The new feature Genius is a very useful tool when you do not want to go through your songs and pick songs that fit your mood. Instead it will use your selected song to create a playlist with sounds that have similar beats and moods. This new feature has just been ported to the Remote App by Apple.
If you are the type of person who likes application freedom and wants more options than the 2.0 App Store Upgrade then it is likely you have pwned you iPod Touch using the Pwnage Utility. If you have upgraded iTunes to the recent 8.0 your iPod Touch or iPhone will no longer be reconized as a iPod. In fact it wont even let you change setting or restore the device as it does not show up in the iTunes Sidebar. Apple has seemed to have a new protection layer against pwning and making the iPhone/iPod Touch unidentifiable on iTunes. The Dev team is well aware and are now working on patches to counter act this problem.
When Kevin Rose started to describe all of the information he had heard about the coming iPods and iTunes 8 he described a new visualizer in iTunes as “Trippy”. Flight 404’s Magnetosphere was available as a free download as an iTunes plug-in until a few months ago.
There are many music recommendation services out there like Pandora and Last.fm, these programs look through your music and pick songs that will go well with them. Apple is suspected to be releasing a similar feature in iTunes version 8.0.
Apple is known to have special events around a year apart from each other and releasing “refreshed” products in their current line up and occasionally releasing a brand new device for the market.
Ever since the 2.0 Firmware update many have been complaining of the overall stability of 3rd party iPhone and iPod Touch Apps. Most of the updates, Similar to 2.0.3 released last week, have led people to belive they are working on this problem. Some of the general stability issues has been solved, however, this update promised to be released in September with the next firmware update might finally be the stability we have all been waiting for.
iPhone Atlas has posted an article about their favorite remote/streaming App for iTunes and the iPod Touch. They have reviewed many of these types of programs and have come to a verdict on which application they think is the best. Remote Buddy was their choice and includes streaming music, movies and other content to the iPhone or the iPod Touch.
Apple has now sent out invitations for an event next Thursday morning regarding the SDK announcement. At the event Steve Jobs is going to show how the SDK can be used for business and personal use, and a demo of the process.
Many people who do not want to pay the $20 upgrade for the 5 new can not get rid of the reminder screen when they plug in the device. Apparently, the No Thanks screen will only come up after a few times connecting. Also many people report a worse problem, when connecting the iPod Touch into their computer and click “No Thanks” iTunes music store become unavailable and their iPod does not show up in the source list to the right.
When the iPod Touch was announced in September it was basically a multi-touch device with out a contract with AT&T and without the phone. So the iPod Touch was a good idea for people to have a hip trendy iPhone like player for a cheaper cost and no monthly payment.
However, over the past few months it has become quite a bit more… Now it can watch rented movies, legally have stock, notes, mail, weather, and maps applications, and to top it all of a new 32GB size. This has changed many people view on this jam-packed player and it is getting more and more popular over time.
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