S60 Open to new features

I answered my own question from an earlier post, about options for synching USB Mass Storage (MSC) devices with Winamp. The gUSB plug-in for Winamp adds support for MSC devices, and so lets you copy music to your phone directly from Winamp. It doesn't do much more than that, however. There is no real synchronization of tracks or playlists, and no way to specify which folder on the phone will store the music. In other words, you're better off just copying your music to the phone using the Windows File Explorer, as Phil described in the See into S60 blog.

[Note: on E-Series devices, MSC is called "Data Transfer". Thanks to S60Tips.com for this info.]

Of course, Winamp now supports MTP, so you can connect your N91 or other S60 3rd Edition N-Series phone that way as well. As you might expect, though, the Winamp support for MTP is not as complete as what you find in Windows Media Player; it doesn't sync playlists, for example.

Perhaps a better option, if you use Windows and prefer not to use iTunes or Windows Media Player, is MediaMonkey. The free version of this media manager also recognizes MSC devices, but provides much more flexibility. You can specify where on the device to store your music (for example, organized in folders by artist and album), and set up automatic synchronization of tracks and playlists. It can also update the metadata and album art in your collection, by downloading information from Amazon (your choice of several countries). This is a fairly easy way to add album art to your music before moving it to your phone.