warzin wrote:Yes, go to daringfireball.net, he links to someone that compares the two (sort of).
Has anyone compared the android version to the iPhone one yet?
Android one runs in the background...
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Banjax 114 posts
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Registered 7 years agoHe has some complaints about the Android version too (needs a widget to control playback when it's in the background) but seems satisfied with both ("I’d be very happy using either of these apps in the wild, I think."
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neilka 12,592 posts
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Registered 8 years agoMr.Small wrote:
I've just walked through the lobby at work wondering when they started playing music in there - then realised it was coming from my pocket after I turned my Bluetooth headphones off...
Spotify on the iPhone would be perfect except for one or two niggles. The lack of background playing has been mentioned but another is that when you unplug the headphones, or if they accidentally pop out, the music gets diverted to speaker. This is in contrast to the ipod function where removing the headphones mutes the music. I've already been caught out by the difference today ... awkward.EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE
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Ginger 6,749 posts
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Registered 11 years agothere's a quick comparison over at pocketlint. It's the background running that does it for the android version, and it will also synch over 3G, whereas the iphone only does it over wifi.London open taekwondo champion
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Banjax wrote:
Of course - different people have different needs. I personally think it will be an issue for a lot of people. I could be wrong. It does get mentioned in every single review I've read so far, and although that's just thorough journalism, it indicates that it's something you need to know before you make your decision.
He has some complaints about the Android version too (needs a widget to control playback when it's in the background) but seems satisfied with both ("I’d be very happy using either of these apps in the wild, I think.".
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moggsy 3,860 posts
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Registered 10 years agoLoving this.
Listened to a shuffle of the Mercury Prize nominated albums this morning in my car on the way to work. Seeing as there is no way I would have forked out the money for 10 random albums there is no other way (apart from illegal downloads) that I could have done this.
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neilka 12,592 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI left the app running but paused this morning and now the battery is at about 1/3 remaining... Is it uploading stuff to other peers like the desktop app does?EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE
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urban 10,445 posts
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Registered 9 years agoneilka i highly doubt that, but using the 3g/wifi on the iphone in ANY app thats even the slightest bit demanding (even IRC clients) will sap your battery like nothing else.
I feel a bit bad for spotify that its getting absolutely slammed in the ratings purely because they want you to subscribe, nobodies complaining for any other reason, apple need to sort that shit. -
SirScratchalot 7,843 posts
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Registered 8 years agoYeah just maintaining any kind of connection will do that...
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urban wrote:
Nobody's complaining about the background issue on the App Store reviews?
neilka i highly doubt that, but using the 3g/wifi on the iphone in ANY app thats even the slightest bit demanding (even IRC clients) will sap your battery like nothing else.
I feel a bit bad for spotify that its getting absolutely slammed in the ratings purely because they want you to subscribe, nobodies complaining for any other reason, apple need to sort that shit. -
urban 10,445 posts
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Registered 9 years agoi'm sure they are but i haven't seen those reviews, theres 3000 people nay saying it, most of them are saying "pffft pay for it?"
SirScratchalot wrote:
have you been maintaining the battery? i.e letting it completely discharge before jacking it in?
Yeah just maintaining any kind of connection will do that...
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I could be wrong... but I'm certain that this isn't an issue for the battery in the iPhone. Sure once in a while you should but the rest of the time it doesn't matter.
Apart from anything else, what if your battery runs to 1/3 full on Monday. Are you going to sit there trying to drain it completely just so you can charge it overnight for Tuesday, or are you going to turn it off and then back on again Tuesday morning and struggle through the day on a 1/3 full battery till it dies sometime around lunchtime and then charge it when you get home (bearing in mind not everyone works at a desk)?
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Registered 8 years agourban wrote:
It's ridiculous. Ratings systems like this are inherently flawed as it's human nature to go to one extreme or the other. You see it all the time with people talking about videogames and movies - if they're not the best thing ever, they're fucking terrible, worst game/movie ever made, etc. That's just human nature.
I feel a bit bad for spotify that its getting absolutely slammed in the ratings purely because they want you to subscribe, nobodies complaining for any other reason, apple need to sort that shit.
Aside from that, the app store suffers from such a massive collection of idiots. You can look at pretty much any app, and you can guarantee there'll be at least one person giving it a 1 star rating for a stupid reason. As a test, I just searched the store for "music", found an app called Music Visualiser. It has two stars, with lots of 1 star ratings from people complaining that it doesn't work with the iPod Touch. It states very clearly in the first paragraph of the description that it doesn't work with iPod.
Then you get stuff like this. Not sure how you could accidentally vote 1 star, so I'm ruling that out. More likely explanation? He's an idiot.
They need to fix it. I have a friend who's made a few iPhone apps, and he told me about his download figures. He said he had steady downloads from the first few days, got some 4/5 star ratings and this continued for the following two weeks, with a steady stream of downloads. Then he made the app free for a day, and downloads jumped massively, but with this came a few 1 star reviews (basically because of a problem, which was stated, but was out of his control), which put the ratings at 2-3 stars. Then downloads died completely. Zero downloads for the following few days, until he pulled it from the store.
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Why did he pull it from the store? Emo quit? Or does it cost money to 'rent' space in the App Store?
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They should change the review scores to a binary system. Either you liked it or you didn't.
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ecureuil 74,328 posts
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Registered 8 years agoMrED209 wrote:
Emo quit. He's part of a developer group/community thing and didn't want a reputation as someone who releases shit iPhone apps.
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Ginger 6,749 posts
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Registered 11 years agoMrED209 wrote:
AFAIK (and it's not my area) the whole "discharge every time" is a myth
Anyone clarify if the battery is supposed to be killed before charging every single time?London open taekwondo champion
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ecureuil wrote:
Does anyone want that reputation? If everyone did that there'd be no apps on the Store, all devs gets bottle of piss thrown at them at some point in the App Store review section.MrED209 wrote:
Emo quit. He's part of a developer group/community thing and didn't want a reputation as someone who releases shit iPhone apps.
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spindizzy 6,165 posts
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Registered 9 years agoGinger wrote:
MrED209 wrote:
AFAIK (and it's not my area) the whole "discharge every time" is a myth
Anyone clarify if the battery is supposed to be killed before charging every single time?
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urban 10,445 posts
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Registered 9 years agoli-ion batteries ARE better than most for charge/discharge but they are by no means perfect.
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The ratings are a fecking mess on the app store. Some of the posts are just plain retarded.
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bunglebonce 1,760 posts
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Registered 9 years agoTried the Spotify app with my iPod Touch in the car today. It doesn't work with the iTrip in the same way that other third party apps wouldn't, which makes sense. The only other use I'd get out of it is at the gym, so I don't think I'll keep the sub next month. -
shamblemonkee 13,508 posts
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Registered 8 years agoanyone else hsving problems with SPotify only being in offline mode today?! -
SuperCoolEskimo 8,791 posts
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Registered 6 years agoBeen thinking about getting this lately. Yay or nay? -
THFourteen 29,271 posts
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Registered 8 years agoBeen on it for two years and going, I say yay.
Got any specific concerns? You can always cancel after a month if you don't like it.
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SuperCoolEskimo 8,791 posts
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Registered 6 years agoAll signed up. Very good so far. -
THFourteen 29,271 posts
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Registered 8 years agothe only two annoying things i find about ipad over android is
1) if you have folders of playlists, and have marked one of the underlying playlists for offline listening, there is no indication of it on the parent folder. So my iron maiden folder has 5 playlists under it, with 2 marked for offline listening, and i just have to remember that otherwise i never look in there.
2) in android, it puts all your offline playlists at the top of your view, so you dont have to scroll down reams and reams of playlists to see what you've got downloaded. -
SuperCoolEskimo 8,791 posts
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Registered 6 years agoI see. I have unlimited 3G Internet on my iPhone and my iPad is always in a wifi area so I won't really be needing offline playlists much.
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THFourteen 29,271 posts
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Registered 8 years agoCould do yep, but that would require me logging onto spotify on a PC and remembering to do it because you aslo cant manage folders on the app!
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Fair enough. A big reason why I joined Spotify is to avoid all the syncing with iTunes on my laptop. Always such a chore.
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