Review by Headsvett
(10 months ago, using version 8.0.2.20)
Features:
Performance:
Interface:
Price:
Decent on the mac
but a bloated POS on PC
Features are ok, you got podcast support and can subscribe to them without
getting an account. Does what it should do, tho not properly because of the
lag.
Auto importing of media would be nice, aswell as picture browsing (seeing as
pics can be synced with devices) and the feature to sync pics from multiple
locations
Some features, like fetching album art for music your collection, requires
you to register an account, credit card and all. Some say its possible without
but if so, you tell me how! I cant friggin find it.
Which brings me to the interface, which is decent enough, if you look past
what i said in the last paragraph. You have small gems like the cover flow,
which you can view full screen (tho with alot of album pics missing). Also with
winamp esqué browsing of your collection: (genre) -> artist -> album ->
songs.
Performance, in short: BLOAT!
One of the many reasons I switched to zune and the zune software. It took
AGES to just sync something to my ipod.
It would take time to open, then just show a black square, then clear up
to reveal iTunes, then detect the ipod, then id wait for it to respond to me
clicking and draging the song etc.
Each and every step took its sweet ass time.
even ejecting the ipod, both in itunes, and waiting for the ipod to get
out of "do not disconnect" mode.
Price/value: Its free....
dunno what to say really but the only value it has is cover flow, a music
store, and (unfortunantly) the only ipod compatible software with proper podcast
support.
All other software ive tried have messed up in the podcast category.
So with that said, ill conclude with:
Oh god! Why can't the zune software have ipod support?
(actually, nvm, fuck ipod users! I gots the zune now so...)
Review by Headsvett (10 months ago, using version 8.0.2.20)
Decent on the mac
but a bloated POS on PC
Features are ok, you got podcast support and can subscribe to them without getting an account. Does what it should do, tho not properly because of the lag.
Auto importing of media would be nice, aswell as picture browsing (seeing as pics can be synced with devices) and the feature to sync pics from multiple locations
Some features, like fetching album art for music your collection, requires you to register an account, credit card and all. Some say its possible without but if so, you tell me how! I cant friggin find it.
Which brings me to the interface, which is decent enough, if you look past what i said in the last paragraph. You have small gems like the cover flow, which you can view full screen (tho with alot of album pics missing). Also with winamp esqué browsing of your collection: (genre) -> artist -> album -> songs.
Performance, in short: BLOAT!
One of the many reasons I switched to zune and the zune software. It took AGES to just sync something to my ipod.
It would take time to open, then just show a black square, then clear up to reveal iTunes, then detect the ipod, then id wait for it to respond to me clicking and draging the song etc.
Each and every step took its sweet ass time.
even ejecting the ipod, both in itunes, and waiting for the ipod to get out of "do not disconnect" mode.
Price/value: Its free....
dunno what to say really but the only value it has is cover flow, a music store, and (unfortunantly) the only ipod compatible software with proper podcast support.
All other software ive tried have messed up in the podcast category.
So with that said, ill conclude with:
Oh god! Why can't the zune software have ipod support?
(actually, nvm, fuck ipod users! I gots the zune now so...)