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Regarding no UI changes in iOS 6
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This. iOS is unique in the fact that the GUI is solid and only needs minor tweaks here and there.
Android is maturing nicely and Windows Phone becoming something of it's own as Microsoft give some freedom on the icon size on the home screen.
That only works if I have manual management on, and to enable that, itunes wants to erase my on phone library first...
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I do not want to have my itune libraries synced! My desktop has a lot of space and a lot of music, I don't want all those gigs of music on my laptop! I just want to add 1 song to my phone.
If your solution is pay 25bucks a year and have a ton of music on your laptop that you don't want otherwise, I believe we are way past "easy".
That makes more sense and I'd be inclined to agree actually. My iPad 1 is slow as ****** at the moment.
I totaly agree with you! I am a big apple fan, BUT iTunes is the worst thing happend to mankind! Over the years I have bit by bit successfully managed to free myself from iTunes. I still own and use an iphone! Here is what I did:
Movies: I use goodplayer as the videoplayer in iOS (transfer movies over WIFI, SMB, WebDav, Upnp and alot more...). For streaming I use air video, the best streaming app on iOS IMHO.
Music: I don´t use the built in music app (because I want to be free of itunes)
Instead I use Google Music which is a free service (20 000 songs). I uploaded all my music to Google Music from my desktop computer which is always syncing till Google music. When i download a new song, it uploads the song to google music. So i use an google music app on iOS called "Melodies". In this app I can access my entire music library and stream it. If I want to save songs locally on my iPhone I can choose which song/songs I want to save just by clicking a button to save it. When I want to change songs or add a song I just start the app and "unmark" the song I want to change and choose another to save localy. This is by far the best sollution I´ve done for myself to never see itunes again.
That sounds so much easier than using iTunes.
It's supereasy!
If you don't live in the U.S. You have to use a workaround the first time you register for the service.
Here is a guide I used:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/19/how-to-use-google-music-from-anywhere-yes-outside-of-the-unit/
Why should you pay for iTunes match when you can use google music for free?
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It's supereasy!
If you don't live in the U.S. You have to use a workaround the first time you register for the service.
Here is a guide I used:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/19/how-to-use-google-music-from-anywhere-yes-outside-of-the-unit/
Why should you pay for iTunes match when you can use google music for free?
dont pay. just use manual management. Also, that doesnt work for someone who has a ipod or ipad wifi or who doesnt have unlimited internet
Really????.. Maybe you should tell apple..
http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/
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It's supereasy!
It's many things... but SUPEREASY is not one of them...
It's supereasy!
Why should you pay for iTunes match when you can use google music for free?
I had probably 20 or more CD's that were imported into iTunes that skipped, Now I got to re-download the new AAC files from iTunes match. 20 CD's x around $10 each = $200. iTunes Match $24.99.
$24.99 / 12 Months = $2.08 a month, i spend more money that that a day on home made coffee.
The skipping files would still skip if streamed from Google because you are uploading a bad file.
It´s the manual magagement with iTunes that alot of us don´t want to "fight" with. You´re wrong about that it doesn´t work for people with iPad Wifi or iPod.
When you´re online with your ipad or ipod or whatever you can use the wireless network to transfer the songs you want without using up your dataplan. What is the problem? Google music also offers the possibility to sync over 3G if you have unlimited dataplan which iTunes does not. You have to sync over Wifi or with cable connected to the computer. It doesn´t matter what you say, iTunes is NOT a better alternativ. It is wrong in so many ways...
Of course there are benefits in both google music and itunes match, but the "issue" here is iTunes and the situation where you want to add a song from another computer if your "primary" computer is not accessable at the moment.
Itunes match is an alternative if:
* you want to pay $25 a year
* the service is offered in your country (I don´t know any workarounds)
Or you can choose Google music:
* for free
* There are workarounds if you live outside U.S.
Skipping files is indeed a "problem". I myself can´t upload 75 songs out of my 12 000 songs that got uploaded. Still I can live with that, but maybe that´s just me. Also...I hate AAC because it doesn´t work everywhere. So for me it´s not an advantage to be able to redownload the songs in AAC. But better to be able to listen to it than not i guess...
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What is not easy with google music?
i wish apple would open the api of the notification center for devs so they can add their widgets to the notification center. the notification center looks pretty pathetic yet full of potential on the iPad for example, there's not even weather to display
adding more random apps and calling it a new "OS" is kinda "meh", i could just download one of those billion "wallet apps" on the appstore if i need it.
Notification Icons (e.g. an envelope icon for mails) in the status bar, live weather displaying on the weather app icon, unlimited apps in one folder (why apple limits this is beyond me), putting apps ANYWHERE on the screen, quick access to certain settings is all i'm really asking for but unless apple comes up with a solution; "jailbreak" it is.
adding more random apps and calling it a new "OS" is kinda "meh", i could just download one of those billion "wallet apps" on the appstore if i need it.
Notification Icons (e.g. an envelope icon for mails) in the status bar, live weather displaying on the weather app icon, unlimited apps in one folder (why apple limits this is beyond me), putting apps ANYWHERE on the screen, quick access to certain settings is all i'm really asking for but unless apple comes up with a solution; "jailbreak" it is.
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free for the first year...and free technically if all of your music was purchased on iTunes as iCloud will carry those across all devices.... So neh..
Yes, Google Play (Music) is all well and good, I use it plus iTunes Match, but until Google release a dedicated Google Play app for iOS, we have to put up with crappy apps like "Melodies"
GMusic is quite good, but all the apps which allow streaming from Google Play are nowhere near as good as the native music app in terms of smoothness and reliability.
What is not easy? Well the work arounds if your outside of the USA are painful, and you've already highlighted issue of skipping tracks. Many things, but easy is stretching it...
The work arounds are hardly simple.
Paying €20 to Apple is much simpler.
Here is a video of some of the iOS 6 features. Not particularly impressive.
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I'm in the US and I have used both services. My take, for day to day listening, iTunes Match is the clear winner. It always works and starts quickly. I can't say the same for Google Music. And $25/year is nothing. That's $2.08/month for something that works so well I forget most of my music isn't on my iPhone.
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I've been using iOS 6 for a while and while it's really just a refinement (makes the solid iOS 5 status bar look ancient) there are definitely features I use multiple times a day like Share Sheets (as useful as the inclusion of copy & paste years ago), updating apps not requiring a password or kicking you out to the home screen, the new Maps navigation (love the simplicity, I realize some may have a dedicated app), and a major life changer, Do Not Disturb, which is great because the phone no longer wakes my wife up when it buzzes at night.
It's definitely not a major update but I wouldn't want to go back to iOS 5.x now that I've been using it.
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Cheers! Thanks for the suggestion, I'll definitely check it out, wasn't aware of Melodies or the Google Music service.
I am not saying that is easy to use the workarounds, but saying it is easy to use the google music service.
Paying for iTunes match is simpler but what if the service is not offered in your country? Then what? Not the entire world live in U.S
Yes but iTunes match service is offered in far more countries than google music...
I'm in Ireland. No google music either. However we do have iTunes match.
Besides with iTunes match you can you not simply create an American account, top it up with an iTunes gift card and buy iTunes match that way.
I live in Sweden, a country which has neither of the services mentioned.
The easiest way IS to use google music because it requires the same work around you´re talking about but with less steps and free (To create an american account you have to use som kind of VPN service). Also...as much as I love apple and its products, I can´t stand iTunes. So iTunes Match is no good for me in many ways.
I am not saying Google music is better than iTunes Match, I am saying it´s a better alternative for ME and for many people in the same situation. I believe the solution I´ve made for myself is realy easy to use and flexible.
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