I've spend most of today trying to figure out why my "digital lifestyle" isn't more connected and my devices aren't integrated with each other in quite the way I really want them to be.
For sure, my laptop will talk to my mobile phone (Windows Mobile 6), and I can move data around, but my music collection which is on my laptop is locked into iTunes, so doesn't sync to Microsoft Media Player. My freeview TV box with build in recorder integrates into nothing - so the only way I can catch up is when I'm actually in front of my TV, no way of watching from my UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC). My SatNav works completely independantly and my Nintendo Wii is the same (although I have seen some unofficial Media Center type things you can do with it, if you have the kit to set it up properly).
Am I just buying the wrong devices? Or is it the software not able to talk to each other in the right way? I've abandoned my idea of a Home Server and I've today plumped for some network attached storage - I figure if I can decentralise my files away from my laptop, phone and UMPC and onto some generic networked storage, I can start to better plan and integrate my devices.
Here's the ultimate integration aim I have....
For sure, my laptop will talk to my mobile phone (Windows Mobile 6), and I can move data around, but my music collection which is on my laptop is locked into iTunes, so doesn't sync to Microsoft Media Player. My freeview TV box with build in recorder integrates into nothing - so the only way I can catch up is when I'm actually in front of my TV, no way of watching from my UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC). My SatNav works completely independantly and my Nintendo Wii is the same (although I have seen some unofficial Media Center type things you can do with it, if you have the kit to set it up properly).
Am I just buying the wrong devices? Or is it the software not able to talk to each other in the right way? I've abandoned my idea of a Home Server and I've today plumped for some network attached storage - I figure if I can decentralise my files away from my laptop, phone and UMPC and onto some generic networked storage, I can start to better plan and integrate my devices.
Here's the ultimate integration aim I have....
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