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Here’s how you can create playlists for your media files in iPhone:

1. The key for getting the most out of iTunes and music on your iPhone is to understand and utilize playlists. Playlists are created in iTunes on your Mac or PC, and accessible from the iPod application on your iPhone. Playlists give you flexible options for creating lists of songs that suite your mood, so you could create playlist to listen to while driving, or another for when you need to relax.
2. In iTunes on your Mac or PC, click the + button near the bottom left of the screen. This adds a new playlist. Give your playlist a name then click on Music in the Library list. Now drag songs from your music selection to your new playlist.
3. You can also create dynamically updated Smart Playlists by choosing New Smart Playlist from the File menu. So, for example, you could create a Smart Playlist of all the songs added in the last week, so they’re always easy to find.
4. To add more rules to your Smart Playlist criteria click the + button. You can add as many rules as you like. There’s a huge range of criteria to choose from. If you rate your songs, why not use the rating as a criteria to choose only your favourite songs?
5. If iTunes is set to automatically sync all songs and playlists with your iPhone, then all you need to do is connect your iPhone and sync. Alternatively, you can set iTunes to sync only selected playlists in the Music tab of your iPhone’s synching options.

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If you check your iPhone, you’ll find out that there’s an iPod app lies on the Home screen. Here goes the guide for using the iPod application:

1. Finding songs in the iPod app can be done in various ways, via Playlists, Artists, or Songs. Tap More to browse Albums, Audiobooks, Compilations, Composers, Genres, and Podcasts. Once you’ve found a song, simply tap its name to play it.
2. You’ll notice a Play/Pause button which is straightforward. Tap and hold the forward and back buttons to skim inside a song, while single tapping takes you to the next or previous song. The slider controls the volume, as do the volume button.
3. Tap the album cover to reveal some extra features when you’re playing a track. Tap rotate icon to repeat the selected track or song list, use the scrubber bar to skip to a particular point in a song, or you can shuffle through your songs with the button on the right. You can build a playlist of similar music by tapping the atom-like Genius button in the middle so long as you have enabled Genius in iTunes 8.
4. Cover Flow view in the iPod application is one of the coolest things about the iPhone. While a song is playing, simply turn your iPod on its side and you can browse through your albums via their artwork. To see the tracks on an album, just tap its cover.

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In iTunes on your iPhone, go to the Info pane and you can choose to overwrite your contacts, calendars, or bookmarks with those from your computer on the next sync, handy if you’ve restored from a backup. If you’re using MobileMe, just turn the syncing for the affected date type off, wait a little while then turn it back on.

From the tool panel, click the Options menu, select Preferences, and choose any format you want to use (MP3 or WAV). If you choose MP3, you have to decide the bit rate you want to apply. Finally, make a file extension and click Save It button.

Next, drag the songs you want to convert, and click the Convert button.

The CoverBuddy is available for $20 or you can download the trial version first. It currently supports Mac only right now.

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For iPod users, PSP Music Studio also works alongside iTunes, allowing AAC or MP3 tracks to be “dragged and dropped” from iTunes into the PSP Music Studio and your PSP. It will automatically change the extension of your iTunes AAC tracks from M4A to MP4 for seamless transfer to PSP.

Skinned with a stylish intuitive interface, PSP Music Studio gives you access to a whole host of functions that are easy to use and allow you to:

• Import you own music CD collection to MP3 for PSP playback.
• Automatically name your MP3’s with Artist, Album, and Track names.
• Copy MP3 or AAC tracks from iTunes straight into PSP Music Studio
• Rename iTunes AAC tracks from .M4A to .MP4 for PSP playback.
• Fully manage all your PSP music files.
• Use an “iTunes” style intuitive graphical interface- functional and easy to use.
• Copy, Delete, Download and Upload files between PC, PSP and Memory Stick.
• Backup music to PC, and save storage space on your Memory Stick.
• Supports, MP3, AAC and WAV.
• Manage storage capacity via the on-screen memory stick capacity bar. (MB/KB).
• View Lives RSS Feeds to keep you updated with the latest PSP news.

Also includes PC USB to PSP USB Mini Cable with built in USB Charger.

PSP Xploder Music Studio will be available soon for £9.99.

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But now, Windows user can be happy. The waiting is over. The latest Dot-Tunes, v1.1j, now fully support Windows OS. So, no more jealous to Mac user.

To use Dot-Tunes as your music server is very easy. You can read the detail instruction here. For the brief instructions:

1. Run Dot-Tunes application
2. Choose the music (and recordings) that you want to share / served (”your iTunes tracks”)
3. Done! Now you can use Sony PSP or other portable device with internet / WiFi connection support to access your music server on your PC. You can view, download, and listen to the iTunes track directly from your portable device.

Not hard, isn’t it?

According to Dot-Pod, the author of Dot-Tunes, this software doesn’t use Windows built-in ‘web-sharing’ feature. Dot-Tunes has its own web server capability, specifically designed to serve the audio tracks from iTunes. If you want, you can also protect your music server by setting up the username and password for the server, so only authorized users can listen to and download your music.

You can download the demo version of Dot-Tunes here: Windows, Mac OS X

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iTunes 5, the new version of iTunes, come up with a new user interface and several new features, such as the new Search Bar that lets users look through their own music, the iTunes Music Store library, podcasts and audiobooks. Another new feature is Smart Shuffle, which give a better random song playback than before.

Playlists now can be organized into folders. And parent can now restrict the sale of music from iTunes Music Store with explicit lyrics through the Parental Control. According to Apple, iTunes Music Store now features more than 2 million songs, making it the largest online music catalog in the world.

For Harry Potter fans, iTunes 5 offers the complete six-volume Harry Potter audiobook series for online download from iTunes Music Store. And when you buy the complete Harry Potter Digital Box Set, you can also get a collector’s edition iPod engraved with the Hogwarts crest.

iTunes 5 has already support the new iTunes cellphone, Motorola ROKR.

Complete list of iTunes 5 features:

• New Look
  Streamlined design makes iTunes even easier to use.
• Search Bar
  Find stuff fast and refine your search with the handy new Search Bar.
• Smart Shuffle
  Adjust random playback to hear what you want.
• Sync from Outlook
  iTunes now supports iPod syncing for Outlook and Outlook Express on Windows PCs.
• Playlist Folders
  Organize all your playlists into folders.
• Parental Controls
  Limit kids’ access to the iTunes Music Store and sharing features.
• Album Reviews
  Browse over 1,000 album reviews.
• The Complete Harry Potter
  Download all six audiobooks or the Digital Box Set and add the collector’s iPod with Hogwarts crest.
• iTunes for Your Mobile Phone
  Sync music to the Motorola ROKR E1.

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This is one serious party animal. It lights up all over when calls come in, its built-in speakers for ringtones or music playback are surprisingly good, and it has a cool sound-recognition feature that allows its lights to keep time with music or voices in its surroundings. None if this is useful in the least, but a heckuva lotta fun.

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The iTunes mobile phone is developed by Motorola Inc. Unlike the rumour that said it’d only hold about 25 songs, ROKR, Apple’s first foray into the mobile telephony market, can store up to 100 songs. It also has a color screen, built-in dual-stereo speakers, stereo headphones and even a camera.

When a call is received, music will automatically shut off. But users can still listen to music while text-messaging. The backdraw, users will not be able to load the phone with music files over cellular networks, however. They must transfer songs from their computers. That contrasts with popular over-the-air music purchases available in such countries as Japan.

Cingular Wireless, the no. 1 U.S mobile service, will be the exclusive U.S. carrier of the phone. Customers will have to pay $249.99 for a two-year service contract. The same as iPod Nano, the new iPod which replace the iPod Mini, the iTunes phone ROKR will be available in Cingular stores on Thursday.