JCC Is the cult of Apple losing its shine

Regardless of your flavor of choice, let's all take a moment to appreciate the Unix OS. Thanks to Unix we have Linux, Mac OSX, and, in turn, Androids and iPhones

We're getting closer to that, my friend: http://pomegranatephone.com/

 

Sweet!

 

Really? Gosh that's marvelous sport. You must be some sort of special person, for Apple to give you access to their top secret prototype iTunes that does not require all visual media to be in MP4 format. Every single other person must convert the .mkv to .m4v. Every one. But not you because you're very, VERY special and not telling tall tales, correct?

I mean, it makes more sense that you would be given a special iTunes that doesn't require conversion. I just tried it then, and it didn't work necessitating me loading up the old Videora converter program. Google leads me to believe that every other user of iTunes has to go through the same thing, so if I were you sport I'd go and start telling people how you can just drag and drop and watch the internet worship a new king.

 

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about, your "witty" sarcasm aside.
I open up iTunes, click iPad, go to Apps, select my player App (Azul or PlayerXtreme) and just drop the .mkv file in it and it plays normally. I've literally just done that.

I have zero interest in making these things up. Very little interest in arguing over such matters, especially with folks who choose to "discuss" in such a juvenile manner as shown in that post above.

 

If I don't know how to download a song for my iPod, I just pray to Jesus and ask Him for guidance.

 

Speaking of music on phones, just use Spotify on your phone. Spotify is one of the greatest things to ever happen to me. 9 bucks a month for unlimited, uninterrupted music of my choosing? Totally worth it.

 

You're using third party software designed to fix the problem. iTunes alone cannot play .mkv files.

 

Pandora is better than Spotify because it's free.

 

Fair enough, but that's what I said from the very start. I very rarely use default programs and I fail to see the big deal when there is a wide array of quite good free players available.
*shrug*
To each his own, I guess.

 

Ding ding ding.

This.

If you could open up the file system of your iPad, which you don't need to because Steve Jobs said so, you would see the file is no longer .mkv.

Also, anakinfansince1983 - Google Play is the same as iTunes. Only, cheaper. And not in a stupid, DRM rights controlled environment. Promise.

 

they'd better come up with some new hot product quick, like maybe an ipad that you balance on your thumbnail or something. a nailpad, if you will.

 

That all depends on what you're wanting out of it. I actually use both. Pandora doesn't allow you to freely listen to what you want. It makes suggestions. You cannot skip around freely more than 6 times per hour (even with the paid service, Pandora One).

Spotify has a free version too, and just like Pandora, the free version has advertisements. Unlike Pandora, you go and search for whatever music you want and create your own playlists and can listen to whatever you want in your playlists whenever you want. They both have their pros and cons.

Try out free Spotify and see what you think. Ultimately, there is not one that is better than the other.

I use both because sometimes I'll get tired of my lists on Spotify and I'll want to see what Pandora suggests to me. Other times I know exactly what I want to listen to (for example, a full album from beginning to end) so I'll open up my Spotify.

 

I have an iPhone 5s and a Nexus 5.

Conspicuous consumption, *****es!

 

The battery life on my iPod is terrible, and I don't want to buy a new one. Whiiiiiiiine

 

Couldn't find the actual Apple thread, so I thought I'd ask this here: is the absence of an audio port on the iPhone 7 something to be excited about, or is it a huge deterrent?

Personally, I've had bluetooth headphones crap out on me numerous times, cheap brands and expensive brands too. Ultimately, I'm always going back to old school wired headphones until I save up enough money for my next Bluetooth set (which will eventually crap out in a year's time or less, as seems to be the trend in my life).

 

Not a fan since I like using a splitter on the jack and will watch things together with my wife while commuting to work.

 

I personally hate it.

 

Doesn't bother me in the slightest. I can't remember a time I've ever charged my phone and had earphones connected at the same time.

 

Earphones are probably the most commonly lost iPhone accessory. At least that's been my experience in a family of four. The price tag on the wireless earphones is maybe a disincentive to lose them, but they're still small and easily misplaced, probably easily broken, stepped on, etc. seems like a really ***** money grab to corner the lucrative earphone replacement market.

 

i got somehting you can stick in your "audio port" right here

*gestures obscenely*

 

Geeked out with classmates as we watched yesterday. Apple's still got shine.

 

i've only been in an apple store once because as soon as i walked in i felt ill from all the appleyness of everything and ralphed all over the greeter guy. he started crying. i felt bad and retreated tout suite.

 

is it racist that i've always assumed you're a jts sock?

 

if it is, i'm letting you off the hook, personally speaking.