What were they thinking?

The previous version of DockStudio had its bugs, notably a tendency to lose the option when changing playlists. There was cludgy workaround—restart the app—but it *was* annothing. This version solves that—by eliminating playlists altogether. Bad idea. Heres some shortcomings of the new version.

1) lack of dimmer control so the screen isnt too bright for the dark adapted eye.
2) no alarm clock
3) no access to downloaded mp3s
4) inaccurate location and weather data. My DockStudio thinks I live in another town. Im glad I dont, since the temperature there is, apparently, always -1° F. When I try to type in the name of my own town, DockStudio says Im not on the network. It lies.
5) bizarre defauls. I mean, Centigrade temperatures and 24 hour clocks?
6) sleep timer that wont run in the background. Check the weather and the timer conks out. OK, this was a problem with the earlier version, too, but that dont make it right.

The newly added features, e.g. the slide show, arent of any use to me.

In summary, a tolerable app has been transformed into a useless app.

Dr. Dr. Bill about Philips DockStudio