On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 15:38 -0400, Brian K. White wrote:
On 8/17/2011 9:02 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Roger Oberholtzer
[08-17-11 08:28]: On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 07:23 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
I plug my Motorola Android Atrix into a usb port and access as an external drive. Then I can use mc or ... to copy music directly from one device to the other.
Indeed this works. But I have over 5000 tunes on the device at a time. And this is a subset of what is available. Of course I could copy/delete tracks by hand. But it seems a step backwards. Heck, next you'll tell me I do this at the command line! :) :)
it's quite possible and I am sure you know how or could find out quickly. Doesn't amarok allow access to external devices? There is the sorting and cataloging you desire.
So really, since it hasn't appeared in the discussion by now, the take away is that there really is nothing good ...
[STUFF DELETED - REFER TO ORIGINAL POST] I basically agree with your summary. It answers the question: just why is iTunes so popular? It sync's everything. Not just music. And it does it well and with flexibility. Of course, Apple control both ends of the connection, so compatibility comes free. But they still have made an app that makes keeping the device in sync oddly simple. gtkpod was heading that way. But I think when the iPod databases changed in newer devices, gtkpod lost steam. Too bad. My next step is to see how best to sync each component between phone, pc, and where appropriate, web.
Funambol seems closest, or go all-in with google but use the google take-out a lot to keep a local copy up to date. Just use the online service (of your choice) as the clearing house, not as storage.
That is my current approach with my iPod and Nokia phone, both being replaced by the Android phone. And I see no reason to change this with an Android device - even if it makes Google so easy for this. So, thanks all for the input. I like to read strong opinions so equally strongly defended. Amazing how we all take our software so seriously. But I guess that is why we are all here in the first place. Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer@ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org