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 ~/Library rather 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.

Posted on 31 August, 2010.