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The iPhone sucks as an iPod...
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Soo.. you don't like the iPod app because it doesn't have crossfade? And that's the same menu as the iPod touch. If you're really going to complain about that, just get an iPod classic.
Has any iPod ever had crossfade?
My only issue is there is no scrolling text. I would like to see the full title of a song before choosing... many songs are live versions where the (Live) at the end of the title is cut off, so I'm always guessing.
Physical buttons isn't a complaint, but it is something I miss. I wish there was a case with remote buttons integrated.
But I love the iPod function of my iPhone. The iPod was the selling point of the first iPhone for me.
My only issue is there is no scrolling text. I would like to see the full title of a song before choosing... many songs are live versions where the (Live) at the end of the title is cut off, so I'm always guessing.
Physical buttons isn't a complaint, but it is something I miss. I wish there was a case with remote buttons integrated.
But I love the iPod function of my iPhone. The iPod was the selling point of the first iPhone for me.
It doesn't seem any different to me really. Just got the iPhone 4 last week, and was using an iPod Touch 1st gen before.
I think the iPod app is one of the most under rated features of the iPhone. It's the main reason I own an iPhone.
If you mark the tracks as part of a gapless album, I believe crossfade is turned off when the tracks are played in order, and then crossfaded when shuffled.
The reason its not been implemented is likely some sort of battery strain or something.
Exactly, and it's the main reason I stay with the iPhone, if it wasn't for the iPod I may have been more tempted to try out another smartphone.
For me, it's the idiotic syncing process that kills music on the iPhone. It's ironic that I listened to music because of owning iPods and iPhones. In our cars, now we only listen to the radio or we listen to CDs.
At least I kept a Creative Zen Stone, which is what the Shuffle should have always been.
At least I kept a Creative Zen Stone, which is what the Shuffle should have always been.
I don't have a problem with the iPod app. While I like the Zune HD's file management and player better (sans lack of progress bar) the iPhone's iPod app works fine for me. For purely music, I still pop open my Zune HD cuz it sounds better.
But I always have my iPhone on me and it works good enough for me to be happy with it. Lack of crossfade is a kind of annoying, but I can live with it. One thing I would like to point out, when you say iPod, you really mean Classic or Nano. The iPod touch uses basically the same software and hardware, so I was a bit confused at first until you reference your nano.
But I always have my iPhone on me and it works good enough for me to be happy with it. Lack of crossfade is a kind of annoying, but I can live with it. One thing I would like to point out, when you say iPod, you really mean Classic or Nano. The iPod touch uses basically the same software and hardware, so I was a bit confused at first until you reference your nano.
That's true. However, it's still an iPod and that's what my mind naturally to the touch since that's the one that's most discussed when I talk about iPods.
Really?
Well anyway the iPod Nano is a much better iPod than the iPhone.
I wonder if the new iPod Nano is going to use the same sucky iPod app iPhone uses though.
The iPod app for the iPhone is a simple music player for people who like things simple. If you want more features try Cue Play DJ, however this is not an iPod like app. I like to be able to tweak the music little more than the iPod allows, so I live with some of the limitations of Cue Play DJ. At home I never use iTunes to play music, I use Traktor or Numark DJ. Looks fantastic on a 65 inch TV.
Yes. Really. I haven't though about the iPod Nano since i got my iPod 5G, and that was a while ago.
But past that, I heard it isn't iOS. Weather it's the iPod App, it doesn't quite look like it. I think they are using a stripped down version of iOS and modified it to be music friendly.
it's the best ipod I've ever had, and I've had ipods since the first release. Honestly, there's just no pleasing some people.