Re:The Removal of AirFloat and AirFoil [from the iOS App Store]
by philfreo on Monday May 28, 2012 @12:14PM
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I don't get the point of these iOS apps. I use (and love) AirFoil to send music from my MBP to my AppleTV to have my computer stream music to my TV system's speakers. But who would want to have something sent TO their iPhone?
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Re:The Removal of AirFloat and AirFoil [from the iOS App Store]
by GuiA on Monday May 28, 2012 @02:35PM
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I have an old iPod touch constantly plugged in a wall socket and hooked up to speakers in my bedroom. Running AirFoil on it allows me to play anything from my computer/iphone/ipad/etc. . Normally you'd use an airport express for that, but since I had that old iPod touch lying around, I figured it was better to recycle the device.
Re:The Removal of AirFloat and AirFoil [from the iOS App Store]
by cmelbye on Monday May 28, 2012 @02:47PM
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We have an Apple TV, but it's not connected to the house's speaker system. Airfoil is nice because I can hook an old iOS device up to the main receiver for the house and send music to it through iTunes, Spotify, etc.
Re:The Removal of AirFloat and AirFoil [from the iOS App Store]
by klausa on Monday May 28, 2012 @12:16PM
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You could have your iPhone docked in some kind of stereo system and have bazillion gigabytes of music that don't fit on iPhone, or just don't want to get up to change the music.
I don't think it's used to stream to iOS devices so they can play it back trough their speaker or headphones - I guess it's to use their line out.