5 Things Apple Should Include in the Next iPod Touch update

by thomasfitzgerald on 08. Nov, 2007 in iPod, iTunes

While waiting for the promised February SDK to allow third party applications on the iPod touch and iPhone I began wondering what would be nice in the mean time. So there’s my top 5 things I’d like to see in the next iPod touch update. None of these are particularly major, and could easily be added to a maintenance update. I haven’t included bigger things like copy and paste support although that pretty much goes without saying at this stage.

1. Mail, notes and widgets from the iPhone. I really don’t know why these weren’t on it to begin with, but just bite the bullet Apple and include them. You will cut down significantly on the number of people hacking their iPods if you do. When the SDK is eventually released you can be sure someone Is just going to release a third-party replacement for these features anyway, so why not have people use the Apple equivalents

2. Make on the go playlists function more like the traditional iPods. Specifically, the way you create on the go playlists. As it is you just get a big long list of songs and have to select from that. It’s not very intuitive and can be quite frustrating. If it worked the same as the other iPods, where you tap and hold on a song during normal browsing, that would be much better.

3. Support the Apple radio remote. Even just support the remote function that would be a start and would solve the problem of the iPod touch not having physical buttons.

4. Disk mode. According to recent rumors this may be coming and it will certainly be a welcome return for a much missed feature.

5. Video playlists. This is another annoying and glaring omission compared to the original iPods. It can be quite frustrating having your movies section unorganized and cluttered. It’s also a pain not being able go straight from one movie of a series to the next. None of this is a problem on the original iPod with video as that supports video playlists.

[tags] iPod, iPod Touch, Apple, iTunes [/tags]

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4 Responses to “5 Things Apple Should Include in the Next iPod Touch update”

  1. Brad 04. Feb, 2009 at 3:41 pm #

    I want to see a java or flashplayer app soonc

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  2. Tyler 07. May, 2009 at 10:01 pm #

    I want to be able to watch googl videos from the google website

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  3. Flabbergast 27. May, 2009 at 3:54 am #

    Make notes with the kebosrd sideways.

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  4. Scott 01. Jun, 2009 at 9:18 pm #

    Sideways texting. And adobe flash player.

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