Apple introduces iTunes 10 with new icon, streamlined UI, Ping social network
iTunes 10 was shown off today during Apple's special music event and the big news is -- the CD is dead and a new icon is born. Okay, the real big news is a better, more streamlined user interface and the introducing of Ping, which Steve Jobs said is a social music network that blends aspects of Facebook and Twitter.
“iTunes is the number one music community in the world, with over 160 million iTunes users in 23 countries, and now we’re adding social networking with Ping,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With Ping you can follow your favorite artists and friends and join a worldwide conversation with music’s most passionate fans.”
- Here's what Ping looks like in iTunes 10
- Here's what Ping looks like on iPhone
The interface is odd -- it realigns the red, yellow, and green OS X close, dock, optimize icons vertically instead of horizontally... why? but does seem to present data in a much more usable way.
Ping lets artists and fans alike either raise your their and let anyone follow, choose to approve followers, or create a social circle just for friends. Artists can share status updates that allow for photos, video, and comments, fans can see what their friends like, find out about concerts and buy concert tickets, and find others to follow.
You can rent TV shows, just like you'll soon be able to on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. It's that usual 30 days to start deal, but you have 2 days to finish.
Support for AirPlay, the new version of AirTunes, is built in so you can stream music, video, and pictures around the house.
And for iOS users, they claim sync is simpler:
iTunes gives you even better ways to sync your media from your computer to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod. There’s a new capacity bar that tells you exactly how much space you have left on your device in real time. And it’s even easier to organize all your apps on all your devices because you do it right in iTunes. Shop the App Store on your computer, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Then connect to your Mac or PC and go to your iTunes library to arrange (and rearrange) your apps and add or delete Home screens that sync back to your devices automatically.
iTunes 10 is available now. (Update: or not, Apple.com is fickle)
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Released today?
Not seeing the Ping icon in iTunes (iOS)... wonder when that's going to go live... Really wish Ping would be part of the iPod app, not the slow-as-molasses iTunes app.
It'll probably come to the iOS next week with 4.1
Not live! Coming soon
Good call. I expect that's probably right.
Pretty sure its not yet available.
No wifi syncing?
iTunes 10 is available now.-no u didnt. damn where my software?
Let's put more unwanted bloat in itunes..yay! I won't update til i have to.
It is not available...
So where is this available? Apple's site says coming so and I'm pretty sure I heard it was a launching today
Can't get it it redirects to 9
Ask for a music manager that will let me restore my library from device to computer, watch directores and add new files to library and not run like a pig on Windows and what do you get: a social network.
F-ing idiots.
I just updated an app, and got the new agreement pop up. It talked about ping, so the iTunes 10 has to be soon.
@shollomon yeah, who the hell needs more social networks?
Steve said iTunes 10 today, so I expect we'll see it by 12:00 PST
Way this update sucks. And the name Ping really? You could have named it iFollow. It pretty much Twitter in iTunes. Who needs that! Just slowness on Windows!
No iTunes 10 in Canada yet... so much for "immediate".
Not yet available. Just says "coming soon."
the new icon is not attractive at all. it ruins my dockkkk. :)
iTunes 10 not available to download in Brazil. When I navigate to the page, it gets iTunes 9.x as the only one available.
iTunes 10 is now available!!!
@kpak77 prove it!
i got it too. should i upload the DMG file?
It is up, I am downloading it now. www.apple.com/itunes
AVAILABLE AT 10:03 PM ET
anyone who says it is available is a douche bag...it's not up. I live in the bay area ca and when it "does" go available you can bet the bay area will be the first place it does as is the case with every update.
The itunes site did say update to 10 at 10:03 but its still the install for 9.1.2. I just went back and it says download 9 with 10 coming soon.
NOT UP, Apple is playing with us
Just downloaded it here in Atlanta (10:20pm). 71.4 MB.
@BuffDaddyDeluxe u r the douche bag
@tsb3 actually i was speaking directly to you. go eat a stick of dynomite and stand in front of traffic.
Ps
its out
Installing now...status screen shows all the newly announced iPods.
Yes it is available here on the West Coast.
release 10.0.0.68 x64
Installed are ready to rock! http://yfrog.com/69itunes10g
I did a refresh a few times and did get 10 and am installing it now :)
@BuffDaddyDeluxe you see faggot, it's AVAILABLE.
Graphics are horrible..expect an update soon
Now THAT is an UGLY interface! Due to the lack of colored icons, it now takes much longer to navigate to the desired items - no more clicking at a glance! Seems they've never heard the word "usability" :(
So, it looks like ringtones are yanked from iTunes again, I can only hope they come back via update.
Ok i like the new interface but a few niggles. Has apple lost all taste and design sense? every new update seems to bring incoherent UI changes. The new icon looks disgusting and cheap but i can change it out to anything so im not to fussed about that. The new volume slider looks like something from a windows media player skin designed for winXP, the size is a welcome change but its unnecessary. Vertical windows buttons? Really? Thats a little confusing to be honest and although i dont normally use them im sure its going to be awkward for people to get used to when no other app uses this convention. Whoever you have designing your itunes top bar interface, fire them. The rest looks gorgeous now but the top bar looks cheap and nasty.
so social that available only in 20 or so countries? nice!
So, more fluff and no........as usual. iTunes needs a total revamp, not an icon change, not a "social network". I should be able to sync my phone wifi / bluetooth. It should see my phone, and have my apps / music / photos / etc. in my account. I don't know how many times I have synced my phone to add music only to end up with my 4 year olds apps after. And how about to be able to sync WITHOUT the "you are about to erase" whatever from your phone?? And how about a little help FINDING apps?? If you want to see if they have an app for something, you have to know the name, or, spend hours searching. How about music apps that do______?? They took a step towards that with 4.0 and the way folders work. Combine 2 apps together and the phone names the folder based on what they are. Some form of that could be applied to itunes to help wade through the junk to get what you want. iTunes is becoming the weak link in this system now.
@DragonPunch28 On your iOS iTunes just hit more and ringtones are there ;). You can move it back to the bottom bar with edit.
Come on people. If you have a Mac go to system updates and it's right there and you can download it
My iTunes says 9.2 is the current version, but I just downloaded 10 from the Apple site (so it said). Not sure which one to trust.
You guys are retarded... Has no one ever heard of clearing their cache?
new icon is horrible, look like windows vista icon :/
Steve must have heard your (TiPb's) rants about not knowing which apps are iPad apps when syncing :D
not sure why everyone seems to hate the new icon, it actually looks more like the iTunes app icon (only the wrong colour), also for the windows version the notification bar icon is awfully low res
What happened to to my beautiful, lovely itunes ICON??!!! I hate the new one!!!
HATE!!! HATE!! HATE!!!
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