Oh, please. I understand that it is desirable for this application to work in the same sort of way as the iPod application but I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that it is totally pointless. As long as the application works (that is to say, will play your Spotify playlists) then it has a point.
The iPhone is a communication device first and foremost. What's the point of the Spotify app if you can't listen to music and read your SMS/browse your e-mail/surf the web at the same time?
Your definition of "pointless" clearly differs from my own. The application will enable you to listen to music and therefore fulfils its purpose. Do not get me wrong - I completely agree that the application would be more useful if it could run in the background while do something else. However, I disagree that not being able to run in the background makes the application pointless. You can, for example, use it to play music like the iPod application does while you travelling and this is surely its most important function.
You know, as you keep pointing out what the iPhone doesn't have, it seems that Apple adds it. It wasn't so long ago that the iPhone-hating crowd was bitching about the lack of MMS, video recording, copy and paste, and what not. Now it seems they're down to three things- no background apps, bad service provider, and poor battery life (which is debatable).
Well... keep up the great work! Out of curiosity though, what are your plans for when the iPhone ~can~ do everything? Going back to the 'suck Steve Jobs' theorem then I suppose? :T
LOL, yeah right! The iPhone essentially opened up average consumers to smartphone usage (AT&T's shitty ass network service as of late is a testament to that fact).
Those people aren't going to pick up another smartphone that's harder to use and adapt to now, and they also aren't going back to the dumbphone era. Unless something changes drastically, the iPhone is going to remain the iPod of the cellular market. Indefinitely.
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"P.S. We're seeing reports that the iPhone app won't play music in the background. The fix? Android."
Which makes it totally pointless.
No amount of push notifications is going to sort this problem. Apple need to step up their game.
Oh well, I guess this saves me £10 a month.
"Which makes it totally pointless."
Oh, please. I understand that it is desirable for this application to work in the same sort of way as the iPod application but I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that it is totally pointless. As long as the application works (that is to say, will play your Spotify playlists) then it has a point.
It is pointless.
The iPhone is a communication device first and foremost. What's the point of the Spotify app if you can't listen to music and read your SMS/browse your e-mail/surf the web at the same time?
Your definition of "pointless" clearly differs from my own. The application will enable you to listen to music and therefore fulfils its purpose. Do not get me wrong - I completely agree that the application would be more useful if it could run in the background while do something else. However, I disagree that not being able to run in the background makes the application pointless. You can, for example, use it to play music like the iPod application does while you travelling and this is surely its most important function.
You know, as you keep pointing out what the iPhone doesn't have, it seems that Apple adds it. It wasn't so long ago that the iPhone-hating crowd was bitching about the lack of MMS, video recording, copy and paste, and what not. Now it seems they're down to three things- no background apps, bad service provider, and poor battery life (which is debatable).
Well... keep up the great work! Out of curiosity though, what are your plans for when the iPhone ~can~ do everything? Going back to the 'suck Steve Jobs' theorem then I suppose? :T
Not really, Donut. You see it'll be long dead by then.
@Mark Anderson
I assume you believe that the world ends in 2012 as well. And in Bigfoot.
Nope, I believe that Apple have failed to appreciate the pace of change and will get left behind again like they did with the Apple III.
LOL, yeah right! The iPhone essentially opened up average consumers to smartphone usage (AT&T's shitty ass network service as of late is a testament to that fact).
Those people aren't going to pick up another smartphone that's harder to use and adapt to now, and they also aren't going back to the dumbphone era. Unless something changes drastically, the iPhone is going to remain the iPod of the cellular market. Indefinitely.