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Apple Planning Major Overhaul of iTunes to Emphasize iCloud and Sharing
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for the love of all things i hope they do split it up finally. i don't know why i am managing books in a music app or my mobile applications in a music app. and ffs make an OS X iBooks app so we can read our books on our Macs too. no reason not to since the displays are being retnified there too.
Since I have discovered Spotify months ago I have not even accessed my music through iTunes. Subscription for me has been a far better option for discovering new music and listening to whatever I want, whenever I want. iCloud for me has also been a big disappointment - it works spoty at best. I don't think a new UI will bring me back to Purchasing music through iTunes - at some point in time Apple is going to need to move to a subscription model - I am sure that I am not alone.
Not impressed either with all the icon littering in IOS One place to do everything is what I like, checked out the podcast app, went back to old music app, not impressed on either the iPad or iPhone needs way more work.
Podcast more than half don't have a standard icon showing what its about and the new iPad podcast app does not show name.
I could see Apple keeping the iTunes brand for music, but using the iCloud brand for movies, TV shows, and other media.
Thanks...I fixed the wording on that. They were using the 2003 debut of the iTunes Store component as the reference point.
Quad core if only. Not holding my breath on A6 just yet, thinking same CPU as iPad v.3 NEW
If you don't like that try putting podcast app on the iPad
The podcast app is a good idea, but its execution is poor. I wish Apple would go back to spitting out quality software at day 1, not after being in beta for a year.
That fine if you can remove them but to have to create a folder just to put all the useless icons that people don't use or want to use. iOS need to have a way of deleting obsolete apps.
As an iTunes match user, I just hope to have a really light music player that goes well with the service...but it'll be tough job splitting up all the different functions served by the current incarnation of iTunes.
My guess is a quadcore CPU with higher clocked GPU from A5 (not A5X) as it's probably an easy upgrade for Apple. I really wish we could get a dualcore A15 instead though but that probably won't happen until the next iPad.
Quad core if only. Not holding my breath on A6 just yet, thinking same CPU as iPad v.3 NEW
My guess is a quadcore CPU with higher clocked GPU from A5 (not A5X) as it's probably an easy upgrade for Apple. I really wish we could get a dualcore A15 instead though but that probably won't happen until the next iPad.
Here, here, hard to believe how fast things have changed. Does anyone miss iOS 4 iTune? I don't hate iTunes on iOS 5 but having no control of what I can see or not is so ANNOYING.
I need to have a dedicated "Apple" folder on my iPad, and it's almost full now:-
iPad's Apple folder: Messages, Youtube, Music, Videos, Photo Booth, iMovie, iPhoto, GarageBand, Reminders, Find Friends, Cards, Trailers, Contacts, iTunes, Camera, FaceTime, Podcasts...
I agree, they really need to offer a subscription option. I love Spotify but recently switched back to iTunes just for Siri support since I listen to a lot of music in my car. So I either want Siri support for third party apps or a subscription option from iTunes.
Unfortunately I don't think either will happen anytime soon.
From something called iTunes I would say that only a small fraction of it is for music. They need to move the iphone/ipad/ipod touch apps to it's own store. At least for OS X users.
I can't wait for this update. Really excited about a major overhaul. Hopefully not just the app but also the store layout as well.
On that note, what I'd personally really like to see is Apple dismantle the iTunes app completely. I actually prefer enjoying and managing my content in iOS through it's separate Music, Video, iTunes U, and Podcast apps, so I would love to see Apple mimic this feature in the next version of OS X by having these separate media apps. Then the iTunes app could simply be the Store. I'd rather have several separate smaller, streamlined apps than one huge bloated iTunes app that tries to do everything.
Just my two cents. Though I know many people might not want to go this direction.
On that note, what I'd personally really like to see is Apple dismantle the iTunes app completely. I actually prefer enjoying and managing my content in iOS through it's separate Music, Video, iTunes U, and Podcast apps, so I would love to see Apple mimic this feature in the next version of OS X by having these separate media apps. Then the iTunes app could simply be the Store. I'd rather have several separate smaller, streamlined apps than one huge bloated iTunes app that tries to do everything.
Just my two cents. Though I know many people might not want to go this direction.
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I wonder when Apple will debut a streaming subscription service like Spotify.
Spotify is already the #2 "sellers" in term of revenue for the major labels. More than Amazon, Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart etc..
It's easy to see why
http://spotifyroyalties.blogspot.com/
Spotify Revenue:
2008: $0.612 million USD
2009: $18.1 million USD
2010: $99 million USD
2011: $236.4 million USD
2012: projected at $889 million USD
Spotify Valuation:
February 2011: $1 billion valuation
May 2012: $4 billion valuation
Spotify is already the #2 "sellers" in term of revenue for the major labels. More than Amazon, Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart etc..
It's easy to see why
http://spotifyroyalties.blogspot.com/
Spotify Revenue:
2008: $0.612 million USD
2009: $18.1 million USD
2010: $99 million USD
2011: $236.4 million USD
2012: projected at $889 million USD
Spotify Valuation:
February 2011: $1 billion valuation
May 2012: $4 billion valuation
You're not alone at all. Apple needs to tone down the rhetoric about how people don't want a subscription service, that they want to "own" music. There's really no point in owning digital music, except for the compulsive chroniclers and librarians (of which I am admittedly one) who need to change tags to suit their whim. Spent decades acquiring music on LPs, cassettes, CDs, another decade ripping and organizing. Done with that.
Record companies, sinking under the weight of piracy were pitched a stopgap option from Apple -- the sale of digital copies, but better yet without the headaches of hardcopy distribution. The prospects of subscription models put forth by dorks like Napster were pathetic. Spotify, despite some bizarre and annoying quirks, gets it right. Why buy some stupid album that I then have to store, and back up, and think about?
Of course, the implementation of usage based internet charges (in the US) could seriously put a crimp on subscription services...