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Re: New Version of Nokia Music PC Client, I’m Back To iTunes

genXhippie — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:43:43 -0000

Yet, a clear example of being out of touch w/ the users' base needs, pity. :roll:

Re: New Version of Nokia Music PC Client, I’m Back To iTunes

mistyhacks — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:11:28 -0000

No smart playlists -- that is disappointing. I just got the 5800 (!!!) and want to use it to replace my iPod, but I use smart playlists very heavily. I know I can use iTunes with the phone, but is there any way to have iTunes update the play counts, ratings, etc, based on things I set on the phone? Also I know that I can download podcasts directly to the phone, but it's very nice that iTunes will delete my podcasts once played -- I wonder if I can make iTunes play as nicely with the 5800 as with the iPod. Any tips on iTunes and S60 devices?

Re: New Version of Nokia Music PC Client, I’m Back To iTunes

Jonathan Gauthier — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:21:43 -0000

I have had good results with itunes + salling media sync + mediamonkey.

iTunes of course is used to manage library and playlists.
media sync does the sync to the Nokia E71
mediamonkey I use only to get album art within the mp3 tag instead of outside like iTunes does it

You would think that Nokia could make this work easier with iTunes already using .xml files for the library.

The only thing I miss about my iPod now is the scroll wheel to quickly FFWD a song and the play count/ratings that I can adjust easily from my iPod and then get updated to iTunes.

Re: New Version of Nokia Music PC Client, I’m Back To iTunes

Peter Schrijver — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:06:58 -0000

I used itunes before, it's too limited.

try mediamonkey. It's the best!

Re: New Version of Nokia Music PC Client, I’m Back To iTunes

Jaclu — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:23:44 -0000

Chirantan: If you use a mac it's dead easy. Google&download Nokia Multimedia Transfer

Then you get a library in iTunes named after your phone, any playlists put in this library can be played on the computer and phone, and will be synced automatically whenever you connect the phone.

Re: New Version of Nokia Music PC Client, I’m Back To iTunes

Chirantan — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:06:59 -0000

Hey Ricky it would be real nice if you could post a hows-to on using iTunes with a symbian device, i mean syncing creating playlists etc. i have never used iTunes before so would really like if i get a proper tutorial kinf od thing!

Re: New Version of Nokia Music PC Client, I’m Back To iTunes

Suraj V — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:06:53 -0000

Yes, the smart playlists on iTunes are brilliant. But I still want to use my iPod to listen to the songs I haven't played recently because the play count / last played info is updated in iTunes Library on the PC next time I sync my iPod. I really really need this. I don't want to listen to music on my nokia music player phone for only this reason. And that's very important to me. Otherwise, the music phone is much more comfortable than the ipod.
The itunes is very sticky and its going to be very hard for nokia to get people move away from it after people have used it.

Re: New Version of Nokia Music PC Client, I’m Back To iTunes

Tony S — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:01:04 -0000

I haven't actually tried it with my N95 yet but an alternative to iTunes that can create and manage all sort of media, playlists and smart playlists, check out J River's Media Center over at http://www.jrmediacenter.com/. It's not free but it's fairly cheap and may do what you need.

Re: New Version of Nokia Music PC Client, I’m Back To iTunes

ashu1 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:53:05 -0000

iTunes is miles ahead. Nokia need to realise that their phones can do much better with an integrated app for music customizations.

Re: New Version of Nokia Music PC Client, I’m Back To iTunes

Ben — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:19:34 -0000

All of the features you are looking for, except for playlist size limit, exist in foobar2000. (And much much more)
If you haven't tried it so far, I strongly recommend you do. I have a N95 and I manage my music on the device and on my computer from foobar.
I also use it to automatically copy music to the device (using a smart file renamer/mover/copier which is an integral part of foobar).

Seriously, Check it out. (Did I mention its completely free and extensible?)

Re: New Version of Nokia Music PC Client, I’m Back To iTunes

Gomcoite — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:06:41 -0000

I totally agree. had problems with library option and the software on whole was damn slow. Completely Avoidable.

Have any of you tried Songbird aka Mozilla Client for Music?
I used it for my iPod cause i hated iTunes and it was good. I'll try songbird for mobiles and will tell you how'd it go. i dont knw if it supports cellphones but ill give it a shot.

Re: New Version of Nokia Music PC Client, I’m Back To iTunes

genXhippie — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:03:47 -0000

Yet, a clear example of being out of touch w/ the users' base needs, pity. :roll:

Re: New Version of Nokia Music PC Client, I’m Back To iTunes

Micky — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:42:07 -0000

Aint that the truth.!

Re: New Version of Nokia Music PC Client, I’m Back To iTunes

James Burland @ Nokia Creative — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:36:38 -0000

Genius Playlists, Podcast, Audio Books, Radio, TV Shows in HD, Movies, Party Shuffle, Library Sharing, One Click Download... Nokia have quite a bit of work to put in before the Nokia Music Client is even close to competing.