iTunes 5, I am Jack's dull surprise

The search is much faster on my 15 inch powerbook, Ambrose.

She wasn't impressed. No nano for her, she'll keep trucking with her pink mini, thanks.

Perhaps my mind is in the gutter, but you might want to rephrase that...

It's overpriced when you think about it in terms of 4 GB iPod mini was $199.99 Half the capacity later 2 GB iPod nano is $199.99. And after all that, it's just smaller, and has a color screen. Capacity is what counts, if you're going to charge the same price.

Thanks for the Fight Club reference, it reminds me that I should pull that movie out of storage. I would agree with Mr. Bella. I always enjoy little updates and additions to my favorite line of computers and gadgets. What's to complain about? Nothing. Well, almost nothing. I could complain about Madonna's fake British accent.

Yeah, I was pretty disappointed too, but MUCH more so in the phone than the nano. The nano looks cool and all, but I'd never get one because I'm used to having ALL my music (not just some of it). The biggest disappointment: Where's the high-end stuff??? Except for killing off the regular iPod and making the iPod Photo the standard, Apple has pretty much ignored the high-end iPod line. Between Apple coming out with the iPod Photo and now, they've released the Shuffle, new iPod minis (larger hard drives AND new colors), and now the shuffle and the phone, all on the low end. Come on Steve! I realize that the low end is probably where the sales are, but throw us a bone here! How about a little somethin something?

iTunes phone, ray of light? I think it's the most disappointing announcement of the day. This phone looks pretty lame, both esthetically and technologically, compared to the one month old W800 from Sony Ericsson... Definitively not very Apple-like.

i agree with 12. people were total downers when the Shuffle came out, but i bought one and i love it! i think the nano is beautiful, and the more i see pictures of it, and the more i compare its size to things laying on my desk, the more i want to buy it. its thinner than my Shuffle!! people will buy it. people who are in the market for a Mini probably dont have that many songs to begin with, and so why wouldnt they buy the nano instead? gigs be damned, size is what matters to a teenager with a bunch of money to burn.

I'm convinced exposure to the internet makes people retarded. Why are people always so negative on the net? Apple added some nice enhancements to iTunes, and gives it away for free.. and people still complain. I don't even understand what you are complaining about... that it's almost useless for making french toast? As for the nano... I think people consistently under-value the benfits of compactness. When the original iPod came out.. it didn't have the biggest hard drive... but it was smaller than most of it's rivals. Same goes for the mini. Small form factor in a portable device is probably the single most important attribute. Instead everyone fixates on the megabytes (or megahertz .. or megabits .. etc). It wasn't that long ago when people were happy to pay $245 for an ipod mini. Now apples gives you one that is 1/3 the size, with the same storage capacity, but in solid state form, with a color screen for goddsakes... and now it's overpriced. retarded.

Whilst I'm impressed with the look and size of the nano it hasn't made me immediately buy one and it doesn't give me that wow feeling - I think the reason for this is I'm actually waiting and expecting a lot more from apple so am disappointed by each new announcement. Basically I believe they have the vision and capability to wow us again with a breakthrough in a fully integrated home and mobile multimedia entertainment system - this started with airport express but hasn't gone anywhere since. E.g. where is the wi-fi remote control with display to enable us to make best use of airport express, where is the video airport express to enable us to stream video and photos to the TV, where is the ability to switch the output of iTunes to different airport expresses using automator, where is a set-top box style mac that serves as a multimedia centre with our hi-fi's and TV's, where is the video iPod with capability for games (not PSP type games as it won't compete but something between moible phone games and those from www.gamehouse.com), where is the next evolution of iTunes store selling music videos (yes this has started but taking it's time) and games. Don't get me wrong, my Imac G5 is fantastic, I can't live without my iPod and airport express is superb - it's just that I have very high expectations of Apple and Steve Jobs now and know they/he can deliver - so when is the next "wow apple did it again"?

The search feature is expanded in that it allows you to narrow searches by field. So if you if you're looking for the new We Are Scientists EP, you can just put in "we are" and click artist. On my itunes with a very large library, this new feature can actually be quite handy.