![]() But Apple make is as hard as they can to do any of the above if you don't (or can't) use iTunes. The problem with all of this wonderful stuff is buried in the one line paragraph above - it's all so easy to do from iTunes. I come not to bury the iPod, but to praise it. It is all made so easy to do from iTunes. In short I think the iPod Touch/iPhone is a fantastic way, and the best I have seen, to listen to audiobooks. There are even apps which will stream Librivox books via WiFi (or over the mobile network if you have an iPhone) for immediate play. There's a new feature where you can fast forward through a book to find your place by replaying it at twice normal speed (without the reader sounding like Donald Duck) etc. Navigation is excellent, with Coverflow for browsing and a great search capability in the recent v3.0 update. It can even speed up or slow down the reading of an audiobook without changing the pitch. It also supports commercial audiobooks from Audible, and even DRMd audiobooks from online audiobook library loan systems such as Overdrive. It also handles picking up stories via podcasts really well - you don't even need to go to a computer to get the latest episodes, all you need is WiFi and you can keep up to date with your podcasts from anywhere. ![]() ![]() mp4 audiobook files which has a single file for an entire audiobook, with the ability to have chapter markers, with different art for each chapter, good bookmarks etc. ![]() mp3s by just dragging them into the Music list in iTunes, or via dedicated. It is really easy to add audiobooks via iTunes, either as. In fact I think it handles them really well (at least on the iPod Touch, which is what I use). I hope I didn't imply that there is a particular problem with audio book support on IPods. ![]()
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