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Re: Store, Apps, Media Player, and Other Stuff

I use Nokia Multimedia Transfer tool (ver. 1.4.2) to transfer my media files from my Mac's iTunes and iPhoto to the N900 and it works just fine, even though officially, N900 is not yet supported. It's as easy as copying music and photos to an iPhone.

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one thing i do LOVE about this tablet/phone is the camera. AMAZING! I use that more than anything else on the device! Also, does anyone have experience getting their N900 to sync with a corporate exchange server? every time i try to connect to my work e-mail, all it says is "error in communication" and that's it! thoughts?

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Am I missing the part of why we should be giving you sympathy?

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Where did you read that there would be hundreds or thousands of apps? Everything I read said there would be next to none at first launch, but that the potential was there for them to happen in due course. So I knew what I was getting.

Please can you describe your problem with podcasts - and perhaps tell us which podcasts you're trying to install? I'm considered one of the stupider people round here (to put it mildly) but even I can get gpodder working to run my cricket pods.

The firmware upgrade from MMS is... probably not going to be in the next update. However, if you look around, I know at least one person who is successfully receiving MMS, using something he coded himself. So it really is just a matter of time.

If you bought your phone to 'show off' you probably bought the wrong one.

Edit to add: please describe your problem with pixelpipe? Again, I have it uploading faultlessly to flickr and my tumblr account - and if I can, any eedjit can.

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wow. nevermind. i think you've all just help me make the inevitable decision to get rid of this thing. thank you all for the insulting responses - complete with a lack of constructive and/or helpful thoughts for someone who is trying to LEARN. this is exactly what i was trying to avoid! having to get on a forum and ask others to help me install something just to play a mp3 or mp4 or m4a podcast? completely unacceptable to me... call me mainstream, but maybe i'm just not that big of a command line kind of guy. i shouldn't have to type in a command to get the kind of use out of my phone that i expected. maybe that's where i went wrong. thanks for nothing, guys

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Umm... please can you describe your problems with gpodder and pixelpipe? I'd like to try to help you sort them out - since even I can work them.

As for installing mp3 - I just transfered the whole shebang via 'mass storage'. Is there a reason that doesn't work for you?

If you want help, you need to be a bit more specific about the problem. Believe me, people here will run a thread to 12 pages or more trying to solve a problem for you. But you need to give us a bit more to advise on than 'I can't do that'. Exactly what isn't working?

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Many people have asked you describe your spesific problems in more detail.

Please calm down a bit and stop ranting. It's really hard to help you otherwise.

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Originally Posted by thedeucecake (Post 446889)

Though, relatively simple tasks such as copying music to my device have proven to be a less than desirable experience. I'm a one touch kind of guy. I want to download something, open it, and have it WORK! Is that too much to ask?! Is there any piece of software that syncs with iTunes? if not, WHY?!

You can't copy a folder from your computer and place it into /.music/ folder of your phone? Damn, what has Apple turn people in to?

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Originally Posted by thedeucecake (Post 446889)

Also, I can't get ANY Podcast I've downloaded (in gPodder or otherwise) to play in my media player. It acts like it's going to open, then closes my media player. NO warning, NO error, NO info. I have read about other people having trouble with playlists and syncing their content. WTF?! WHEN IS THIS GOING TO BE RESOLVED?

You need to be patient with the indexing since it's a bit slow. If it REALLY just isn't working, you'll probably better to reflash the device or ask for a replacement.

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Originally Posted by thedeucecake (Post 446889)

iPhone because it has EVERYTHING that's cool that people could want to use or show off. I spent $650 on something that doesn't do HALF of what an iPhone can do OUT OF THE BOX!

If the N900 is so challenging to you. WELL I THINK YOU HAVE BOUGHT A WRONG PHONE THEN

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Originally Posted by thedeucecake (Post 446889)

Furthermore, I'm extremely disappointed in Maemo Select and the Ovi Store. Some of the apps currently available are 'somewhat' useful. However, every piece of promo material for this phone stated hundreds, maybe even thousands of apps available before I bought it. I'm sure Nokia has lots of great apps for their other phones. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE SOME REAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS PHONE??? I can't wait for a new firmware upgrade for MMS!!! CATCH UP NOKIA!

It's still relatively new platform (Meamo 5) and relatively small platform (Maemo). The original iPhone didn't have an AppStore when it came out. Infact there were no apps at all (!) for the iPhone for the first 1 1/2 years. Be patient

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OK you're right. i'm done ranting. i bought this knowing that it would be a process and a learning experience, but being treated as a dolt really gets me going so i'm going to start in one place and move forward from there. baby steps.
let's start with music. podcasts, to be specific. i tracked down two of my fav. podcasts on gPodder and downloaded a few episodes. one is called "Radio 538: Dance Department" and the other is from xlr8r.com - i am a fan of electronic music. I have not downloaded any standard podcasts from the gPodder list. maybe try to download the latest episode on one of your devices and try to walk me through this... thanks.