By now, you have probably heard about the Apple Showtime Media event where they announced the next generation iPods, renamed the iTunes Music Store to the iTunes Store, snuck a peak at codename iTV, and introduced iTunes 7. I am most excited about iTunes because it is actually a real new version of the software. The UI has been improved, and the colour scheme was updated. These seem like trivial, superficial changes and maybe they are, but it makes iTunes fun to play with again. I’ve been downloading album covers for my ripped collection and flipping through them with the recently Apple-acquired Coverflow. It’s neat!

I’ve been listening to my iPod daily recently, putting it through 6-8 hours and a charge cycle every day. It has certainly gone through a lot. The plug on my headphones is breaking (with wires exposed) from being bent and my formerly straight headphone cord has corners now. Even the back of my customized iPod is turning into brushed metal, with lots of scratches and a lack of a copyright statement. It seems like I need a new one, but I don’t! I still haven’t filled up my 20GB with ripped and purchased music. That seems like a reason to buy more CDs if anything.

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: apple, ipod, itunes