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After using Google Music on my Android, and the rest of Android's excellent syncing capabilities, I don't think I could ever use an iPhone in its current state

by Griever 15y ago

After using Google Music on my Android, and the rest of Android's excellent syncing capabilities, I don't think I could ever use an iPhone in its current state simply because syncing with iTunes is an absolute burden. To elaborate, I heard a really cool song at my friends house the other day and wanted to listen to it on the road home (long trip). So I start up LogMeIn on my Nexus S, remote into my pc and quickly download the album. Once the album finished downloading, Google Music picked it up and started to upload it to its own service. In less than 5 minutes, and over 250 miles away from my home PC, I had this particular album on my phone ready to be played on my car stereo. That to me is absolutely incredible, and I think it really highlights where Apple is starting to fumble with the iPhone in comparison to some of Android's features.

illumin8 15y ago
Ease of use? You forgot the part where you had to remote desktop into your home PC to download the music. iPhone users have had a functional music store on their phone since 2007.
- Pewpewarrows 15y ago
  Amazon MP3.
- iron_ball 15y ago
  It was a bad example. Amazon MP3 Store downloads straight to the phone.
  - ryannielsen 15y ago
    What's a good example, then? iOS devices can directly download music, apps, videos and books. There are few reasons it ever needs to be tethered, backing up being one of the big ones. This isn't to knock Android's current OTA syncing, nor to say I'm not looking forward to iCloud. It's merely to point out that today's iOS isn't really that far behind Android as far as the customer experience goes. The only area where I see Android's experience as being superior is the case of a customer buying an app on their computer and sending it directly to their Android device. The reason why Apple Store Geniuses are so excited for OTA iCloud syncing is mostly for the OTA backups – if every iOS customer is automagically backed up to iCloud, they can do a device swap without taking the time to backup and restore in-store.
- sid0 15y ago
  Not where I normally live. Of course, neither does Amazon.
gte910h 15y ago
They have wifi sync come this fall.

by Griever 15y ago

illumin8 15y ago

Ease of use? You forgot the part where you had to remote desktop into your home PC to download the music. iPhone users have had a functional music store on their phone since 2007.

Pewpewarrows 15y ago
Amazon MP3.
iron_ball 15y ago
It was a bad example. Amazon MP3 Store downloads straight to the phone.
- ryannielsen 15y ago
  What's a good example, then? iOS devices can directly download music, apps, videos and books. There are few reasons it ever needs to be tethered, backing up being one of the big ones. This isn't to knock Android's current OTA syncing, nor to say I'm not looking forward to iCloud. It's merely to point out that today's iOS isn't really that far behind Android as far as the customer experience goes. The only area where I see Android's experience as being superior is the case of a customer buying an app on their computer and sending it directly to their Android device. The reason why Apple Store Geniuses are so excited for OTA iCloud syncing is mostly for the OTA backups – if every iOS customer is automagically backed up to iCloud, they can do a device swap without taking the time to backup and restore in-store.
sid0 15y ago
Not where I normally live. Of course, neither does Amazon.

gte910h 15y ago

They have wifi sync come this fall.