9/10/10 10:00 AM
By: Alex Z.
My theory is that Apple rules the world...in their own way.
Come on. We all know that Steve Jobs' singular goal is to invade our homes and infiltrate our minds via beautifully designed aluminum devices that plug into our ears and suck electricity from our wall sockets.
I gave in to Apple's sexiness years ago and right now as my fingers dance across a glass IPS display, backlit by LEDs, and powered by two behemoth batteries that give me 10 hours of fun and games, I ask you this:
Why can't our iPods do something as simple as sync with another computer?
Scenario: My computer PC crashes and I just lost all of my purchased music, apps, and personal save data. I realize there are many ways to transfer my music with programs such as SharePod and Sentui. That's half the battle. The other half is getting all of my saved game data (all those long hours on Peggle and N.O.V.A. are now lost), application data (so long to my notes on how to make a hops pillow), and photos of my family. Now what? I suck it up and start fresh.
I don't want to start fresh. I want a fresh way to be able to stay with the device that I've come know. My personal data that doesn't exist in the cloud is very important to me.
My proposal: I propose that our iPods/iPads (any mobile Apple device) be strongly linked to our Apple ID.
I understand Apple's reasoning for preventing this in the first place--piracy prevention--but given one shiny Apple ID and one measly iTunes authorization per-device, I believe that we can turn sad faces into happy ones.
Users should be able to authorize one device per computer. If your computer crashes, you can login to your account via Apple ID, deauthorize an old computer, and authorize a new computer to pair with your device.
Here is a link to how Apple does exactly this with its digital content downloaded via iTunes.
Okay Apple, now it's your job to give this new feature a name. Call it iPod Swipe or iSwipe or something along those lines and do it soon please.
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