Hell Froze Over, Indeed...

I've been trying for Windows this past couple of days, and even though I couldn't care less for the shop (it's not available for me), I was definetly impressed by the overall feel - it's virtually identical (in all respects) to the version, is pretty well integrated, and does an excellent job of sharing libraries via DAAP/Rendezvous (no more issues with disk space, network shares, etc - it just works).

However, I don't fancy having open on my home server and I'm not too keen on its () ID3 handling, so it was with some interest that I found a number of references to daapd (a compatible server daemon for any variant), including this great hint to get it to work with Rendezvous.

Of course, my SliMP3 still has heavy use (and doesn't quite support , at least not the version I'm running), but it's nice to know you can set up a home music library with a kick-ass interface at zero cost (and a little compiling, sure, but easy enough to do).

Sendo goes Series 60

Mobitopia is one of the many that hailed Sendo's first Series 60 phone, which sports, as a "differentiating feature"... a Today screen, just like half the PDAs on the planet. Oh come on, people. There are oodles of third-party applications for my that achieve exactly the same effect - albeit not with such a funky finish...

Nevertheless, UI themeing seems to be all the rage in Series 60 phones - to the extent that Nokia's supports it as a built-in feature (some Spanish forums are teeming with horrible screenshots of the built-in themes...).

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