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Re:Two brilliant moves that helped create the Apple iOS powe... by av500 on Sunday May 06, 2012 @04:12AM (#3934508)
Minor nit: The Archos mp3 players required no desktop software at all, they appeared as a USB mass storage device and you could just copy your files over - for me still the preferred way over any other "music sync" solution...
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Re:Two brilliant moves that helped create the Apple iOS powe... by raverbashing on Sunday May 06, 2012 @07:59AM (#3934883)
Correct. Most mp3 players work that way

But of course, in "corporate" they are going to require a "user friendly solution"

It (was) usually a VB program done by people with no UX talent, on a budget an a short timeframe and with no testing as well. Also they make file copies take magically 3x as much time than copying using Windows explorer.

Not to mention iTunes is a better solution, because it's your music library integrated with syncing. It's different for example than having one program to sync and another to listen. (Similar solutions like Amarok + iPod plugin work great as well)

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Re:Two brilliant moves that helped create the Apple iOS powe... by antidaily on Sunday May 06, 2012 @10:36AM (#3935201)
The Jukebox was a great device. The Rio Carbon was also smaller and better than the iPod at the time. Then the Mini came out.
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