About a week ago, Winamp, a popular media player, released a beta version for Android.
Personally I’ve never really used Winamp (having an iPod, I mostly use iTunes). However the wireless syncing service it offers is too appealing. After all, who doesn’t hate having to go hunt down that USB cord every time and go through the hassle of mounting, etc., etc. Especially because I have the Samsung Vibrant, and silly Samsung, thought they could kill two birds with one stone by giving you a wall adapter that you plug the USB cord into in order to charge your phone. Of course this means I have to walk all the way into my room, grab the cord from off my wall, and walk all the way back to my computer just to hook it up. Painful I know.
Anyway, just a word of warning for whoever’s using the Winamp Android Beta and have wireless sync enabled. The sync service, called “WifiSyncService”, is a huge battery killer. My phone pretty much died within half a day with that service enabled. So if your phone is suddenly dying quicker than usual, check to see if that service is running and kill it. If you’re using a Task Killer, be careful, sometimes it doesn’t kill the service.
Otherwise, it’s an awesome app and I really look forward to the next version.