Media content caching

A playback device comprising:

• tangible storage configured to receive transfer of media content from a remote communications device to the playback device while the remote communications device is operating in a high power mode;
• and
• interface logic coupled to the tangible storage and configured to signal the remote communications device during the transfer to prepare the remote communications device to enter a relatively lower power mode after the transfer is complete.

One or more computer-readable tangible storage media encoding processor-executable instructions for executing on an electronic device a processor-executable process, the process comprising:

• receiving transfer of media content from a storage device to a playback device while the storage device is operating in a high power mode;
• and
• signaling the storage device during the transfer to prepare the storage device to enter a relatively lower power mode after the transfer is complete.

A remote communications device comprising:

• a content manager configured to transfer of media content from the remote communications device to a playback device while the remote communications device is operating in a first power mode;
• power logic coupled to the content manager and configured to prepare the remote communications device to enter a second power mode after the transfer is complete, the preparation being responsive to receipt of a signal from the playback device during the transfer is complete.