One of the reasons I held off buying an iPhone was because there were no hardware buttons to pause/rewind while listening to podcasts and audiobooks, during which I have to rewind a lot.
I was really hoping the 3GS's headphone buttons would allow rewinding (not just previous track!) and pausing. At least there's pausing (already available with the old iPhone headset--squeeze the microphone). In addition to the problem of not being able to control REW/FF without looking at the screen, if I'm walking/running, the screen often ROTATES to album view so those buttons aren't even available! (And it's hard to get back to the controls
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Having the volume up/down buttons are perfect for controlling not only volume (press or press-and-hold) but ALSO next/prev track (double-press) and FF/REW (press, then press-and-hold).
The ability to control the audio via the headphone buttons would add an amazing amount of functionality for me. It could even be an option that could be turned on in Settings (hopefully in addition to disabling album view from Now Playing).
Until some point at which Apple might incorporate this functionality, is there perhaps a program which manages headphone remote button presses via a jailbreak app that might allow this? (I know one can't break a 3GS yet, but it's a reason I might jailbreak mine when it becomes available!)
I was really hoping the 3GS's headphone buttons would allow rewinding (not just previous track!) and pausing. At least there's pausing (already available with the old iPhone headset--squeeze the microphone). In addition to the problem of not being able to control REW/FF without looking at the screen, if I'm walking/running, the screen often ROTATES to album view so those buttons aren't even available! (And it's hard to get back to the controls
)Having the volume up/down buttons are perfect for controlling not only volume (press or press-and-hold) but ALSO next/prev track (double-press) and FF/REW (press, then press-and-hold).
The ability to control the audio via the headphone buttons would add an amazing amount of functionality for me. It could even be an option that could be turned on in Settings (hopefully in addition to disabling album view from Now Playing
).Until some point at which Apple might incorporate this functionality, is there perhaps a program which manages headphone remote button presses via a jailbreak app that might allow this? (I know one can't break a 3GS yet, but it's a reason I might jailbreak mine when it becomes available!)