GoFlex Satellite

[AskTheLeaf]

The new iOS GoFlex Media app is now available on the iTune App store, version 1.1.0.74. 

Additions:

• Photo swipe
• Fixed issue where no audio on videos when slider is muted (KBA 219891)
• Added languages for Europe and APAC.
• Minor bug fixes

No new sort options yet, but those are coming. 

The swipe feature acts more like the native iPad photo viewer by giving the user the ability to browse their photo library by swiping the photo left to right or right to left, but keep in mind that the photos are loading over Wi-Fi rather than local, so there is some natural delay. 

When you click a photo it will open a thumbnail, then it will show a progress bar and about a second or two after the progress bar completes, it will show the image full screen. 

Thumbnail / progress - appears when photo opened. 
Full screen image appears after progress bar completes. 

Navigation options appear if you touch the screen. 

Swipe right or swipe left to navigate without using the menu. 

[delirious]

Picture swipe feature is a nice addition.

[SusiBiker]

Shame it doesn't fix the "Open In" selection bug that causes the iOS GoFlex App to crash 100% of the time.

Actually, it's rubbish, because I can't even get Seagate Support to talk to me seriously and keep sending me stock replies!

[Hook'em_Horns]

Seagate, Go check out the JetStream HD companion app for a nice user interface, that excites the user. Until SG comes up with an interface approaching the JS HD app, people are going to continue to yawn.

Now to the app... It does not really give the user any benefits over accessing the HD from Safari. In fact, in one aspect, it's actually worse. In my hotel, I connected my iPad via WiFi to my GoFlex and then my app via HDMI adaptor to the windscreen LCD in my room.  When using the app, I could never get the app to enlarge to full screen. I had letterboxes on both the top AND bottom of my picture. I then decided to access my content via Safari and voila!  Full screen access!  This is a bug that needs fixing.

Also, the app NEEDS to be able to create media playlists (music, photos, and movies). Searching for content by lists is cumbersome.

The hardware portion of your implementation could improve by providing some sort of Internet pass through. If I'm using this with my iPhone, I should still be able to connect to the Internet without having to kill wifi. If I can tether via wifi, why can't I access it will connected to the GoFlex.

Keeping working and you can make a good product into a great one!


[hef]

hook'em - tethering on a phone is very different from setting up a "passthrough" situatuion like we would need to for this to work the way you want it to.

a phone has two distinct network adapters - the wirless adapter and the 3g modem. they operate seperately and tethering is essentially just setting up a network bridge between the two.

this device only has one network card. a single wirless adapter and thats it. unless the adapter was specifically designed to allow its use as a repeater then it's gonna be extremely hard to do an "internet passthrough" like you wish. doesn't mean its impossible. jsut means its not gonna be an easy or fast thing to achieve so be patient.

there are people here in the community working on these ideas and thinging about how to implement them if they are even possible.

[Gabriel James]

It is clear from the community forums that most users want to be able to use the internet and the Satellite at the same time.

It is important to deliver a product that meets user expectations. 

[Jeffrey Tan]

Yes. That is one of the number feature that many users have asked. It is a chore to toggle between 2 wireless.

These guys figured it out already . bit.ly/niDIyn

[born2mow]

To Seagate: Please try to "provide an AirPlay output device picker" (http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/AudioVideo/Conceptual/AirPlayGuide/Introductio... for the iOS app. People with AppleTV2 could redirect the stream wirelessly from the app to an HDTV but the app needs to do full screen or it will be useless for movies.

[DudeDad]

Just got my GFS yesterday....when selecting the Music tab, then Artists, it would be nice to see the ALBUMS rather than all the songs.  I can see the albums in the File Viewer and start playing music from there.  Seems to me that when you go inot the Artists under Music, you should be able to toggle between seeing all the songs under that artist or an album listing....

[AskTheLeaf]

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DudeDad wrote:

Just got my GFS yesterday....when selecting the Music tab, then Artists, it would be nice to see the ALBUMS rather than all the songs.  I can see the albums in the File Viewer and start playing music from there.  Seems to me that when you go inot the Artists under Music, you should be able to toggle between seeing all the songs under that artist or an album listing....

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Thank you so much for your feedback.

We have periodic beta tests for various devices. If we have another coming up for the GoFlex Satellite, would you consider participating?