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Re: [Rant] Ipods are Garbage

reply to r81984
i am a runner and iPod is my personal trainer. I am programmer and it's my USB. I love music and it's my music players.

I have had the same iPod for five years. still going strong. our relationship is stronger than all the women i've been with

reply to r81984
There's no one that thinks iTunes ISN'T a steaming pile. It's really unfortunate that Apple hasn't redone it yet. I expect that with Jobs out of the picture, it's coming sooner rather than later.

I will say that in a single-user, single-computer situation without special considerations, the iPhone/iPad/iPod works wonderfully well.

The issues always come up when trying to do something that the device and its accompanying software is not designed to do.

And I'm going to be completely frank here - I prefer having iTunes load music on the device than doing it the old-style way with drag-and-drop to the disk. I'd prefer having a better, less buggy version of iTunes, but have no qualms about it as a media management product.
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Question: If you buy non-itunes songs for your non-apple players, are there limits on how many devices you can put that song on? Doesn't itunes only allow like 5 devices?
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There is no longer any DRM on the music downloaded from the iTunes Store.

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reply to r81984
I have all music on a NAS drive.
I have a couple devices that play music via 'file system', so for those devices, I can just browse to the music drive and drag/drop the music I want onto the device.
for example, a fairly basic MP3 player, or a USB key I can then stick into my car stereo unit.
I like that - easy and 'just plays'.

I also have iTunes on a couple computers pointed to that NAS drive as the library. So if I want to 'sync' my Touch (rev1), I fire up iTunes and add/remove that way, or want to sync the wife's older Shuffle, same thing.
It's kinda annoying, but is a good way to manage everything.

If I want to rip a CD to the library, I generally use iTunes since it's given me decent results, and then it's auto-added to the library. I just ensure the rip goes to the NAS drive.

I DO NOT let iTunes 'manage' the library. Tried that once. Not an organization I cared for, at all.

I have a first gen Apple TV. Kinda sucks cause it pretty much requires connection to iTunes running on another computer. But, I do that - I have a Mac Mini running iTunes, pointed to the music (and movie) NAS drive, always on. Apple TV can then pull all those media files to the TV.

SO overall, iTunes works well for what I need it for...BUT I am VERY glad for my more common uses, I have devices that just do simple file-reads too.

(was that too long?

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reply to r81984
I love my first gen 40g ipod. I never used itunes, 'cept once to load an mp3 to get the db file needed then used other apps that need not be installed, just an exe from the ipod and it works just like a usb drive, drag n drop's just fine.
Wife's new ipod does samething as well as the videos, photos, etc etc all working fine for drag n drop..
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reply to r81984
I never understand the ipod/iphone/ipad rants. who cares if you don't like the idevices and/or itunes!

there are dozens of MP3 players and smartphones that have the functionality you need. do you also like to complain about how compact sedans don't have large truck beds or how water just doesn't have any flavor?
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reply to ironwalker
FYI, this works on all spinning hard drive based iPods only.

reply to r81984
I finally got my free Ipod 3 from a vendor from the Oil and Technology Conference. I won their raffle.
Ipad 3 w/ 16GB
It sells for $500.
I am going to try an see if it can be used for work in a more productive way or to at least eliminate paper spreadsheets.

I was at work and I try to turn it on and it is useless without an internet connection or itunes. Itunes does not install on XP 64 bit.
Luckily I have Virtual Box for older dos/32 only programs, so I installed Itunes there and set it up. It is no different than any other tablet except for the itunes crutch.

After I went home. I spend about an hour doing all of this:
I jail broke it. Installed iWork, notes plus, tomtom GPS, exchange email, citrix client.
I have to find a touch screen optimized program for SAP, but I can use it through citrix.

I got access for it on my company's wifi/VPN (Full coverage in our offices and shops).
We shall see if it can be used for business.
I already have a bluetooth mini keyboard/touch mouse that I can use with it, if needed.
I will try to have it linked lived to our production schedules.

First thought I dont think a touch screen will be as easy or productive as a keyboard an mouse for most tasks, so the increase productivity will be only in being able to easily take it with you and doing work slower, but away from your desk on the fly.

Also I will have to see how compatible iWork is with office and to see if a touch screen can still be easy to insert pictures into work documents and tables and then format everything.
Also I hope it can link directly to windows directory shares for storage, I have not tried yet.
I guess I can always just to use it just to remote desktop.

I will say as soon as I can install windows on this I will.
Hopefully windows 8 arm can be installed after it is fully released.

Also I guess as long as I avoid using itunes for anything I will never have problems I had with ipods.
I still find it funny I think Apple sucks and I got a free Ipad.

Also, Apple is pathetic. Everything is stamped with "Designed in California" Made in China lol.
For what they charge for these devices they should be making them with US labor.
If we wanted China labor we could buy any other tablet with the same or better specs for half the price.
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reply to r81984
It's a bit ironic really.

The passion of Apple was to go up against big brother because they didn't like how big brother was doing things. Now they are doing whatever they can to be big brother (or have been for quite some time). Hhmm...
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I wish I won a new MS surface tablet.
»www.theverge.com/2012/6/18/30941···s-tablet
That is how you make a tablet.
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