I admit, I stopped ripping with iTunes for that reason. The metadata is supposed to be embedded in the files. But iTunes must store some of that in the library and doesn't update the files properly. Now I do all my ripping with XLD. And save the album art in the folder as folder.jpg in case I ever browse the folder from Windows (it makes it the folder icon). That way if iTunes ever breaks the album art, I can use KID3 or something similar to repair it.

I'd prefer to keep context in my car radio, so it resumes playing where it left off. Even if I've listened to music elsewhere since. My current phone has no MicroSD - not that I'm unhappy with my Nexus 5.

Well - a lot of radio controls are convoluted for a thumb drive player, but work great when controlling an iPod over USB. I have a radio that does both.

The main reason for wanting a separate device is the huge upcharge to dedicate 32GB (or more) of storage on your phone. That upcharge is even larger for Apple devices, but I haven't had time yet to build my own system.

And yes, I mostly buy in CD format.

At least the more recent Zune players support AAC.

And even better, the song was probably available in MP3 format from Amazon.

Well - since Apple at least sells in DRM-free AAC now, a decent portable media player would handle that. AAC is a little more bit-efficient than MP3. The rest of what you say is absolutely true, but I've ripped my own CDs in AAC even without using the files in iTunes.

Why would you have ripped to a DRM-laden format? You can rip to clean AAC, MP3 or lossless from iTunes. I didn't know ripping to a protected format was even an option. Otherwise, you can just copy the files.

Only once you reach a certain point in production numbers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E...

I don't know how else to interpret the statistics than this. There is literally nothing to make of this report.

Don't be silly. People don't use SUVs for sport utility.

Gmail is one of them. I can't log into a second gmail account on Android Lollipop without switching manually to the desktop version - BY EDITING THE URL! That's right, clicking the "Desktop Version" link redirects you to the "first" account.

And yes, there are reasons to log in to Gmail on Mobile rather than using the mail client for everything.

If you have that much moisture to get rid of, your almost always going to have drier air outside.

Lack of crumpling means the force wasn't absorbed by the vehicle body. Personally, I'd rather the vehicle absorb the stopping force instead of transferring it to me.

You know you can manually enable TRIM with any SSD on OS X using tools made for Hackintosh users. It's a very simple and unobtrusive procedure. OS X disables TRIM on everything but their own approved drives for no reason at all - the OS support is still there.

TRIM only affects write performance. In order to write to a sector on an SSD, it must be blank. TRIM erases "free" space in advance of your next write to that part of the drive. If you drive isn't nearly full you may just be using empty space anyway and not having any performance loss.

Car365. It's a monthly fee now.