Hi i would like to use my Wizard as my main Media Device, i have an old ipod mini but i would like to have the same features as the ipod for podcast on my wizard.
As of now i use Juice (former Ipodder) and sync my podcasts with windows Media Player ---> this soulution stinks, ints buggy as hell and far to slow, the podcast in the media library get updated far to slowly, an sometimes it misses new entries...
I would like a program that sits on my desktop and has the ability to sync podcast seamlessly with my wizard and vidcasts to i can`t just sync the folder were i download all that stuff becouse it de vidcast ar far to big for my one gigger miniSD so i need a programm that takes the .avi (divx) or MPG4 and recodes them for my wizard!
PLEASE help me i am getting so pissed of by Windows Media Player
When you find a solution, let me know! I would like exactly the same thing. I am currently doing similiar to you, downloading podcasts/vidcasts with PodNova and then synching them using Windows Media Player. The problem I face is that WMP doesn't support m4v files, so I can't even get those files to sync using the WMP auto playlist synching. Boooo.
Have you tried Skookum Subscriber?
I've know of two programs for podcatching directly on the PPC:
Skookum Subscriber is in beta and looks like it has some potential, but truth be told I haven't tried it out yet:
http://www.skookummobile.com/index.html
There's also SmartFeed. I've used it for about a month now and it's OK but the UI is a bit wonky: It doesn't work with the keyboard on the SX66, you can't move between podcasts using the navigation pad, there's no way (that I've found) to select multiple podcasts for deletion, and after deleting a podcast nothing is selected by default which forces you to tap on another podcast to do anything.
http://smartfeed.org/
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I've been wanting to get a subscription service that will stream to mobile devices (I mainly use Rhapsody on my pc, and it too will NOT work with mobile devices even though you have the option to use it through a browser-based interface) so I read your post and signed up for the 30 days trial, and sure enough it works over 3G as well.
The only problem I have is when I go to the main page through PIE on my Tytn, it automatically goes to a mobile version of the site, and I can only select certain artists that have been pre-selected based on my genre settings. There is a search line at the top where you can enter artist or album, but there is no Enter or Go button, and pressing Enter on the keyboard does nothing. In other words, I can't navigate to any specific artist, I can only listen to the pre-selected ones. Do you know how to get that search bar to work? If I go to the page on my desktop pc, the interface is totally different and getting to a specific artist is no problem.
I'm not sure what to tell you on the WMP thing... I have no issues with WMP thus far...
Neither of you have tried orb? I can't say enough about it...all of your mp3's on your PC at home are available to you on your phone 24/7. The only drawback is getting the mp3's and always leaving your PC on. It works the same way- you choose your song and it streams to WMP. This will also work for Videos and TV (with the proper setup, slinbox is far better though).
I haven't had any problems with this using wmp.
Patman,
Yes I do have Orb and use it quite a bit, and I do love it!! I stream my music and my recorded TV from my media center pc at home. BUT, the reason I wanted a subscription-based service on my phone is because you can stream any song, any artist any time. I own about 6,000 mp3's that are on my harddrive on my pc at home that I can stream on Orb, but with a subscription-based music service like AOL or Rhapsody, I have the choice of about 2.5 million songs, on-demand, at my fingertips.
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Patman,
Yes I do have Orb and use it quite a bit, and I do love it!! I stream my music and my recorded TV from my media center pc at home. BUT, the reason I wanted a subscription-based service on my phone is because you can stream any song, any artist any time. I own about 6,000 mp3's that are on my harddrive on my pc at home that I can stream on Orb, but with a subscription-based music service like AOL or Rhapsody, I have the choice of about 2.5 million songs, on-demand, at my fingertips.
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Yeah I figured there was a reason.
Does it cost anything per song, or is it a time-based ($xx.00/month) service?
I'm glad others are interested. Subscription music means you pay a flat fee per month (usually around $10) and you can listen to any artist, any album, any song in their entire library whenever and (hopefully soon) wherever you want. It's the holy grail IMO as far as portable music. Especially when you don't want an iPod/MP3 Player, but rather a convergence device like this. The problem is that the flash memory is very slow, and very space limited. Streaming music from a subscription service is the way to go. Orb is a great idea, but you still have to download the songs first. Me personally, I'm fed up with downloading organizing and managing music files. It's just become tedious. I'd rather have a jukebox available at all times with every artist in existence. In other words, I'm sick of collecting music. The new technology has made me look past that.
As I mentioned, AOL Music Now is the only web based service, thus the only one that can work on Windows Mobile (Rhapsody has a web browser plugin but it only works on certain desktop browsers).
Good news though. I just discovered (or is it brand new?) that Music Now supports RSS feeds. This could really be the answer to a having a solid experience using the streaming from a subscription music service on a PPC.
You can save an RSS feed of just about anything. All the artists in your library, your playlists, all the albums, all the songs, top 20 lists, etc.
I'm about to try and find an RSS reader for WM5 that might make this a reality. Even if one doesn't exist that works well, the RSS provides an open source for others to make a music browser type interface. Who knows what will happen. One could potentially make a program for WM that reads the RSS feeds and lets you browse, select, and play music much like the interface on an iPod or something. The difference being you have up to 2 million songs to choose from at any given time.
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Hello,
I have tried searching but have not found anything within this forum, probably 'cos I am a SFU. ;¬)
Anyhow, is there a way that I can get iTunes Podcast subscription and download functionality on my HTC Nike?
I am hoping to find (or be told of) an application that I can view a catalogue of podcasts, subscribe to them, have them auto downloaded to my PC and then the next time I sync my Nike the podcasts are uploaded to my phone so that I can watch them off line (when on the train)
I use my iPod for music (easily done on the Nike) and for video podcasts and I would like to do it all via the Nike.
Any thoughts?
TIA
Cuch
also intrested of podcast.... anybody?
I have been digging around and it looks like searching under PoadCAST is not the correct thing to do. Search under PodCATCHER and you will find a few apps.
Have also discovered that I can simply copy the vid/podcasts onto my memory card and all is well.
I belive that you could go someway in doing this via Windows Media Player on your PC, but have not had enough time to dig further.
HTH
Im looking for a good dedicated podcast app. Im looking for something the will automatically download a certain amount of podcast and support different type of podcast types. streaming downloads would be a plus. Thanks for any of your help.
Have you tried Kinoma? I love that program.
Also there is an RSS reader that allows you to link to podcasts but i'm not sure what is called.
Kinoma Play and the Podcast-friendly RSS Hub are a great combination.
Thanks guys these work awesome!
BeyondPod is [imo] the best free podcast/rss app for winmo.
beyond pod saves your place when you stop listening to a podcast, do any other apps do that? rss hub does not unless you leave media player in the background when you do something else.
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beyond pod saves your place when you stop listening to a podcast, do any other apps do that? rss hub does not unless you leave media player in the background when you do something else.
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...but if you use MortPlayer to play the files, it can save your place as well as having various other benefits (key remapping, for example)
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Kinoma Play and the Podcast-friendly RSS Hub are a great combination.
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agreed. I have used this combo for a while now, i actually upgraded to kinoma play (the free one is kinoma freeplay) because i liked it so much.
I agree on Beyondpod - it is great. For RSS I prefer SPB News - more finger friendly and does a better job of DLing the entire article instead of just the teaser.
I use pocket player 4.1, its not free but its a great player for streaming podcasts, you can even search the directories for the music, big downside is it is a battery junkkie and tends to heat up the phone, i leave my phone plugged in charging at work with a fan pointed straight at it when i'm using it. if i turn off the app and reopen it does go to last listened podcast, or music, but does not start from where it left off. however it does allow you to skip through the podcast which other players may not allow you to do. here's a link to conduits website where you can download a demo version to check it out. http://www.conduits.com/products/player/download.asp
Hi all,
After 5 years of Apple (not a fanboy) I've had enough, seen the specs for the S4 & some of its features and feel it's time to change.
I've bought every version of the iPhone since the 3G, que'd up or pre ordered every new release but now........ I've just lost interest the iphone is beautiful to look at, but features & inovation have deserted the iphone. So I've pre ordered a S4 which I will hopefully get on release day here in the UK, so for when it arrives I have a few questions
All my tunes & songs are in itunes, will I be able to transfer them, With album art etc?
Currenty use Atomic Floyd earbuds, so can make & recieve calls & skip tracks on the move (cycling) can I buy the same for S4
Books, can I transfer to the S4
I'm quite a user of emoji on my iphone, just in text. this standard in android?
I know I'm going to lose a load of apps, but I'm sat here looking through my iphone & hardly use any of them anyway lol, Just cant wait to bluetooth songs & pics, have files on my phone (in folders) i can access/amend/email just freedom to do these things Apple strangle!, not to mention expandable memory, battery swapping, playing AVI's without converting & pissing about in itunes......
Looking forward to an actual upgrade, something new
all itunes music is compatible with the stock S4 music player, yes with cover art and tags
I'm not sure about the earbuds, but those features SHOULD work
not sure about books either, are they DRM protected?
and even though I'm not sure, I think the stock messaging app does support emoji,
but even if it doesn't, you're free to install another one
Well first congrats, the iPhone 5 is great but change is awesome. I believe that there is a way to import your songs from the iPhone 5 to S4, don't quote me on this but I think it was introduced with the S4 ( I have to look it up), otherwise there are apps like doubletwist that should work. Not sure about books.
Also the S4 should come with headphones that let you skip track, answer calls all that good stuff.
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Well first congrats, the iPhone 5 is great but change is awesome. I believe that there is a way to import your songs from the iPhone 5 to S4, don't quote me on this but I think it was introduced with the S4 ( I have to look it up), otherwise there are apps like doubletwist that should work. Not sure about books.
Also the S4 should come with headphones that let you skip track, answer calls all that good stuff.
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Yeah I know it will come with some earphones, but will be after some premium ones. (normally never take the originals out the box)
I love the iphone 5 for its simplicity & elegance, have it jailbroke to install extra features but for me, its not enough....... Apple (since Jobs) isn't a leader, it's a follower.
I think even Samsung KIES has an option to import iTunes. I don't know about the artwork though.
My GF uses isyncr. It also works over wifi. She gets her album art as well. The only thing that might not transfer is music you bought through iTunes.
But there are dozens of ways to get your music and playlist back with album art. The thing about Android is that there are more than 1 ways to do things.
Music = drag and drop on windows = done
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hope this will help u
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00048217&fm_seq=52405 :good:
and welcome to the open world
Welcome to the dark side
S4 INFO
You are free now
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jus71n said:
Hi all,
After 5 years of Apple (not a fanboy) I've had enough, seen the specs for the S4 & some of its features and feel it's time to change.
I've bought every version of the iPhone since the 3G, que'd up or pre ordered every new release but now........ I've just lost interest the iphone is beautiful to look at, but features & inovation have deserted the iphone. So I've pre ordered a S4 which I will hopefully get on release day here in the UK, so for when it arrives I have a few questions
All my tunes & songs are in itunes, will I be able to transfer them, With album art etc?
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Just copy all of your songs from iTunes into a music folder either on your phone or a microSD card. The album are should come with them.
Currenty use Atomic Floyd earbuds, so can make & recieve calls & skip tracks on the move (cycling) can I buy the same for S4
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Don't see why not.
Books, can I transfer to the S4
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Not sure at ALL about the books. That one you might have to take a loss on.
I'm quite a user of emoji on my iphone, just in text. this standard in android?
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I recommend GoSMS for SMS messaging. You get an awesome Quick Reply and it's VERY customizalble. It supports Emoji and theming. Check it out here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jb.gosms
All in all, I think you will be happy with the GS4. I also had every iPhone (except the 5) and the freedom I found with Android was well worth it.
There's multiple apps you can use to text emojis. Go SMS is the one I use. I also figured out that if you set your twitter account up to be able to tweet via sms, you can text the number (I think it's like 40404) and use an emoji in the text if for some reason you want to tweet an emoji.
jus71n said:
Hi all,
After 5 years of Apple (not a fanboy) I've had enough, seen the specs for the S4 & some of its features and feel it's time to change.
I've bought every version of the iPhone since the 3G, que'd up or pre ordered every new release but now........ I've just lost interest the iphone is beautiful to look at, but features & inovation have deserted the iphone. So I've pre ordered a S4 which I will hopefully get on release day here in the UK, so for when it arrives I have a few questions
All my tunes & songs are in itunes, will I be able to transfer them, With album art etc?
Currenty use Atomic Floyd earbuds, so can make & recieve calls & skip tracks on the move (cycling) can I buy the same for S4
Books, can I transfer to the S4
I'm quite a user of emoji on my iphone, just in text. this standard in android?
I know I'm going to lose a load of apps, but I'm sat here looking through my iphone & hardly use any of them anyway lol, Just cant wait to bluetooth songs & pics, have files on my phone (in folders) i can access/amend/email just freedom to do these things Apple strangle!, not to mention expandable memory, battery swapping, playing AVI's without converting & pissing about in itunes......
Looking forward to an actual upgrade, something new
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Music: Yes, you can transfer all with no issues. I get music from iTunes all the time. You can't transfer from iTunes itself, you'll need to either drag and drop, import iTunes playlists to other PC/Mac players like mediaMonkey, or get the app iSyncr which wirelessly (or wired) syncs directly with iTunes, the only thing is it's like 4USD. Worth it though. Albums, tags, and all will transfer to and from.
Earbuds: Yes, they will work. The only thing you can't do with them is raise / lower volume. If it has a mic and all that will work great, so will play/pause answer/hangup. I have a pair of Beats with ControlTalk for iDevices and it works great for me.
Books: Not sure. I never use books, If they're from apple then most likely not. Android does support books (obviously), just don't know about the compatibility if you get it from iTunes.
Emoji: Yes, the stock keyboard and many other on the Play store all fully support them.
You will LOVE android. The S4 is one if not the best device to get once it's out. Hope to see you on XDA, and don't forget to root to have even more fun!
For your iTunes music:
1) download google's music manager to your Mac/PC
2) sync music manager with your iTunes music folder
3) download google play music when you get your S4
4) voila! Your entire iTunes music library is now on your S4 with cover art that you can stream from the cloud.
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really
So you really wanna leave?I just wanna one now.
Welcome to android and enjoy your honeymoon by managing all these things. yes S4 could well be your next GF
As said by many, songs should work easily as well as books. I have used a lot of variety of earbuds, I found all compatible. Regarding emoji, handcent sms is the best app.
Contents you can sync:
1.Sync Contacts and Calendar
On your iPhone go to Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
Set up a new "Microsoft Exchange" account or add Gmail account by going to Add account > Gmail.
Input your email address and login info.
Select "Server" then either input the ME server address or "m.google.com" for Gmail.
On the final screen, select what you want to import—Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and/or Reminders—then hit Accept.
2.Sync Photos, Music and Videos
Windows:
Connect the iPhone with the PC.
Right-click your iPhone, select Explore and copy the media files to your desktop.
Connect the Android phone with PC, and drag and drop the iPhone photos and videos to your Android pictures folder DCIM, music goes to Music.
Mac:
Connect the iPhone with the Mac.
Open the Image Capture and download these files to the desktop.
If you are using new Android runs ICS or above, download Android File Transfer Utility to your Mac, and then drag-and-drop.
Android can't sync with iTunes, so after the syncing of media,you'll need an alternative service to load new media onto the device. You can use Google Play to help you load your collection directly from iTunes.
3.Sycn SMS and voice mail
You need a app to help you sync SMS messages. The free app My SMS is the good option which syncs text messages among your various devices—phones, tablets, laptops, and whathaveyou—and is compatible with both Mac and Windows. Download the app on both phones and follow the setup instructions and the app will easily help you do that.
For the voice mail messages, you just need to pay some money. Programs like PhoneView (Mac - $30) and iExplorer (Mac and PC - $35) can be quite helpful. You'll be able to copy not just voicemail to the desktop, but also your call history, contacts, bookmarks, notes, and media files as well with them.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.books&hl=en
You can always use Google Books, but I am sure you would have to purchase each book over again. It WOULD be nice for publishers to have some kind of cross platform syncing for something like books, magazines...