iTunes 11 Delayed, Will Arrive By End of November

MacRumors · Oct 30, 2012, 03:32 PM

An Apple spokesperson says iTunes 11 will be late and should ship by the end of November, according to a report from CNET. The software had been expected by the end of October.

This follows recent analysis of Apple's recent executive reorganization moves suggesting that the company had been burned by schedule-driven software releases recently, and could move to a more ship-when-it's-done strategy.

Quote:

"The new iTunes is taking longer than expected and we wanted to take a little extra time to get it right," Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr told CNET. "We look forward to releasing this new version of iTunes with its dramatically simpler and cleaner interface, and seamless integration with iCloud before the end of November."

iTunes 11 is expected to bring a complete overhaul to the user interface of the iTunes app itself and the iTunes Store.

Article Link: iTunes 11 Delayed, Will Arrive By End of November

komodrone · Oct 30, 2012, 03:33 PM

Nooooo

JackieTreehorn · Oct 30, 2012, 03:33 PM

John Ive is redesigning it already?

Michaelgtrusa · Oct 30, 2012, 03:33 PM

Get is right Apple! Not really bothered by this.

jrswizzle · Oct 30, 2012, 03:33 PM

Oh boy.....

Figured it would be dropping tomorrow - guess we'll just have to wait another month.

rwilliams · Oct 30, 2012, 03:33 PM

Better for it to be late than a buggy piece of crap.

rorschach · Oct 30, 2012, 03:34 PM

Darn.

Oh well, I guess it's good that they're actually telling us instead of just not saying anything for a month until they finally release it. I can wait.

apernett · Oct 30, 2012, 03:34 PM

Well. That surely went to the cloudware, I mean, vaporware department

NachoGrande · Oct 30, 2012, 03:34 PM

With all of the bugs in IOS 6 and Apple TV, please just get it right.

bwhli · Oct 30, 2012, 03:34 PM

Last minute Ive redesign! Just kidding.

rileyes · 04:02 PM

Ha. Who cares.

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Originally Posted by tann

Hope this new iTunes is slick and fast, the worst thing about the current one is it's quite slow to open and do stuff in!

iTunes has never been slick and fast, and it never will. Apple does not know how to make software.

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Originally Posted by MacRumors

"We look forward to releasing this new version of iTunes with its dramatically simpler and cleaner interface, and seamless integration with iCloud before the end of November."

Dramatically simpler and cleaner interface. Just like iOS, that means less control for the end user. Enjoy, children.

AppleMooseMan · Oct 30, 2012, 03:34 PM

I'd much rather wait and have it stable instead of it being released early and being unusable due to bugs.

egeek84 · Oct 30, 2012, 03:35 PM

dammit i was really looking forward to this

blizaine · Oct 30, 2012, 03:35 PM

I blame Scott Forstall

realeric · Oct 30, 2012, 03:35 PM

No. No iOS 6.0.1, No iTunes 11, No new Safari for Windows. Why?

CausticPuppy · Oct 30, 2012, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by komodrone

Nooooo

Why? They should release it when it's done.

If they released it this month, everybody would just be bitching about how buggy and crappy it is.

techfreak85 · Oct 30, 2012, 03:35 PM

Wonder if this has to do with the record labels backing out of the Pandora-like service?

gorskiegangsta · Oct 30, 2012, 03:36 PM

Dammit!

Can we at least get a beta version?

sasza · Oct 30, 2012, 03:36 PM

bummer

tann · Oct 30, 2012, 03:36 PM

Hope this new iTunes is slick and fast, the worst thing about the current one is it's quite slow to open and do stuff in!

Patriot24 · Oct 30, 2012, 03:36 PM

Interesting that they haven't removed the reference to October from the site yet.

On another note, this doesn't exactly reflect the "ship on time vs. ship when ready" discussion we've been hearing over the past few days. Perhaps we are seeing a reversal back to "ship when ready".

Battlefield Fan · Oct 30, 2012, 03:36 PM

S*** is hitting the fan quick at apple right now :/

SWPROX · Oct 30, 2012, 03:36 PM

OK

Allenbf · Oct 30, 2012, 03:36 PM

Blame For-STALL ;-)

GeekLawyer · Oct 30, 2012, 03:37 PM

This is not a big deal.

Why have people been asking in every thread about iTunes 11's release date? Has it become to the new iMac? Makes no sense (to me).

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