iOS 5 changes "iPod" app to "Music"?

[SXR]

I just checked out the macrumors article called "iOS 5 Beta available for Devs, first hands on". In the article you can see a screengrab from an iPhone running iOS 5. What stood out to me is that the iPod app got replaced by a new icon called "Music", just like on the iPod Touch.

I thought , what the hell? Why? Also, in the iPod app, you got more than just music ( video's podcasts etc ). So whats up with this? Or am I just being stupid?

Thanks for your posts.

 

[Small White Car]

Right now all 3 iOS devices do this differently:

iPhone: 'iPod' does both music and video
iPod Touch: 'Music' does music and 'Video' does video
iPad: 'iPod' does music and 'Video' does video


So now iCloud is gonna sync your apps and setting between devices if you want. Something's gotta give, I guess they decided to make them all the same. Looks like they'll be making the iPhone and iPad match the way the iPod Touch does it.

 

[SXR]

Yeah , but it doesnt make sense for me. I mean, why change iPod to Music? They should've just left it like it was.

Thanks for your post.

 

[HelveticaNeue]

Personally I'm not happy about the switch, though my reasons are pretty vain. Visually, I think the iPod icon looked much better than the Music one. I also liked having an iPod app because I knew no other phone could have that; everyone else just had a music app ... we had an iPod. It was an Apple thing. Now, we have a Music app, too.

All that said, I do understand the change and believe it is minor. Especially amongst the giant bag of amazingness that iOS 5 brings.

 

[SXR]

Personally I'm not happy about the switch, though my reasons are pretty vain. Visually, I think the iPod icon looked much better than the Music one. I also liked having an iPod app because I knew no other phone could have that; everyone else just had a music app ... we had an iPod. It was an Apple thing. Now, we have a Music app, too.

All that said, I do understand the change and believe it is minor. Especially amongst the giant bag of amazingness that iOS 5 brings.

You , sir , just summed up what I meant in the first place. Thank you.