I wonder if we're finally getting a Cocoa re-write of iTunes.
If Apple would like to have more music discovery and help tie things together some more while possibly giving Ping some meaning - why not integrate a concerts ticket purchase type function. Your favorite artist could list upcoming concerts, buy tickets which then show in your iOS 6 passbook app.
Doing this could take on tickettek/ticketmaster who at least in Australia, most people hate because they have ridiculous extra charges. Apple give them competition, they could easily win Australia. And concert tickets would bring in good money for them, how many arena concerts are less than $50-100 a ticket these days!
They could also offer to purchase music concerts-I've wondered for years why they don't offer this, it naturally lends itself to it.
jesus, when will they separate music and movies? iTunes has become a jack of all trades, master of none. Its time to split iTunes down the middle and create a Video/Movie/TV Show management app and leave iTunes to do the Music (they can even rename iTunes, "Music" like on iOS). iTunes sucks at video management in all forms. I'd also like to see them take "apps" out of iTunes and put them into the AppStore app that they already have on OSX.
iTunes should:
Manage Music and all other Audio
Movies should:
Manage Movies, TV Shows, and all other video
iPhoto does:
manage photos, fill your hdd with 356 copies of each photo.
"Sync" should be integrated into the OS, maybe have it show up in Notification Center when someone connects a device... For more detailed management there can be a separate app or preference panel "Sync Preferences" where you can manage stuff like pages of apps in iOS and what does/doesnt sync (exact functionality iTunes sync page provides now... but simpler).
iTunes makes me furious and embarrassed because its shittiness is what PC users judge us based on due to the app existing in all of its asstastic glory on both OS's. Its an embarrassment. /rant
With the increasing popularity of streaming services like Spotify, this update is LONG overdue.
why so narrow minded? iCloud works great and is friggin convenient!
I hope they don't divide the app into individual stores. iTunes and Mac App Store are enough. No need to put more icons on my dock.
All I really need from iTunes is Flac support. They never throw me a bone.. Everything else is fun but I'm not a silly nilly so I don't pay those prices for that type of format.Put some actual CD's up for sale like Amazon, mail them to me and I'm a customer, or just offer the equivalent to CD quality for download. Ain't no lossy content in my house!
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I would not only say LONG overdue, but I might say TOO LATE. There is no way Apple is going to compete with a free service (or much lower cost service).
I am (was) a long time iTunes user, spending easily $50-$100 a month buying music. and I was recently introduced to Spotify. I actually feel a little resentment towards Apple's business model. I will never buy another song through iTunes. I would be a fool to do so.
I could do it for free, but I pay $120 a year for premium (which is less than what I was paying for Sirius) and listen to nearly everything from every genre and any era. I have playlists of:
New "Pop" music
Old Pop music (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)
Classical music (w/ great orchestral recordings, not some scrubby community orchestral recordings which I often times find on iTunes)
Jazz (incredible selection - including some really hard to find selections)
Some stranger "Older" stuff (Les Baxter, Swingle Singers, and more)
On top of that, Spotify offers SEVERAL 'spotify apps' that help you discover like no other music services.
Why would I pay $.99 a track to hear something one or two times?
Apple needs to either BUY Spotify or offer a second business model for distributing their music.
I don't think I'm a 'know it all' or anything, but I work as a high school music teacher. I interact with students and talk about music a lot. Every kids seems to have a spotify account. Kids push the music industry. Spotify is not a fad, it is the real deal and if you haven't used it before, try it and you will see why Apple's music service is in trouble.
I could see Apple keeping the iTunes brand for music, but using the iCloud brand for movies, TV shows, and other media.
Bet this takes up a slot at the iPhone 6th gen unveiling.
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6) 720p front facing camera?
Since I started using spotify, I would say my music purchases have dropped a good 60%. The truth is, Spotify's library is still quite limited. Also, many artists (Black Keys are the first that come to my mind) only put their earliest albums on Spotify. We will see in the future where this goes. For now I only buy music from artists I support on iTunes.
Not unless they port the Yellow Box modern equivalent to Windows [and all necessary mach-o, pbs, etc.] or they expand the team and fork the project to maintain two separate branches for Windows and OS X.
You mean make Itunes on Windows look and feel like a Windows app? Blasphemy!
Actually, that might be how Apple will make the Metro version of Itunes.