Wednesday September 07, 2005 iTunes 5: Worth the Reboot
Well, today was the Big Day, where Steve Jobs & Co announced the long rumored iTunes phone as well as the iPod nano. The phone leaves me indifferent. I'm not about to switch carrier at this point in time since Cingular's plans are more expensive than my current carrier. The iPod nano does look really, well, slick. Still, I'll hold on to my iPod mini until it's batteries just wont recharge anymore. Possibly longer, who knows.
iTunes is a different story though. I use it every single day to listen to music or sync up my iPod mini. Sure, it's DRM laced, but there are ways around it if you really object to DRM. Well, today Steve Jobs & Co. released iTunes 5. Beside the new design (a mix between the metal and unified themes), a few new features were added. These include parental controls, a search bar, and a play list folder.
You can either download the new iTunes from the Apple web site or through the Mac OS X Software Update feature (which is an inspiration to all Mac users working on the Sun Update Connection). With it comes an update to Quicktime, which will require you to reboot.
Still, I think it was worth the reboot.
-- Fred
[posted with ecto]
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