I Hate iTunes!

iTunes has to be one of the worst applications Apple make. It it truly awful.

I find it incredibly difficult to track where files came from, what's on my iPod Touch and not, what are duplicates and so on. The poor interface means I have files littered about my hard drive and on my iPod which I can't be sure I've listened to.

For a long time I used a MobiBlu cube. This is a fantastic device. Mine has 2GB of memory, a tiny screen and simple USB interface. By numbering my MP3 podcasts, I could easily see how many I'd listened to and delete them by number. The process worked - the numbering system I assigned meant I could easily change the order I listen to the files. A simple and effective process.

iTunes ruins all that. It insists on referring to the files by their MP3 ID3 tags, regardless of how I rename them. It fails to delete duplicates, it doesn't let me easily delete files which I've moved to my iPod.

I wanted to sort out an alternative to the MobiBlu for the car. I've got an iPod connector which broadcasts my iPod on the radio, but obviously it has a standard iPod plug and won't connect to the MobiBlu. However I've also got a standard 3.5mm jack one too - perhaps I should go back to the Mobiblu.

Has anyone seen any competing software to iTunes or do Apple simply not allow it?

Enterprise Connectivity with iPod Touch

Last year I blogged about my replacement iPaq after my previous one failed. As I said at the time, it was dull, dull and more dull.

Earlier this year I bought an iPod Touch while in the US. It is a wonderful device. The screen is fantastic, the quality of the applications is great and the video is so watchable. Unfortunately, email integration with my Exchange Server was only via IMAP. The integration worked fine, however it didn't integrate my calendar or contacts. For a while I used the notes application until I jailbreak'ed and installed a to-do list application, although it wasn't that good.

Now I've installed version 2.0 of the 'Touch software (following on from its release on the iPhone). I have full Exchange integration and the ability to install applications (Omnifocus for time management being the first).

Finally my 'Touch has become indispensable. I can't see anything else on the market to touch it (no pun intended)! Now I have a problem...do I invest in the new iPhone....