'Genius' iTunes 8 Brings HD As iPhone Lays Low Comments

this was announced yesturday for zune just saying ya know-
this was my comment on engadget only applies if the zune finally gets a gobal release.

I am not usually negative about either side however as a person who loves zune as a PMP and the iphone as a phone I believe the zune will grow in a few years due to the the intergration possibilities with the xbox 360 having real potential and within a few years that will be realised. The ipod has been reduced to a fashion item (not the iphone), for windows users. Yes the nano is thin but for what it is its pricy, so's a flash zune compared to say a sansa or a zen. The ipod has had a great time being the world's favorite music player however I think the time has come for the range to step aside and for apple to focus on the iphone, and touch in the entertainment department, whilst opening up itunes to all other players as lets face its a supurb system, apart from the music quality. The other major players such as creative, sansa etc will always be their to cater for people with distinct requirements. Zune on the other hand ticks the majority of the requirement boxes bar file support. The software as well as the players are sound with nice UI and fm radio. The zune will flourish in the coming years as a player with unparalleled support for windows live services and xbox ??? intergration. This can only happen however if Microsoft realize the idea of a (essentially) single marketplace and xbox and live intergration. Imagine this chatting with friends on msn, listening to high quality music or finding new music on the radio. Watching TV shows synced from your xbox and seamlessly checking your hotmail on the go and downloading music on the fly. Of course this will take time and can only happen if microsoft realize their potential. The ipod is dead long live the zune and not forgetting the worlds best phone the iphone.

... do you wish to remove itunes?

... yes, i'm a bit bummed out - no apple lossless codec tracks for sale on itunes >.>

Just from my initial observations, the Genius function seems like a great additional to iTunes. I've already added a couple of songs to my shopping cart due to Genius recommendations, so I can see Apple selling a lot more songs because of this feature (which I'm sure is why they incorporated it in 8).

I can also see me using the Genius playlist function a lot. At this minute, I'm listening to a custom Genius playlist based on one of my favourite 80's songs and it's working well.

Am i the only one who's really anticipating the public reaction to when SJ finally says "and this firmware update adds the amazing feature of copy and paste".

Will it be all laughter? Will it be all jeers? I'm not quite sure.

Andrew - We could all imagine how wonderful it would be to do all that with a Zune..
..Or we could just do it now, with an iPod touch?
True, you'd have to skip the radio, and replace an xbox with iTunes, but still..
Overall though, disappointing announcements. I'm sure people would have been a lot happier if it wasn't for the leaks.

They still make the zune?

I've seen the grand total of one in my lifetime. I don't expect to see many more.

Apple is certainly making very very safe steps. At least it doesnt want to upset its existing fans. Ipod is way way way expensive, so are all other apple products - typically iphone 1G.

would be interesting to know how 'copy paste' works in iphone. drop down menu? auto-copy? shall we have video recording first?