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So it's new for Apple. It's not new in general or even for Mac users, so if it doesn't do anything useful for you, why should you be excited about it? Apple has nothing to do with the media -- the podcasts were already freely available, so why should they get credit for that? Day one was quite some time ago, so, yeah, I expect Apple, which is supposed to be the home of slick innovation, to be a little slicker over something that they hyped. There's no excuse for mp3 files not to show up in Smart Playlists when they will if you download them with any other client. Absolutely, give credit where it's due -- and with this update, Apple has done nothing new to get credit for. The makers of the podcasts and the original podcast clients are the ones who deserve the credit. All Apple did was open a window for people who hadn't been curious enough to look for podcasts before.
Imagine if Apple did the same **** again by launching a phone in, let's say, 2007.... again getting credit for something not new LOL
 
Wow

Can't believe all the whingeing and moaning in this thread. I was expecting people to be swapping their favourite Podcasts by now!

Wake up people. Apple have updated their FREE music application with a new feature - a whole bunch of FREE media to download and listen to on the app or on your iPod. If you're not interested in Podcasts I really don't think it's that hard to ignore the little icon in the left-hand column. Credit where it's due. Apple has done another super-slick job here. It's also in its infancy. Who knows how popular the home-publishing idea will be? Not me, and I bet not anyone else at this point. So maybe it's not perfect on day one. But guess what - this is software - it can evolve. Amazing.

As for the iPod updates, well Apple is simplifying its product line. Big deal. Is anyone's life worse off? Nope.

Stop whingeing people. More candy will be coming soon. You're behaving like spoiled brats!!

Rant over - and breathe, 2, 3, 4 :)
Moaning and whining in a macrumors forum?!? NEVERRRR
 
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