iPod Classic and Nano get updated to 1.0.2

I'm worried that the camera connector may never reappear for the Classic - I saw comments elsewhere about hardware issues - the possibility to save photos was one of the main reasons for getting my 160GB classic

All this talk of "bricking" iPods is somewhat annoying. You can't brick iPod Nanos or iPod classics. Any changes you do can always be reversed with a software restore. An error message reminding you to connect to iTunes, or iTunes complaining about a damaged iPod, these are not examples of bricking, since iTunes can restore the software to make everything right again.

iPhones, on the other hand, have additional chips on the device that could be reprogrammed. Mistakes in reprogramming the baseband or other chips could leave the iPod in a state that an iTunes restore could *not* fix. If the device is either somewhat or totally unusable in this state, that is considered "bricking," since your iPhone is worth no more to you than a brick, and is in a state that Apple will most likely not cover under warranty.

iPods may get into a state that cannot be repaired using iTunes restore, but this is called "broken" instead of "bricked." The difference is Apple will continue to cover "broken" iPods as long as they show no physical damage, while "bricked" iPhones will get no such love.

I've not noticed any major difference in performance since updating my 80GB Classic.

Any word on whether Windows iTunes and the Classic are playing well together after this update?

And the Camera Connector is still not working...
What's going on?

"More conveniently, all my compliations in Cover Flow are now grouped together, so I don't have 16 "Triple J Hottest 100"s, 1 for each of the artists on the CD."

Finally! This was annoying!
Are they also grouped on album artist instead of artist?

The reason they dont tell us they made it better is because they think it should have been perfect to begin with and if they make it better it wasnt perfect

I did notice it broke one thing, at least on mine - when I go to the Settings -> About screen, there is no way to get to the 2nd and 3rd pages.

This is the best iPod firmware update eeeeever. The speed difference in the menus on the classic is HUGE. I don't see too much difference in coverflow... I guess it might be slightly improved when scrolling quickly through many albums.

But the time it takes to display the main -> music -> artist -> album -> and song menus is about halved on my 80gb Classic.

More conveniently, all my compliations in Cover Flow are now grouped together, so I don't have 16 "Triple J Hottest 100"s, 1 for each of the artists on the CD.