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Originally Posted by Engine (Post 1439487)

.. in response to my comments on how to drag and drop from iTunes to a non-Apple device, dummy.

yeah but you didn't pay attention to the part I bolded.

Go back and re-read it.

I think I'll pass but it's all cool.

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire (Post 1439491)

They're pretty awful compared to high-end headphones, but they are absolutely not a POS. Maybe six or seven years ago they were terrible, but they're pretty good now. They even released new headphones for the 5S that are in-ear I believe.

I haven't tried the 5s buds, but my sister got them with her phone and said they're basically the same in quality. The earphones it comes with are comparable to something that would come in a child's toy package imo. I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree.

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Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1439456)

That is not even remotely true. I will not stand by idly and watch you slander their good names.

I have never owned an iPod and never will.

I had a creative Zen player a few years ago but once I had my Zune that was a wrap. I loved that device. Now I just drag and drop music onto my Nexus 7 until I get another Zune player.

They don't make the Zune any more. You can buy used, but you won't have any support from Microsoft, plus I don't even think the Zune store is still running.

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Originally Posted by Two Spirit (Post 1439553)

They don't make the Zune any more. You can buy used, but you won't have any support from Microsoft, plus I don't even think the Zune store is still running.

The Zune store is still running because I still use it to download music and I know about having to buy used. I will be getting a 120 GB one.

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Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1439556)

The Zune store is still running because I still use it to download music and I know about having to buy used. I will be getting a 120 GB one.

I wonder how they still make enough money out of the store considering they stopped Zune production three years ago.

They still make money from the subscription service.

My first zune lasted me seven years til I lost it. I am sure other people still have theirs.

every smart person knows that when Neil Young's Pono comes out, it will crush apple and their smelly ipods with its sheer quality alone.

rip itunes put it in the grave right now

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1439474)

Thanks Rostasi. I really appreciate you taking the time to explain it. But itunes does weird things, for me at any rate. A lot of it depends on the ID3 tags but if something is labelled as say Genesis for eight tracks out of ten and the last two are labelled differently (GENESIS or genesis or Genesus or whatever) it makes separate folders for those. I don't like the way it does that. I am someone who will never use itunes. I also hate the Genius thing on the sidebar and the attempts to try to sell you music as you browse. I don't like the way Album is always shown first and then Artiste and you can't change how that's displayed.

I could go on for hours about the things I hate about itunes. I'll never use it. I'd rather be the guy who has "Trollheart's Music Centre" on his hard disk than the guy with the "itunes" library. I just hate the bloody thing and nobody will ever change that. I'm very happy with my players and I don't need itunes or ipods in my life. If it works for you guys that's great but I'll stick with what I'm used to.

TH

I'm not trying to make you change or anything, if you're happy with what you use that's great, but none of the gripes you mentioned here are are actually problems with iTunes. If something is tagged wrong, you just fix it, which takes only a few seconds, and the problem is solved for good. Genius can be hidden if you don't like it. And it's not always "artist" then "album", you can sort by anything you want with a single click. You can also rearrange the columns into whatever order you want, turn them off or on, search by keywords, etc.

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1439433)

iTunes is just drag and drop too. I've never had to do any of the steps you're describing. If you don't want syncing, just turn it off.

Same, it's drag and drop. So easy. I have an iPod Nano which I still use as it's small with lots of gigs and my phone is Android so I just drop music from the original location into the music folder within the phone. Technology was designed to be this easy.