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2010-01-19
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the standard media player is very poor. There is bug where it skips 'radio' stations randomly (not resolved in latest firmware despite the bug being closed).
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2010-01-20
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True, but why should users suffer these basic issues until they discover a new app? It's a significant feature out of the box, and needs attention.
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2010-01-20
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Yep, I think for a desktop internet radio player you do not need much in the way of buffering or seeking, but in a mobile device a large buffer (in minutes at least) is quite essential. On my trip I go through a long tunnel with no 3G signal for a few miles, so the radio will be dead for those 5-10 minutes.
My previous experience with internet radio on a phone is from using tunein radio on the iphone. If you start the radio and pause playback, it will continue to download the stream and you can effectively load up a up to an hours worth of buffer. You can also skip back and it will continue to download the stream.
So on the n900, how does it handle buffering? How long is the buffer? Does it mark track locations? Does it display album art? Can the media player be played in portrait mode?
Sorry, I'll have to order this phone from overseas (it is not out in Australia yet) so I cannot go and check it out for myself.