Posted December 30th, 2004 @ 07:15pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: If you could add one feature to the iPod, what would you add?
My Answer: I'd add the iTunes visualizer to it. Why not? I don't need anything else from my iPods (including the photo stuff), so I'd jazz it up a little so it looks nice in my car.
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Posted 31 Dec 2004 at 10:23am #
I'd add the ability to enter calendar items and contacts. It's really useful having a synced calendar with me all the time, but it's a pain that it's read-only...
Posted 31 Dec 2004 at 10:29am #
To be honest I liked the iPod when all it did was play music. I have a 3G and I havn't played any of the games or used the 'extras' since the week I bought it. If Apple tried to make a true palm-top PC again, this time that worked a treat, I'd get that for my contact/calendar/photo needs. The iPod is for music in my opinion. Everything else just drains the battery.
Posted 31 Dec 2004 at 10:50am #
Crossfading.
Posted 31 Dec 2004 at 11:02am #
Pitch control so it could be used as a deck for DJing.
Posted 31 Dec 2004 at 11:03am #
Oh--also, playback without the annoying gap between tracks.
Posted 31 Dec 2004 at 11:35am #
On the iPod Photo, I would add the ability to play movies. No. I do not want to view them on the iPod Photo. Rather, I want to be able to plug it in to play the videos on the TV.
I am hopeful to see another palm device and/or tablet device. I love the Newton but it is getting a little worn and there are capabilities that I would like to see that I am not likely to be able to add to it.
Posted 31 Dec 2004 at 12:23pm #
Gapless playback.
Posted 31 Dec 2004 at 1:15pm #
I think it would be pretty nifty to have a camera inside the pod, just like in all those cellphones.
Posted 31 Dec 2004 at 4:03pm #
Hierarchal playlists.
Posted 31 Dec 2004 at 9:56pm #
Stream music to an Airport Express. Or at least let me control AirTunes remotely via the iPod and let AirTunes do the heavy lifting of decrypting/decoding and streaming.
On a related tangent I wish all car radios had simple, straightforward line input jacks -- front or rear. Using an FM modulator with an iPod seems to be such a hack.
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Scott (happy iPod Photo owner)
Posted 02 Jan 2005 at 3:15am #
the ability to shuffle playlists. (also hierarchal playlists would help)
Posted 03 Jan 2005 at 1:56am #
How 'bout a radio? At the YW I go to all the TVs have the sound routed into low-power broadcasters on different FM frequencies. It'd be nice to be able to pick that up...