Stashbits: iTunes 8.0.2 & iPhone 2.2

Apple has been busy streamlining the iPhone interface and improving the underlying OS through many Firmware upgrades available for current and previous generation models. The continuation of those efforts have materialized in the much awaited iPhone 2.2 Firmware update bringing various improvements and features to Maps, iTunes and Safari plus other minor interface tweaks. In addition, Apple has recently pushed out a minor update to iTunes bringing it up to version 8.0.2 and including Voice Over support amongst bug fixes.

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Quick Bit: Apple Updates Remote App

Yesterday Apple has pushed out an update for the Remote App that allows an iPhone or iPod Touch with an active Wi-Fi connection to control an iTunes library on a local network. This latest update, which brings it to version 1.1, also includes Genius playlist functionality.

Earlier last week Apple updated iTunes to version 8 which brought with it Genius playlist creation that generates a list of music that sounds similar to a preselected song. This week’s updates brings the same functionality to the Remote App that unfortunately is not bundled with the iPhone and iPod, however, the new interface lines up more with the iPod UI.

Check iTunes for any new Application updates or hit up the store yourself if you haven’t grabbed a little lazy on your couch action.

Via: TUAW

Crunch Down: iTunes 8

ITunes has come a long way from it’s fledgling self in the early days and now has matured all the way to version 8. The most talked about feature, Genius, is all part of Apple’s new implementations for browsing your music and helping you find lost songs or that old favorite lost in a sea of spanning genres. Depending on your viewing tastes and disk size, HD shows are starting to become a staple of iTunes content. Unfortunately the love-hate relationship is still going between NBC and Apple who’ve brought over a decent catalog of HD shows but what’s not to love about the new iTunes even if the upgrades are minimal, nothing’s really that bad. Unless of course you’re running the Windows version.

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Does iTunes Even Remember What Music Is?

ITunes has become the de facto way for critics and even the average user to bash Apple for occasionally outlandish reasons: it’s bloated in areas, comes bundled with the damned from hell media player Quicktime and doesn’t support a codec used by a whole 3 people, developers included. While your intensity of whining will vary depending on how much devotion you give to Apple, no one has noticed that iTunes has expanded beyond its roots into new territory.

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