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You can customize it show the items you want it to. (You can also do this in the iTunes Store and iPod app)
He is correct, I just tried it on my iPhone running 2.2.1
Screenshot of an iPhone plugged into a power source while playing a song on 2.2.1:
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I was pretty sure it was new-- it was one of the first things I noticed (since I have somewhat of a commute to work).
Nice, looks like you were listening to The Lonely Island. Great album!
Awesome album, I thought it would be screenshot worthy lol
Good Find JW008!
I know. But doesn't it make more sense to have Featured, Categories, Top 25, Search, and then updates (with a button in the right hand corner for redeeming codes). If there was one more category I could see them needing to put the word "more" there. It just seems that Apple could have had a shortcut for every part of the app store and just put the redeem thing on the update (or wherever itunes does it). To be honest it's really not a big deal I just find it slightly strange.
Playlist Folder support?
Can anyone say whether playlist folders are now supported? I use them in iTunes and used them a lot with my iPod 5g, and really miss them in my Touch.
(I searched the thread for "folders" and found nothing, so apologies if this has been revealed somewhere else in this thread -- I haven't had the time yet to backtrack through the whole thing).
Can anyone say whether playlist folders are now supported? I use them in iTunes and used them a lot with my iPod 5g, and really miss them in my Touch.
(I searched the thread for "folders" and found nothing, so apologies if this has been revealed somewhere else in this thread -- I haven't had the time yet to backtrack through the whole thing).
Nope.
However, there is nothing to stop you from simply making a playlist in iTunes and playing that on your iPhone.
Camera and Find my iphone
Ok... having a 2G phone (until friday) I've tested the find my iphone with the 2G... it doesn't work, not that I was surprised.. I figured it would be using GPS to locate the phone, mobileme says I need to activate it on my phone. But I can't find the panel.. (meaning, it's probably not activated on the 2G)..
On the plus side, I don't know if this has been said before.. but the camera is significantly Faster. I have been purposely trying to take "motion blur" pics with 3.0 and I can't. Every pic, regardless of handshakes is crisper - this is a god send.
Ok... having a 2G phone (until friday) I've tested the find my iphone with the 2G... it doesn't work, not that I was surprised.. I figured it would be using GPS to locate the phone, mobileme says I need to activate it on my phone. But I can't find the panel.. (meaning, it's probably not activated on the 2G)..
On the plus side, I don't know if this has been said before.. but the camera is significantly Faster. I have been purposely trying to take "motion blur" pics with 3.0 and I can't. Every pic, regardless of handshakes is crisper - this is a god send.
the Find My "iPhone" works with the iPod Touch 2g, only it's called "Find My iPod Touch". i'll try to find a link.
EDIT: well i can't find the screenshot i found before but if you go here and look at the 6th comment, it says that he tested it and it works.
Thanks. Yeah, I already use playlists to manage the Touch library (my complete library won't fit). I use a variety of smart playlists and a couple "mixes". It can get to be a lot to scroll through. The folders make life easy in iTunes. Was hoping it'd be as easy on the Touch. Ah well. With cut/copy/paste, it'll be easier for me to write a request to Apple to add the feature later.
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Here you go! Hopefully this is what you meant
That looks to me like you've just got two email accounts, Gmail and MobileMe. I think we'd like to know if there is MobileMe alias support in OS 3.0. For example my default MobileMe account might be bob@me.com, but I can set up aliases such as bob.smith@me.com.
In OS 2.0 aliases weren't supported, having installed the 3.0 GM it looks to me as though they still are not supported. Very dissapointing.
In More, tap Edit then drag the icons down to where you want them. This way if you want updates as a one button option you can just move the icon to the bottom.
i'll add that to the list but what's new about it? i don't have an iPhone so i'm not sure what is new.
I don't know if this was already posted or was already there, but when viewing music videos in the iPod app they now play in portrait mode rather than an image of the video.
prior to 3.0 this information wasn't displayed... it would be just like 11:55,12:00 when the same call was made but now as you can see it says when how long incoming and outgoing for that day... alot more organized
another quick observation...
safari seems to load webpage even after you close the safari app... never noticed this prior to 3.0.. confirm?
safari seems to load webpage even after you close the safari app... never noticed this prior to 3.0.. confirm?
i think that's old but i'm not 100% sure. can someone try this out on 2.2.1. just open safari, navigate to a web page, while the web page is loading close safari, wait a little bit, then re-open safari to see if the page is loaded all the way.
Another new feature I noticed today is that incoming calls "ring" over a bluetooth headset while the iPhone is on silent. In 2.2.1, when a call came in, my car's radio would mute and I would see the caller info screen, but no other sound. Now it plays a "ring, ring" sound through the stereo. A nice change in my opinion.
I also noticed that pushing the home button returns you to the first screen of apps. Pushing it again takes you to the search screen. Pushing each time thereafter toggles between those screens.
I also noticed that pushing the home button returns you to the first screen of apps. Pushing it again takes you to the search screen. Pushing each time thereafter toggles between those screens.