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Nexus 7 Google Play Store And Other Content Forums => Nexus 7 Apps => Topic started by: Gasman on December 02, 2012, 10:21:46 AM
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Just trying to get me head around why no app for Itunes yet?. I assume its Apple threatening some legal thing on people writing apps so they can listen to legally bought Itunes purchases on their non Apple players but how does that work with Windows tablets?.
I assume windows tablets such as the Surface (if they can be described as such?) can run Itunes and therefore listen to songs bought from Itunes and played on a non Apple player so why not players such as Androids, Nexus etc??. How come Apple are ok with Windows players but not others? I`ve had no luck removing the DRM from my audiobooks bought from Itunes so I can play them on my Nexus so on a bit of a downer with Apple at the moment!
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Steve
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Windows rt tablets cannot run iTunes. Just use Google music manger on your PC. It uploads everything to the cloud including iTunes for your device.
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Thanks for that I had no idea Google could do that, shame it requires credit card details though!
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Steve Jobs is quoted to have said that you will never see iTunes for Android. But then, he is also quoted as saying that you will never see an iPad Mini. ;D 8) :P
IMO, as the Android share of the market continues to grow, it will reach a level that Apple can no longer ignore the profit potential. Money does make for strange bedfellows, as the saying goes.
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Thanks for that I had no idea Google could do that, shame it requires credit card details though!
Don't you buy apps?
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Because Apple is evil.
I used to be an apple guy... had a macbook, multiple Ipods...
I finally got tired of paying their luxury brand prices. To be fair, for years, they were head and shoulders above the rest. Android has finally caught, and in some ways surpassed them.
But it was DRM that really hacked me off. I got my first smartphone , an Android (because of price, and lack of a 4g Iphone at the time), and was hacked to find that all the Itunes music I had bought (quite a bit over the last 10 years) will not work on it.
I wrote Apple customer service, and was invited to pay about $500 to upgrade it all to ITunes Plus. I told them to go to hell, and that I would never buy an apple product again. I sold my Ipod the very next day.
I then spent about 4 nights in a row burning all my Itunes music to CD's, and reimporting it. That circumvents the DRM. Have you tried that for your audiobooks?
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The problem is your interpretation of DRM, is it Digital Rights Management or Damn Right its Mine, because I paid for it so let me use it on any device I own without outside control.
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When I bite into a cherry I don't want it to taste like an apple.
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The problem is your interpretation of DRM, is it Digital Rights Management or Damn Right its Mine, because I paid for it so let me use it on any device I own without outside control.
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Lol.
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+1
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Don't you buy apps?
Haven`t had the Nexus long and still working out the available apps I want yet. I assume once I do that then I`ll be able to use the Cloud?
Steve
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Don't you buy apps?
Haven`t had the Nexus long and still working out the available apps I want yet. I assume once I do that then I`ll be able to use the Cloud?
Steve
Yeah. Once you sign into Google play and come across the first app you want to buy it will ask for a credit card. I've never had any issues and they have had mine for 2 years. So once you save one you should be good to go.
I didn't think they would need one to use their cloud service but they have always had mine so I'm not sure.
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I then spent about 4 nights in a row burning all my Itunes music to CD's, and reimporting it. That circumvents the DRM. Have you tried that for your audiobooks?
Yes tried that and kept getting messages about protected files, even tried some long drawn out tutorials off youtube, end result was the same, seems to me that Apple are missing a trick here because when I used Itunes it worked fine and I would have been happy to carry on using it with my Nexus :'(
Steve
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I'd be willing to wager that there will be an iTunes app for the N7 when Apple realizes they are missing out on a profit center. When that day gets here, I'd make another wager the app won't be on my N7. Apple, Sony and Electronic Arts don't get any of my money.
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If i may ask?How come you don't like EA Tiny?
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If i may ask?How come you don't like EA Tiny?
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You may. It's a personal grudge from 22 years ago. I've explained it in more detail here (http://tinys-bs.com/RJs-Devil.php).
Don't you want to know why I dislike Apple and Sony?
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I'm a little confused. AOL decided to sell an entity and you are pissed at the people that bought it? I must be missing something. What did EA do wrong? Did they change the game around or something?
Oh. I can't stand Toshiba, Sprint and Sony. All of which screwed me with bad products and horrible customer service. I don't like Apple anymore because it seems a lot of their old philosophy has gone down the drain.
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We all have our "Black List" ;-)
Mine are Toshiba Laptops, Lenova tablets, and HTC tablets.
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Toshiba laptops! >:(
I have a vile taste in my mouth when I think of the experience with them. Worst company I have ever dealt with. Bar none. In remember their upper echelon management getting back to me when I was driving to Jacksonville for the Super Bowl. My wife thought I was going to drive into a tractor trailer on I95 they had me so pissed.
By the way emoticons have a lot of bugs. Lol
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Lol you guys may hate me and I know I'm one of the only ones but I actually love Sony. I know there hit and miss so I only go for their products that I know I'll like. I skipped their tablets because they weren't exactly what they were looking for but I love their laptops, ps3, TVs, bluray, and their home theater stuff.
Their are a bunch of bad Sony products so research is key with them. Some there still love what they do and make sure their products are the best they can be.
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Ps3 rocks. Just don't like their sound equipment and customer service.
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My brother works for Sony. IT security. He's always getting the latest and greatest, with a discount. Personally, quit buying Sony when they came out with their proprietary flash memory sticks. That proprietary crap just bugs me. That's why I got a Nexus.
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I'd be willing to wager that there will be an iTunes app for the N7 when Apple realizes they are missing out on a profit center. When that day gets here, I'd make another wager the app won't be on my N7.
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Personally I don't have an issue with any particular company, most of them have frustrated me one time or another, even Google....Nexus 4...
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JayJ. You seem to have great patience.
I read that in a fortune cookie once.:D
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Not really mate, I'm pained to admit it but I use to be a bit of a Sony fanboy...
I currently own a PSP, PS2 and PS Vita. My previous three phones were Sony Ericsson but never again after the Xperia X10i...
Samsung have miffed me and I would rather not have another Samsung phone despite really liking the Note 2 but I can't see the point in holding a grudge with a multi national company, I wouldn't not buy another Sony product because of one poor phone and nor would I not buy any other Samsung product because I disagree with their non releasing of source code on their phones.
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Yes. I agree. A lot of companies in this day and age can really be frustrating to have to deal with after the sale.
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A lot of times its just one bad customer service rep that ruins the reputation of that company fur the customer
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I'm a little confused. AOL decided to sell an entity and you are pissed at the people that bought it? I must be missing something. What did EA do wrong? Did they change the game around or something?
Oh. I can't stand Toshiba, Sprint and Sony. All of which screwed me with bad products and horrible customer service. I don't like Apple anymore because it seems a lot of their old philosophy has gone down the drain.
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It was never about a game. It was about a community. Online interaction was much different in those days. Players got to know each other and many got to know each other in the real world. Then one morning it was all gone, without an explanation of any kind. People that had spent a lot of money and invested a lot of time were left without any closure. I've ranted enough. Neither of the two companies will never get a nickel from me.
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Lol you guys may hate me and I know I'm one of the only ones but I actually love Sony. I know there hit and miss so I only go for their products that I know I'll like. I skipped their tablets because they weren't exactly what they were looking for but I love their laptops, ps3, TVs, bluray, and their home theater stuff.
Their are a bunch of bad Sony products so research is key with them. Some there still love what they do and make sure their products are the best they can be.
There is no denying the fact that Sony has (and does) make some excellent products. Sony also installed a root-kit on at least half a million computers. That is enough reason for me to never trust them again.
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Lol you guys may hate me and I know I'm one of the only ones but I actually love Sony. I know there hit and miss so I only go for their products that I know I'll like. I skipped their tablets because they weren't exactly what they were looking for but I love their laptops, ps3, TVs, bluray, and their home theater stuff.
Their are a bunch of bad Sony products so research is key with them. Some there still love what they do and make sure their products are the best they can be.
There is no denying the fact that Sony has (and does) make some excellent products. Sony also installed a root-kit on at least half a million computers. That is enough reason for me to never trust them again.
Like I said unfortunately you have to do a lot of research and double checking with Sony. I don't like that. I wish it was more like Bose where I know whatever I buy is amazing.