Re: Dead Zune Club

My Zune crashed hard the other day and I had to reinstall the firmware.  Now
it's working much better, even though the install said it failed.  The only
real problem is it is hard to keep it turned off, so if I don't keep it in a
box where nothing else can touch it and turn it on, the battery runs down.
 The lock mechanism does not work at all.  I abused it severely, it has been
dropped a number of times while biking at speed, and has been repeatedly
exposed to salt water, so I can't really complain.  But I need something
rock solid reliable and simple, and that does not expose me to cute crappy
software.

Mike

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Patrik Husfloen <[email protected]>wrote:

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> My main issue with my iPhone (and iPod before that), is that I _have_ to
> use iTunes to get music on there, and I can only use it on a single
> computer. (However, Spotify[0] has sort of solved this, but only for music).
>  But I use my idevice primarily for music, so being able to put new mp3s on
> there without hassle ranks pretty high in my book and iTunes definitely
> doesn't provide for that (even OTA purchases aren't handled nicely without
> an itunes sync afterwards).
>
> Patrik
>
> [0] It does however require that you use the Spotify app, which is pretty
> good, but not quite up to par with the built in music app. It is also
> limited to only playing your spotify tracks.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Geoff Taylor <geoff-lWeSnEeD/[email protected]>wrote:
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>> I don't particularly like iTunes, but so far I like some of the
>> alternatives even less.
>>
>> The Zune software's handling of podcasts seemed immature to me and it
>> didn't really seem to do what I wanted. All I really want it all to do is:
>> download podcast episodes, keep them around until I watch/listen to them on
>> my device, then delete them. This seemed beyond the capabilities of Zune
>> combined with Windows Phone 7 when I tried it.
>>
>> Android doesn't have any native podcast handling, as far as I can tell.
>> Now that I've given up on WP7, I have an Android device and I use
>> DoubleTwist to synchronise my music and podcasts. And again my really simple
>> requirements for podcast handling seem beyond its capabilities.
>>
>> There are quite a few other options for podcasts on Android though, I just
>> haven't tried them. Since I'm a bit behind on my TED Talk episodes, I'll
>> probably have to re-download around 2GB of video if I switch podcast client
>> now, so I won't switch lightly. I'd love to hear some recommendations for
>> good Android podcast client software if any of you have any good ones.
>>
>> So, my recommendation is to go with ipod+itunes - it's not great, but it
>> usually works OK.
>>
>>     Geoff
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:19 AM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>
>>> Where does a Zune fan go when his old school Zune finally starts acting
>>> up?  Zune HD, iPod, SanDisk?  Is iTunes really as nasty as people say?  I'm
>>> told the iPod is actually fine for podcast listening now, and even has a
>>> radio.  (And I'm probably several years out of date on that info.)  I only
>>> care about podcasts, radio, and music that I already own or buy from Amazon.
>>>  I would never use the store, sharing, games, internet, etc.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
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