Apple to deliver "interactive album"

I hope when the market decides this is not worth paying any extra for, that the management-heads don’t give up on truly interactive (mashup, procedural music, etc.) efforts.

This is sensationally LAME.

This should have been a standard feature for digital albums a long, long time ago.

Why should I have to download an entire app to take up home screen space on my iPhone for one album?
Lyrics are already part of the iPhone/iPod, and they should come with any song download from the iTS, provided by the label. A digital booklet should be included with all albums too, and Apple should make the PDF readable right from the iPod software. It'd be perfect on the iPhone. But instead, you have to email it to yourself, use some wacky little app, or host it online. Can Apple not do better? Additional images? Make a webapp! Videos? iPod/iPhone plays videos, be they streaming online or on the actual device.

LAME.

Apple is so intent on making the iPhone a multimedia device, and it's definitely one of the best, but it should be a far "richer" experience, without the need to download an app. These things should be built in.

Of course, that's probably on the same "maybe one day" list as copy/paste, tethering, video capture, etc.

Step up, Apple.
Sure, the iPhone is (almost all the time) just a bit better than other PMPs, but why draw the line there?

Sounds like a good idea, but I'll stick with CDs.

Everyone remember "enhanced CDs"??? Sounds like v2.