Filed under: iPod Family, iTS, iTunes
Uncle Walt still likes iPods, and iTunes too
Walt Mossberg, the king of tech journalists, offers up his review of Apple's latest iterations of the iPod and iTunes. Walt was impressed with the evolution of the iPod, along with the cut in price, and the redesign of the Shuffle, however, he thinks that the real action is happening in iTunes 7. It seems Walt really likes Coverflow, a feature that does very little for me but it is kinda cool the first time you see it. Walt likens it to browsing LPs in yesterdays (LPs, for our younger readers, were like big CDs that you played on a turntable).
Overall, Walt gives iTunes and the iPod a thumbs up.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
consumer_q said 2:48PM on 10-04-2006
Dear Apple,
Please bring back the full Coverflow experience; give me fullscreen browsing.
Thank you.
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Adam said 3:02PM on 10-04-2006
Dear Uncle Scott,
What's a turntable?
-A sarcastic young'n
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Tyler said 3:04PM on 10-04-2006
while we're talking about iPods:
i REALLY want one of these:
http://www.macnn.com/blogs/?p=98
bet walt wants one too
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Kai Steinbach said 7:55PM on 10-04-2006
Dear consumer_q (#1), you are right, iTunes 7 doesn't match up. But what is preventing you to continue with the stand-alone CoverFlow app? I still use it and love it.
In my setup I don't see iTunes. CoverFlow runs full screen and is controled with the apple remote. The Mac mini is connected to the TV. Music goes to the amp as well as to 3 other rooms via AirTunes. The big onscreen menu of Sofa Control gives me song rating and I can pick any Playlists that I have. That is the best: a playlist runs in shuffle mode and CoverFlow flips from front to back whenever the next song comes. I wish my remote (PSP+PatioTunes) for the other rooms would look half as sexy as CoverFlow. It's definitely there to stay!
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Scott Weiss said 12:11AM on 10-05-2006
(LPs, for our younger readers, were like big CDs that you played on a turntable)
-LOL :P
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Sam said 7:04AM on 10-05-2006
I have to agree with Walt, I like the new itunes a lot (using it on a PC - shock horror)
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Sam said 11:34AM on 10-05-2006
I'm a Kool-Aid drinkin' Mac fan, but Walt Mossberg is becoming synonymous with "Apple shill". Quoting a favorable Apple product review from him is like pointing out that Paul Thurrott has some good things to say about Microsoft.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with his reviews, but the soundbites that get quoted sound like one of those "movie reviewers" whose pieces just happen to contain sentences like
"xXx 2: State of the Union is one of the year's most energetic action romps!", exclamation point and all.
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