What I want out of tomorrow’s Apple event in no particular order:
- Improved iOS 4 performance on iPhone 3G
- iOS 4 for iPad
- Over-the-air iPod syncing, including play counts and play states
- Podcast-fetching on the iPad/iPhone, possibly via pubsubhubbub
- Support for custom fonts on iOS; build a Font Store if you have to
- ID3 tag editing directly on the iPad
- HD movies for purchase from iTunes in the UK, preferably in 1080p
- Store iOS app data — game saves, documents and preferences — via MobileMe, so you’re device is constantly being backed up, rather than having to wait until the next time it’s plugged into the computer
- Streaming à la Spotify via iTunes on Mac and Windows, and the iPod app on iOS
- Integrate Last.fm into iTunes and iOS
- A cleaner iTunes, and preferably have the media files stored in
~/Libraryrather than~/Music - Live programmes on Apple TV
- iPhoto on iOS
I say I want iTunes to emulate Spotify rather than let Spotify become iTunes because Spotify doesn’t have the same management features. I carefully tailor my iTunes library — using tags in the Comments field, smart playlists, ratings etc. — and I’m not ready to give those up.