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More rumored details of iTunes 9 emerge

Boy Genius Report has posted maybe-real, maybe-not screenshots of the rumored iTunes 9, depicting its social networking features. The screenshots, which purportedly came from a Chinese forum and were discovered by a German blogger, depict last.fm playback and browsing features that were rumored earlier.

Meanwhile, AppleInsider is reporting that Apple will make a broader push into social media, instead of just providing iTunes integration, by releasing a separate "Social" application (it's not yet clear if it's for Mac, iPhone, or both), providing the ability to update statuses and post info on music from their iTunes library on social networking services. Also, they do further confirm earlier rumors of iPhone app organization within iTunes, allowing users to sort by name, by genre, by date added, or to set arbitrary positions.

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Boy Genius Report has posted maybe-real, maybe-not screenshots of the rumored iTunes 9, depicting its social networking features. The...
 

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Michael

But will they improve the SEARCH feature in the iTunes Store to allow to search by label? That's what I really want to see.

August 11 2009 at 10:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
TheBlackSheep

The possibility that iTunes 9 could include integration with social nets furthers the possibility that iTunes world music domination/monopolization could become a reality....that's why we at ThinkIndie have challenged them to a debate over the future of indie music online, aka. "The War of the Words". The aim is to enlighten people to the fact that there are alternative sources for downloading music. Sources that - if people don't support them - might evaporate.

Details here: http://digital.thinkindie.com/wp/?p=60

August 11 2009 at 7:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rory Blanks

I just hope they rewrite it in cocoa for mac like they did the finder.

August 11 2009 at 6:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sacredpipe

iTunes is such a piece of trash. Making it link to social networking is so lame, we will need new words top describe this chump of a program, though I use it to manage all my music, i consider it and all apple native apps trash toys, and further evidence of the impending implosion and decline of apple....the new big brother who decides what you get and when....

August 11 2009 at 4:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob

They need to add better codec support in iTunes.
e.g. support for enhanced AAC+ needs to be added.

Come on Apple. Don't forget your core purpose of iTunes -- playing music and videos!!

August 11 2009 at 2:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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F.

Bult-in flac and ogg support would be great.

August 11 2009 at 6:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
usingpond

idiot didn't even put in the effort into creating an alpha channel for the social logos. this guy isn't even a capable web designer, let alone interface prankster.

August 11 2009 at 2:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
macxprt

No dropshadows behind the about box. I say fake.

August 11 2009 at 2:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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usingpond

definitely fake, but it's the windows version of itunes apparently, which i dont think would have that.

August 11 2009 at 2:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Josh

Windows version doesn't have drop shadows.

August 11 2009 at 7:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Darren

Fake and stupid.

August 11 2009 at 1:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
oxjox

"1-Click is a registered trademark" can be seen in the first screen shot. Turns out that's registered to Amazon.com
http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html

That just doesn't make any sense at all.

August 11 2009 at 1:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Brian

They need to add more audiophile related software, better eq with maybe even room correction software so your computer can hear the sound being played and adjust to your rooms acoustics. Itunes was a way for kids to get there crappy 128 mp3s but now that they rule the music industry and people run huge libraries of music through them its time to step things up a bit with quality and stop with the gimmicks. Itunes is all about the tunes isn't it?

August 11 2009 at 1:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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