At work I plug in my iPod into my speakers and let it shuffle. Since the iPod touch now has the line out at the bottom, I can no longer position my iPod in portrait mode, since the cable to my speakers gets in the way. Therefore I position it in landscape mode, which brings up the Coverf Flow view. Nice, if only it would always refresh to the album art for the "now playing song" and, more importantly to me, if it would offer a volume slider. Both features are missing in landscape mode.
Here are two workarounds; first the simple solution:
- Shuffle songs
- Click the Home button to return to the main iPod touch screen
- Double-click home button to display the 'music widget' with volume slider.
The widget will still be in portrait mode, though I can live with that. The second solution is a bit more complex, but works in landscape mode:
- Shuffle songs
- Open a photo
- Landscape your iPod
- Double-click the Home button to display the 'music widget' with volume slider.
The widget will now be in landscape mode. This is one of those hints where I hope someone will say, "you fool, there is a much better way!"
[
robg adds: This works on the iPhone, too, as you would expect.]