When you playback you will notice similarities with desktop music managers - like the ability to rate tracks and create playlists.
Unless I'm missing something, I can't run Spotify or play my ALAC lossless music collection in Metro, which means I'm still running mouse-hungry desktop music applications for this stuff.
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Two years before its 2003 launch (as the iTunes Music Store), Apple introduced the iTunes client as a desktop music management program and implemented it as the device manager for the first iPod later in 2001.
The new phone, coupled with strong sales of Apple's desktop computers and music players, have caused the company's share price to more than double over the past year.
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The first product in an exciting new music entertainment ecosystem, the LIVE 5000 connects to a consumer's existing home Wi-Fi network, is controllable from iOS, Android and Desktop applications and delivers music from the Internet's most popular content providers.
Go from immersive gaming audio and smack-talking foes at your desktop to listening to your music out and about in seconds.
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With HP Fences, users can effortlessly organize desktop multimedia content, such as photos, music and videos, by categories, then access them quickly, keeping the desktop uncluttered.
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Playing music does not require a desktop client, so logging in is a seamless experience and users can enjoy MOG's vast catalog with just one click.
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What we need, I think, is to establish a patent baseline for each of these major types of digital devices, smartphones, tablets, music players, laptops, desktop computers, etc. that adjudicates the basic patents required to make a functional device.
The invitation, titled "The beat goes on, " includes an image of a man, in silhouette, dancing with an iPod on the cover of an album displayed in the style of Apple's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) "Cover Flow" feature, which allows users to flip through their music on their iPhones or desktop computers.
And while Linux can easily master big jobs, proprietary code means that it doesn't always work with movies, music and peripherals as smoothly on the desktop as the alternatives.
As with all Acer systems, both consumer desktop series come with AcerCloud, enabling users to share music, photos, videos and documents on the PC with all other devices.
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"Whether you're into video editing, music or gaming, with Seagate's new Desktop SSHD you can now have your cake and eat it too, " said Kevin Wasielewski, CEO and co-founder of Origin PC.
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It can also recognize and wirelessly play music files saved on smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop PCs that support Bluetooth and Apple's AirPlay.
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No music on my D: drive appeared in the Metro Music app, which meant I had to play tracks using a desktop app.
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Away from the desktop, iTunes users must have an iPod, iPhone or other Apple device to play the music, movies and other content they download.
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The service enables you to quickly upload your music into the mSpot Cloud, where you can start listening to it from popular desktop browsers and cell phones immediately.
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Jobs also introduced the latest edition of Apple's iTunes software, which serves as a storefront for Apple's music and video offerings, and a way for users to manage the media kept on their desktop computers, laptops, digital media players and iPhones.
He said the OS has 300 new features and demoed 10, including a new organisational system for the desktop called Stacks and a new folder system which lets users browse files and applications visually, just as music lovers can browse album covers in iTunes.
Spotify already has Facebook Connect integrated into its own desktop interface, allowing users to see what their friends on Facebook are listening to, and opt to have music choices show up on their news feeds.
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