Long list.....
1. Battery replacement (18 month life, then you are forced to pay $100 to get a new one...pissing off a lot of people)
2. Increase Battery Life
3. Increase Capacity (15/30/60)
4. Add Wireless support (basically an airport card and antenna, but built in) so when you bring an iPod near an airport equipped mac, your play list shows up, just like it would if you had a powerbook in your hand (not going to happen for a while)
5. NO VIDEO FEATURES!! Keep the iPod a music player until it is ready for the video components. If Apple is to start a digital video revolution, they should do it right, and now is not the time.
6. Color Options...A lot of people I know would love to have colored iPods, but have too much music for the iPod mini.
7. NO WMA SUPPORT! Apple has to win the format war with AAC, or Microsoft will control us all yet again. By adding WMA, they are handing Microsoft a victory. Do not add support for WMA.
8. Ability to put the right tags on your current music collection without having to do it manually.... something friends of mine are upset to do when they have to rename all 5000 of their mp3's.
9. Integration with iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD so you can put your photos, your current movie project or your DVD project on the iPod (as a file!)with one button from each app (basically improve it's ease of use as a external HD)
10. Make iTunes faster on windows (a big complaint about the whole iPod experience from my windows using friends)
11. Do something about making it easier to decide which iPod to buy (now there are too many choices with the addition of the mini, and it is really confusing buyers)
12. A price cut would be nice, apple has yet to touch the sweet spot of $199. Also, an additional EDU discount would put thousands more into the hands of students who are still at an age where they are forming their opinions about which brands they use (which is why beer commercials are marketed to college kids, once you choose coors, rolling rock, etc, you drink that for life)
13. Firewire 800 with free external Firewire 400 adapter to keep up with the latest and greatest transfer methods.
14. Faster HD's with more improved skip protection (when the technology becomes available)
15. The only dimension that should be shrunk is the depth. I have big hands, and it is already a bit small for my thumb to use the scroll wheel. But thinner is always welcome, as long as it is still sturdy
16. Make the aesthetics of it match the ibook/iMac/eMac line once their enclosures are updated
17. Continue to sell iPods undercover a la HP. This guarantees more people use iTunes, and sells millions of iPods to people apple may not have previously reached, and promotes AAC as THE standard.
18. Improve the touch sensitive wheel to have more response
19. Start up time could also be improved slightly.
20. Sell more so more people can enjoy the privilege owning an apple product, and maybe their next computer will be a Mac!
--Waluigi
