I guess what I like about iTunes, though, is that I can have all of my music on my home computer as well as on my portable device (in this case, an iPod)... The interfaces are similar (and very intuitive) and both retain all of the information that each other manipulates/stores... From song playhead location to notes, genre, ratings, etc. -- it's all the same between both "devices." This is even more important for media such as podcasts... When I listen to a podcast on my iPod and then plug it into my computer, the playhead location is transfered during the sync -- so that I can continue listening on my computer, or vice versa. Then, when I delete the podcast on my computer, it deletes it from the iPod during the syncing process. So, every new (or old) podcast remains cohesive on both devices. What I'm wondering, is why hasn't something so elegant been created for portable devices other than the iPod yet... And, what if Nokia could partner with a company that is putting full-time hours into creating a viable competitor of iTunes? Tim --- Weblog ~ http://tim.samoff.com Baby Blog ~ http://kc.samoff.com Photography ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/timsamoff Music ~ http://www.adkoc.com ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: Adobe Media Player... From: Levi Bard To: "Tim" CC: maemo-users at maemo.org Date: 04/18/2007 12:09 pm > I'm writing, because I wonder if Nokia would ever considering partnering > with someone like Adobe in the attempt to make an "iTunes killer" of > sorts... It would be so nice to have a media app on IT and computer that > synced like iTunes does. Syncing doesn't necessarily have to be part of a media player app, particularly if it isn't necessary to drive device users to your online media store. ;-) It should be possible to create a PC app that detects USB connection, does some magic to check for a syncable device, and autosyncs. An independent wifi- or bluetooth-based sync module on either end should be doable as well. -- It doesn't take a nukular scientist to pronounce foilage! --Marge Simpson http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/attachments/20070418/993a7b80/attachment.htm
