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winterbadgerI realise that, after joining the i-tech revolution when I bought my iPod Touch, I haven't really embraced app madness. I've downloaded probably less than a dozen apps (one for birding--the main reason I got the iTouch--one for football news, one for Metro maps and another for National Park maps, a couple for reading, one or two games). What are my readers' favourite apps? What else should I get?
Also, on the subject of things electronic, I have some music on my iThing, but anything there has to be bought from iTunes (which I try not to do, because I like having the CD itself to fall back on) or first burned to my laptop from CD and then transferred, the first of which is a big chore. That made me wonder; I gather from the popular press that actually buying recorded media is a concept swiftly going out of style. But to me it just makes sense. If I buy everything online and then have a drive crash, it's lost forever! At first I thought one could just go back to iTunes and reload it, but one of my friends who had that experience came in for a nasty shock--he had to pay for everything all over again! As far as Apple was concerned, they might have a record of what he had purchased before, but if he wanted to make use of it again, he had to buy it again. Do people really download all or most of their music? Do they spend their entire lives backing up drives? That seems like an awful lot of effort. Also, another of my friends found that a song she purchased could only be stored on a limited number of drives before it could no longer be copied. I can see that making sense from a copyright point of view, but it seems tough in this world where people are constantly changing machines, i-devices, etc.
Also, on the subject of things electronic, I have some music on my iThing, but anything there has to be bought from iTunes (which I try not to do, because I like having the CD itself to fall back on) or first burned to my laptop from CD and then transferred, the first of which is a big chore. That made me wonder; I gather from the popular press that actually buying recorded media is a concept swiftly going out of style. But to me it just makes sense. If I buy everything online and then have a drive crash, it's lost forever! At first I thought one could just go back to iTunes and reload it, but one of my friends who had that experience came in for a nasty shock--he had to pay for everything all over again! As far as Apple was concerned, they might have a record of what he had purchased before, but if he wanted to make use of it again, he had to buy it again. Do people really download all or most of their music? Do they spend their entire lives backing up drives? That seems like an awful lot of effort. Also, another of my friends found that a song she purchased could only be stored on a limited number of drives before it could no longer be copied. I can see that making sense from a copyright point of view, but it seems tough in this world where people are constantly changing machines, i-devices, etc.
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Date: 2010-05-08 09:57 pm (UTC)I think I have 10-15 aps on my iGadgets. I can tell you what they are if you are interested (and I don't mind), but I don't want to bore you! LOL!
I will say that I am not a computer game player generally, but there are a couple I have on iPhone that are really fun.
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Date: 2010-05-09 02:04 am (UTC)Importing isn't as much a deal if you just grab a stack of cds and rip while you're watching tv. It takes maybe 5 minutes per CD on my computer. As far as number of machines go, Apple's changed their policy, but complete harddrive backups don't count. And yes, I do back up my computer every month - but I back up my whole computer! Because it's a safety measure that everyone should take.
Now, as far as apps go: I use Balance (checkbook reigster); Amazon.com; Shazam (which is Awesome); Luan (lunar phases); Shakespeare (complete works, free); Kindle reader for iPhone; USA Free (documents); Bejeweled2 ($); UnblockLock free; iLaunched; Boxed In; Koi pond; IMDb; Declaration of Independence; Constitution; WeatherBug (worth it for the paid version). NB: of all of these, two cost anything.
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Date: 2010-05-09 11:37 am (UTC)And, yes, one should backup one's hard drive regularly. I just find it's something very few people actually do.