Can iPhone give the music functionality I want?
by Mark Palmos
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Jun 21, 2008 at 9:00:58 am
Hello all,
I'm a Nokia n95 user, but its not great for MP3's. I have owned many MP3 players, never an apple, largely due to the proprietory cable and the inability to drag and drop album folders directly from any computer directly into a folder in the MP3 player with album art, reviews etc all included in one drop. (Cowon D2 is great and sounds GREAT!!!)
But, i carry two things in my pocket, and would love to have a phone which REALLY did what I would like as an MP3 player... so does the iphone allow me to:
1/ drag and drop a folder containing an album of mp3 files directly from your desktop to a folder on the iphone (i have a passionate hate for using **** like itunes or taking any unnecessary step like that)
2/ view an offline html page which is also contained in that folder while listening to the music that is in that folder
3/ follow links in that html page either taking you to the web while listening to music, or to local, self contained links.
all the other stuff, push, pull, gps etc are bells and whistles, this music functionality is my #1 requirement - after that it can dial people!
Re: Can iPhone give the music functionality I want? by Zane Barker on Jun 24, 2008 at 4:20:08 am
[Mark Palmos]"1/ drag and drop a folder containing an album of mp3 files directly from your desktop to a folder on the iphone (i have a passionate hate for using **** like itunes or taking any unnecessary step like that) "
Nope sorry every thing goes through iTunes, it is the easiest way to make it user friendly for the majority of people.
[Mark Palmos]"2/ view an offline html page which is also contained in that folder while listening to the music that is in that folder
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Again sorry, no offline viewing of an HTML page, maybe there will be a 3rd party application with the new iPhone software, we wont know what 3rd party apps will be available on the iPhone App Store until they are actually available.
There are no "technical solutions" to your "artistic problems".
Don't let technology get in the way of your creativity!
Re: Can iPhone give the music functionality I want? by Mark Palmos on Jun 24, 2008 at 6:16:01 am
hi (again) zane!
a rather large bummer here.
it's my dream mp3 player/phone to be able to have simple drag and drop functionality via usb as well as html viewing... so I can download allmusic.com reviews and biographies to read while listening. I really miss that about vinyl or even cd - having something to connect my other senses to the music while listening.
Re: Can iPhone give the music functionality I want? by Zane Barker on Jun 24, 2008 at 7:00:31 am
Give iTunes a try I think you will like it, it makes keeping your music organized so much easier. You can bring in your mp3's from any source, like allmusic.com. Besides making playlists in iTunes makes the music experience so much better.
As for the html thing someone may come out with some thing, but as far as needing it offline, on the iphone remember there is no such thing as off line, you are always connected with ether 3G or Edge. So as far as I see it there is really no need for an offline thing to view web pages.
There are no "technical solutions" to your "artistic problems".
Don't let technology get in the way of your creativity!
Re: Can iPhone give the music functionality I want? by Mark Palmos on Jun 24, 2008 at 8:11:56 am
[Zane Barker] Give iTunes a try"
hey zane,
i have tried itunes, and for me it is a mediocre mp3 player - pc products like winamp and media monkey are better mp3 players for me, and for music library, i use catraxx, a gazillion times more powerfull than winamp, itunes or any player - but thats for a library.
i like to keep my offline mp3 files on a hard drive and drag and drop folders to the mp3 player as i want, so each folder contains properly tagged audio files, with text files to read while listening (which is why i would want html instead) and some other album art to view full screen while listening too. This way it is neat and tidy and could not be easier to manage, just drag and drop a folder, with no need for any clunky syncing of all the bits and pieces contained in the folder to special places on the mp3 player... text goes here, images go there, music goes here, video goes here...
reason for offline html is poor phone coverage in the uk on my train line, tunnels, the underground, and the fact i will almost certainly not use O2 as my provider, so would hack the iphone if i got one, so it may not be "on all the time"
