 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to en102
Re: Nice to see... said by en102:I can upload my own mp3s for free on the iPhone - when did that occur? Also, I shouldn't need a 'service' to sync. Should be able to a) plug it into a PC / Mac / Linux box and xfer data b) ftp/scp/rsync data off over the web c) email / calendar sync (IMAP or POP client) These basic apps/functionality should be included, and a service can make use of them if you want to pay for it. Eg. I should be able to rsync to my own Linux box / Mac or Windows box running cygwin (or another rsync compatible shell). You can sync your MP3's to iTunes and then sync your iPhone. You seriously didn't know you could do that?
A) You can do that, see my screenshot.
B) Jailbreak your phone and you can do this as well
C) I can do POP/IMAP/Exchange, as well as Gmail, etc. I currently use 1 Exchange, 1 IMAP and my GMail account. I sync contacts, calendar, and tasks over the air. |
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 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | I have a Tilt - never used an iPhone (too crippling w/o Jailbreak for me).
I thought that there was some sort of issue in pulling down mp3s/pictures/video across (i.e. making mp3s into ringtones).
I understand apps can't sync w/o iTunes, and Java won't run - that's an Apple restriction (probably for the same reason as scp/ftp,etc.) |
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | said by en102:I have a Tilt - never used an iPhone (too crippling w/o Jailbreak for me). I thought that there was some sort of issue in pulling down mp3s/pictures/video across (i.e. making mp3s into ringtones). I understand apps can't sync w/o iTunes, and Java won't run - that's an Apple restriction (probably for the same reason as scp/ftp,etc.) When you connect an iPhone to iTunes it offers to scan your music for songs it can make ringtones out of.
Apps can sync without iTunes. Actually, you can buy them over the air, along with music and with 3.0, movies. You may be confusing that with backing up apps? You have to have iTunes for that.
You're right about Java, but that hasn't been an issue yet and FWIW, I had to hack Java onto my WinMo phone too as there wasn't an official WinMo Java distribution. |
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en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Interesting.. not that I'm a WinMo fan, but I've had 'Hockey Night In Canada' as a ringtone for my past Motorola phones, and my HTC Tilt. Never had to get it from a 'ringtone vendor' or scan it.
Similarly, Java came with the HTC Tilt, and a few apps (demo) were with it.
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | said by en102:Interesting.. not that I'm a WinMo fan, but I've had 'Hockey Night In Canada' as a ringtone for my past Motorola phones, and my HTC Tilt. Never had to get it from a 'ringtone vendor' or scan it. Similarly, Java came with the HTC Tilt, and a few apps (demo) were with it. I think some manufacturers license a JVM to include on their phones. WinMo doesn't include one but IBM and Sun do sell them. There was a free one you can download and install, but it was an awful experience trying to get it installed and a lot of the newer apps didn't work.
The scan that iTunes offers has never found a song that couldn't be used as a ringtone, but I imagine that perhaps if a record company wanted to restrict a song purchased through iTunes as such, the iTunes DRM supports it. I have about 10GB of music, probably $500 or so that's been purchased directly through iTunes. |
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