Hercules;441804 Wrote: > It's about time I got a new phone. I'm trying to decide whether to get > an iPhone and would appreciate your thoughts on the iPhone, as well as > on my situation. Thank you! > > My requirements are for a device that: > - acts as both a phone and an mp3 player (thereby replacing my current > Sony K800i phone and Cowon iAudio 7 mp3 player) > - will work well with my private Gmail (but won't need to use my work > email) > - has a reasonably good GPS that I would be able to use for getting > around (including while cycling on-road and off-road) > - is a fun gadget :-) > > My primary concern is whether the use of iTunes will have a detrimental > on my well-structured and time-consumingly-tagged music library. I > accept that I will need to create a second mirrored music library in mp3 > format (as the majority of my music is currently FLAC). I'm concerned > that iTunes will start messing around with my music files (i.e. > restructure them, change tags, etc.). While in theory that shouldn't be > an issue - as it will be a "disposable" copy library that could be > easily recreated - I'd guess that a library that is prone to being > reorganised by iTunes would be difficult to synchronise with the main > library. I'd prefer to use another application to iTunes but recognise > that iTunes has broader benefits that will make it worth using. And > maybe I'm being paranoid about iTunes :-) > > I'd appreciate any thoughts from those of you who have been through > similar decisions, as well as general comments on the pros and cons of > the iPhone itself. I have to admit the iPhone does look cool and I am > tempted:-)
Don't know to much about EU networks, but here in the States, I like my iPhone. Works great as a phone, iPod, mobile browser, and with iPeng it is a great addition to Squeezeboxing. As for having iTunes because of the iPhone, I keep two separate libraries on separate drives. I rip to FLAC on my main server and then use the converter in dBpowerAmp to convert to 256 MP3 the songs I want to put on my iPhone. Really no need to convert them all in my case as 6TB of FLAC will not fit on an iPhone even when converted to the lossiest MP3. So I only convert favorites and then spot convert when I want something different on the iPhone. I turn off all tagging and art work searching in iTunes so that iTunes can't hose my tags, artwork and library. Another approach for somebody just starting is to use Vortexbox as it rips a FLAC copy and an MP3 copy automatically. So I say go for the iPhone if you need a new phone and want to also control Squeezeboxes! -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: SB3, GFR-700HD, Thiel 2.3, Second Boom Home Office: SB3, NAD C370, two VSM-1 Home Gym: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, Thiel PowerPoint 1.2 House Portable: SB3, Audioengine A5 Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB3, ToughBook ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65750 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
