolling screen. If you had an app on page 9 of your iOS home screens it would take longer to launch than something at the bottom of the list on android - quick flick of the finger would get you to the bottom of the app drawer.
As for having apps on the main home screen of ios, you can do the same on android.
Not really sure what your point was there.
No, the file system is what enables you to actually do things.
At this point anyone arguing that iTunes isn't more difficult to use than a file system would be is fricking crazy.
Just today I was speaking to a non-techy friend who is away from home for Christmas and wanted to get some CDs she'd purchased and some new podcasts on to her iPhone using her folk's computer. Is there any way to do it? No. With the file system this would be the easiest thing in the world.
The iTunes syncing paradigm has completely failed to move with the times. Sadly Apple's response instead of fixing it is to try and break OSX's file system too.
Phazer
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Yes. Just create a new user on her folks computer for her. Plug in her iPhone. Say yes to check for automatic downloads of previous purchased stuff (I think that's what it says. It's obvious anyway) then Goto the music tab and deselect sync music. I also on sunmary page select manually manage music and videos. Goto purchased in store. Clcik download previous purchases. Download from cloud.
Copy any CDs onto computer. Drag what ever she needs to phone. Any previous subscribed poscasts whould show in the left pane and be dragged over or will sync automatically. job done
That should automatically authorise the computer and sign her into iTunes store. If not just sign in plus authorise it.
Yes. Just create a new user on her folks computer for her. Plug in her iPhone. Say yes to check for automatic downloads of previous purchased stuff (I think that's what it says. It's obvious anyway) then Goto the music tab and deselect sync music. I also on sunmary page select manually manage music and videos. Goto purchased in store. Clcik download previous purchases. Download from cloud.
Copy any CDs onto computer. Drag what ever she needs to phone. Any previous subscribed poscasts whould show in the left pane and be dragged over or will sync automatically. job done
That should automatically authorise the computer and sign her into iTunes store. If not just sign in plus authorise it.
Congratulations, you've just wiped 4GB of purchased tracks from Amazon off her phone.
And you think the process here is easier than drag and drop?
iTunes does not play nicely with more than one computer. The correct fix for this would be to accept that any authorised computer can sync with the device without deleting the existing content. Instead we have the user unfriendly mess that is iCloud.
Phazer
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Well that doesn't happen when I do it. I never let iTunes sync. I select manually sync. That way it leaves what ever is in my phone. It only transfers to the computer purchased music. It won't transfer music I put on there from else where say someone else computer through itunes because that would be easy way to stealing. And it never did it when I put music on my sons iPod 4g from my itunes and then he set up on another computer. So not sure why it went wrong for her.
You can authorise 5 computers. So all five look and behave the same as the one you use at home. It should be identical. That's how it all works for us.
Well that doesn't happen when I do it. I never let iTunes sync. I select manually sync. That way it leaves what ever is in my phone. It only transfers to the computer purchased music. It won't transfer music I put on there from else where say someone else computer through itunes because that would be easy way to stealing. And it never did it when I put music on my sons iPod 4g from my itunes and then he set up on another computer. So not sure why it went wrong for her.
You can authorise 5 computers. So all five look and behave the same as the one you use at home. It should be identical. That's how it all works for us.