iConvert

I've made no bones over the years about not being excessively fond of Microsoft solutions. They have some great products -- Office, SQL Server, and Media Center being just a few -- but for the majority of my needs (okay, geeky wants), most of their products are simply lacking. Or worse.

By this point, we all know how much I love my iPhone. I purchased it after my intense bouts of frustration over a couple years of using PalmOS and Windows Mobile devices. Apple hit it out of the park with the iPhone. Period.

Today, I further fell in love with Apple. I have all my music sitting on a network share attached to my primary desktop PC, and wanted to hear it over my home theater setup instead. Add to that, a recently downloaded iPhone app, which I'll cover in a moment.

So I installed iTunes on my HTPC, pointed it to the network share, and waited a few moments while iTunes indexed my library. I then fired up the aforementioned iPhone app, simply called "Remote" which asked me to select a library. I did, and was shown a little 4-digit code to key into iTunes. Once I did that, I had access to my full music library. I chose a song, and the house started rocking. I slid the little slider on my phone, and the volume magically dropped. Fast forward, rewind, play, pause, access to my pre-built playlists as well as the Genius...

It Just Friggin' Works. Every time I try something new, it's like happy magic invading my electronic devices.

My next computer purchase will most assuredly be a Mac. Period.


[iPhone post]