INTERACT FORUM
Devices => Androids and other portables => Topic started by: shAf on October 12, 2008, 07:57:44 am
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As the technological advances move forward this fall, and while imagining and shopping for my 1st smartphone, I also imagine having this device in my pocket (and in my ears) playing my favorite tunes organized by MC12. And then I wonder ... "Why not a JRiver app installed on the phone?", which would allow for a client-server relationship at both my home and workplace.
So, before I purchase or seriously consider one phone over the another, I wonder what JRiver's thoughts are regarding smartphone OS's. Admittedly, Android is a bit immature, and Symbian and iPhone may be off your radar, but is JRiver at least thinking about an client-server app, and whether you're looking hardest at Windows Mobile or Google Android??
TIA for sharing your thoughts :)
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I posted a link to this article yesterday:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=48621.0
We think about it a lot, but we would need two things to make it work:
1. Time
2. Money
And cooperation from a manufacturer would help. In the past year, we've talked with Company S and Company M.
It will eventually happen, but it is a big job, not unlike porting to Mac or Linux, both of which are also important.
Android (http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2008/10/09/google-were-fresh-out-of-androids.aspx) may now be the path of least resistance.
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Thanx Jim for letting on more than I might have expected ...
I agree with your thinking and the concept behind Android, but I wouldn't have believed it would also be the path of least resistance. My own leanings are towards the Sony-Ericsson Xperia, which happens to have a WinMo OS, but that's only because it's a helluva piece of hardware .. but a lot could change between now an when I really get serious (ie, after Xmas). I'll also be following JR's leanings towards similar technology.
Thanx again ... :)
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You're probably right about Windows Mobile, but we'd like to wriggle out from under Microsoft's heavy foot.
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I'd gladly pay for a JR WinMo app... especially if it supports streaming from and syncing with a full MC DB
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I'd gladly pay for a JR WinMo app... especially if it supports streaming from and syncing with a full MC DB
Check out Pocket Player, it can act as both a upnp server and client: www.conduits.com (http://www.conduits.com/news/pr20080820.html)
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Check out Pocket Player, it can act as both a upnp server and client: www.conduits.com (http://www.conduits.com/news/pr20080820.html)
Thanks for the tip, it's a nice bit of software. Almost reminds me of MC in some ways.... just a pity it cant sync DB's and files directly with MC... maybe a conduits/MC plugins to allow sync capabilities would be the perfect solution :D