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Old 01-22-2010, 01:11 PM   #161
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Originally Posted by badbob001 View Post
Perhaps it's one of those things that companies thinks is 'too complicated' for the non-business (ie, no paid support staff) consumer. For example, on Android and Windows Mobile phones, choosing a ringtone will open a flattened view of all media files, which is impossible to use since it also lists the thousands of songs one has on the storage card. It's insane.

But in IREX's case, it's more likely this is not due to a poor design decision but simply a decision to cut features that were not ready due to (need I say it?) poor project management.
I think you were more on track with the "business device" vs "consumer device". We can ask them though, and see if they say that folder support will be added back in.

I'm guessing it was a conscious design choice though. Rather than folders, they're giving the options of sorting by title or author, and then selecting from an alphabetical list to narrow it down. They wouldn't have added all of that if it was just a matter of the folders not being ready yet. This sounds more like a replacement to the folder system, not a temporary place holder for it.
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