New option in music settings of ipod

Question

Can apple create in new Patch for ios ipod option that will pause playback when volume set to 0 in ipod touch?

Answer 1

Agreed with roaminggnome. Can they? Sure. Will they? Good luck! People have been trying to get them to add some very basic and very widely called for things such as the ability to hide certain factory icons (stocks, game center, etc)... that'd be so, rudimentary, but they just won't do it for some reason. Another would be, say... toggles for frequently used functions like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 3G, etc. Again, users have come up with hacks (literally, by opening special internalized URL strings in Safari, then waiting for it to open settings and go to that screen). Again, users shouldn't be having to create homebrew hacks for such asinine, basic functionalities... but Apple rules the iWorld, and if they have their reasons for not wanting to do something, they won't do it.
I would personally find toggles for those mentioned above to fit perfectly at the top of the notification center (or wherever you choose to place them there, as well as an option to place the click-click-slide right to get to track controls, slide again to get to volume/airplay) -- vice versa as well -- have the option to place the toggles down where the music controls can be currently accessed. I think their task manager, while better than "no task manager" still could use some drastic user experience changes. Maybe an option to access the tasks via touch alone. I hate the button, it always clicks not enough or too many times. I can almost guarantee it'll disappear next generation... it's mechanical... (obviously the entire thing is mechanical) but it's a heavily used, pressure variance, open (crap can get in/around the button) causing malfunction or just... mal-experience for the user.
I may seem like I have a bit of a chip on my shoulder towards Apple, and I do right now... for good reason. They've still yet to fully fix the battery issues in their BRAND NEW product, and my iPhone 4 (no S) also now experiences major battery drain (it didn't with 5.0! ironic that the "battery fix" 5.0.1 firmware cut my battery life into about 1/3 or 1/4th instantly) -- and don't get me started about the stupid Wi-Fi sync error 0x000000074 or whatever it is that basically has made a good deal of users just have to shut off wi-fi sync. That was a major sell of the iOS 5!
Two MAJOR issues that are going on several months without resolution. I'm now considering doing something that I never (LOL, how ironic. The very error I'm complaining about pops up midsentence, interrupting me! I love it!) -- never before considered and that's jailbreaking my device now that courts have made it legal. I just hope I can downgrade to 5.0 firmware again. I have well... I'll not get into that but let's just say that I always stay prepared keeping backups of things I need lest Apple present another such fiasco as this.
The truly bothersome part about it all is that you can contact support all you want, or go look at the discussions that hundreds of users are posting to with horror stories, probably 100 pages easily (each) the threads on these invisible issues (to Apple).
I considered buying an iPhone 4S -- and was capable of doing so then and there -- but it took about 2-3 seconds of consideration before I remembered they haven't fixed the battery issue, the wi-fi sync issue, and I think their non-chalant attitude towards customer service (online at least, there are no "Genius Bars" within 100 miles of here, so I can't even tell you what one of those looks like) -- their attitude is poor. Their products are excellent and obviously I have bought in, and do enjoy the Apple devices I own, but as of now, no more Apple products for me until I (doubtfully) see an about face in their treatment of major issues (aka, "man up, Apple"! Admit there's a problem, and diligently work to fix it!) Don't deny the problem exists for 1-2 months, then say OK, it exists, but only for a super fractional like .000001% of users (using skewed statistics and non-logical conclusions and statements) -- then when the problem gets to be undeniable, take several more months to put out the first of 3-4 "fixes" before it finally resolves the issue (usually only partially, though).
So yep. As a Systems/Network Admin for some fairly decent sized companies (hundreds of employees each times nearly 50-100 companies on a need-based or maintenance/monitoring of their servers/backup systems, etc)-- Apple is getting some pretty bad publicity, as hundreds and hundreds of people who rely on my opinion in their decisioning process; as often they are not as technically saavy or educated/up-to-date on the latest happenings in the tech world (they have other things to worry about, that's what I/my coordinating admins are there for)... who are also quite displeased, btw.
Apple, you need to get it together and stop worrying about top dollar on your devices and start worrying about your customers, or your empire (granted, your vast... monolithic empire) will fall again. Remember, you almost were a mockery for a while, until the trend of the iMac picked you up a little, then your life saver... the iPod and its decendants saved your arse from oblivion). Any company who doesn't treat customers with respect, an open mind and a listening ear... will fall. Maybe not today, maybe not this decade... but longevity is not a blessing upon those who treat customers as pests.
So I've dissuaded probably 20... 25 people from buying an iPhone 4S or an iPad. Eh. Nothing to you... but when their children need phones, there's a good chance it could be Android. After all, I don't just slander and libel companies when I have empirical evidence that these problems exist, and have existed for months, leaving your hardware and software in a state of frankly, an "unusable" state for some users... others, like me, just grit their teeth and charge their iPhone for the 4th time that day, even though they've done everything possibly to limit the functionality of their device to use as little power as possible! It just works? What does? If it just worked I wouldn't be too scared to upgrade my other iPhone and iPod Touch to iOS 5. I refuse to do it until I am positive I can downgrade/preserve baseband or whatever I need to do; jailbreak it, so be it -- if you're not going to fix the problem, I can at least back down my firmware a notch to when I could charge my phone once a day instead of every few hours!
You've got one very dissatisfied customer here, but you'll never hear my tiny little ant voice in your sea of millions of iPhone users oblivious to what is actually going on or what is or isn't "normal" behavior! Some people think 3 hours of light usage is "good/acceptable". I had a friend (well, more than one) who did not know that heat was a battery's enemy. She would constantly leave it in her glovebox or in her car (where the ambient temps reach over 100 degrees F, much less the interior of a closed car -- her old battery lasted 30 minutes on a full charge. It was ridiculous. So, to her... 3-4 hours was fantastic!
Little does she know the specs read 8 hours TALK TIME give or take a margin for a new battery, and what.. 10 hours for the 4S, out of just recall memory? What a dream that would be! Trust me, friends... I have it all cut down to the bare minimum... push is off, I'm down to manual or (sorry iTunes error again...) 1 hour fetch. Screen is always at lowest possible brightness unless I'm out in the sun and physically cannot see the screen... Bluetooth is off at all times and is only cut on when in use then immediately shut off... push notifications are shut down to bare minimum that I can functionally handle... wifi is off when i'm in the car... 3g is off when I'm using wi-fi... location services, dare I even try to use those, I know better... I do a full cycle each month... in fact.. i have to do one every day! Multiple times! Every accessory is stock, so I'm not screwing it up with cheap $1.00 cables and chargers... and I keep the phone cool as possible at all times, esp during charging I keep wary. It's like having an infant to monitor. It really is.
Sorry to complain so much. It obviously just hit a nerve this morning. Here's one of my best buddies:
now make that pop up every 5-10 minutes, modal dialog box, of course, so it has to be dismissed before anything will continue. Most of the time I just have to discover it behind all the Windows. I've grown to expect it actually, so I'm pretty good at guessing what the problem is when all my stuff stops working. Not Windows anymore! (The same error exists on OS X as well, btw... so it's not just a "PC problem").
Typing alo-----.... (keyboard stops responding) AWWWW look who it is!!! Alright, I'll hit your OK button! Why do I even have iTunes open? I don't anymore unless I forget to close it after adding content. Probably should use something like the Birdie competition, or I wonder if the foobar2000 plugin works solid with iOS 5 yet? Ditch this garbage. I need to find an appropriate place to put this where it will be properly ignored by customer service and other Apple tech support. I suppose.... right here is fine.... inconspicuous, easily ignored... good as anywhere else, not like they give a you know what anyways about their customers... hundreds of them... having relentless software (so it seems, considering mine used to work respectably until firmware update) issues preventing them from using their expensive phone as a functional piece of electronic equipment... was an Apple fan. Now well... just look at the name, right? I'm done unless they clean their act really fast.
Enjoy your day, fellow stricken souls! May iLuck be on your side!