iTunes 6 has been out in the state of nature for a small less than a calendar week now , at long last giving us the memory access to $ 2 - per - episodeLostreruns that our father once woolgather of . So just as we start up exploringversion 6 ’s new featuressuch as gift options and drug user - specific passport , now seems like the double-dyed time to commence talking about what tools and tweak Apple should introduce into iTunes 7 .
Oh sure — jest if you must . But Apple cranks out these iTunes updates , what , every yoke hebdomad or so ? It was a little more than three months ago that most of us were using iTunes 4.8 — at this pace , we can probably expect to be downloading iTunes X just after Christmas . ( On a related distinction , seem for our particular retrospective , “ The iTunes 5 Era : 35 daytime that alter the World , ” : to come along soon . ) So possibly , itisn’ttoo soon to start think about future iTunes lineament , even if it ’s in a languorous what - if sort of mode .
By style of review , here ’s a listing of the most late iTunes updates and a summary of the features they add :
•iTunes 4.8 : telecasting playback , plus a contact and calendaring synchronisation panel for iPod users ;
•iTunes 4.9 : podcasting support ;
• iTunes 5 : interface changes , folders for playlist , synchronization tools for Windows user , a Smart Shuffle feature , and parental controls for the iTunes Music Store ; and
•iTunes 6 : TV downloads and new ITMS tools .
So , given that roadmap , what direction is iTunes 7 go to take . Or more crucial , what directionshouldit take ?
I believe the answer will clearly have something to do with telecasting . precisely what , I do n’t know , which is why I pen about Apple alternatively of workplace for it . But if it were up to me , I ’d add a feature to the next variation of iTunes that made it easy for me to take the TV shows I ’ve got put in up on my TiVo and transfer them over to my iTunes library . Yes , there’sTiVoToGo — but not for humble Mac users like myself . Rather than have to hack my digital telecasting record-keeper and swear onthird - political party piece of work - arounds , I ’d like to see Apple teaming up with TiVo to mix TiVoToGo features like a shot into iTunes — something that lets me press out a release or two to find recorded programming with idiot - proof restraint .
Throw in some tweak to the search interface at the iTunes Music Store — I do n’t like how you ca n’t specify that you ’re searching by album , song deed , or creative person untilafteryour initial search query — and that reasonably much summate up my iTunes 7 indirect request leaning . perplex a missing feature of speech of your own ? Better share it before Apple puts out another update of the software package .
