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January 12, 2006

iPod Wish List

  1. Why can't iTunes and the iPod play protected and unprotected WMA? Sure, the all-you-can-eat services might take a little business away from the iTunes Music Store, but it would basically turn the iPod into even more of an unstoppable juggernaut than it already is.
  2. Why no "Now Playing" queue? The On the Go playlist is unnecessarily awkward. Most players have a "now playing" list that you can easily add to to queue up the next song you want to listen to. That's how I'm habituated, so it'd be nice if the iPod worked the same way.
  3. Why can't iTunes make iPod-compliant video? It'd be nice if you could drag any video into iTunes, including unencrypted DVD VOBs, and get video easily into the iPod. It's an awkward process right now.
  4. Why can't the Mac iPod updater update a PC-formatted iPod? It can read the data (which is great for those of us who live on both platforms), but it can't update it unless it's on its native OS. Not a deal-killer, but annoying.
That's all for now. Get to work on that, Apple.

Posted by Lee Clontz at January 12, 2006 10:18 AM

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