14 DAY TRIAL // If there's one company that does the innovating bit best, it's Apple. With every new event, there's always much to look forward to, and this year's iPod-focused gathering in San Francisco was no different.
On September 1, Apple introduced a brand new line of iPods, a second take at its hobby - the Apple TV - and a new version of iTunes, these being the major announcements dished out by Steve Jobs at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
iTunes 10 in particular brings a few novelties that even fanatics seem to dislike, despite Apple's announcement that iTunes Ping, the company's newly-implemented social network for music, racked up over one million subscribers in 48 hours.
Ping is one of them. It looks as if Apple is late to the social networking game, but the Mac maker is known to do some things better than others, so it wouldn't be too surprising to see many Facebook fans jump ship.
The same goes for those using Twitter.
Perhaps these users will employ Ping in addition to these two services. Who knows? Only time will tell.
What does seem to be a rather hasty change on behalf of the Cupertino-based giant is actually the new iTunes application icon.
Many agree that Apple could have done without changing the CD & musical note iTunes icon everyone was so accustomed to.
Responding to our September 1, 2010 Event Coverage, reader Kriss_Hietala commented: “The new iTunes icon is so... unmacish.”
Yours truly (at least) is inclined to agree.
In fact, one might say the old iTunes icon was quite iconic for Apple.
You'd recognize the old iTunes logo out of a million different application icons.
It stands out. And it does so almost as much as the company's own apple logo.
So why did Apple change it?
Well, here's Steve Jobs' himself providing the explanation at last week's event...:
“We thought it was appropriate, since, next spring, it looks like iTunes is actually going to surpass sales of CDs in the US... we thought 'maybe it's time to ditch the CD in the logo, and... so this is the new logo for iTunes 10 [displays the new logo to the crowd attending the Sept. 1, 2010 event].”
That's not to say Apple's new iTunes icon is ugly.
In fact, some also find it better than the previous CD icon.
Therefore, Softpedia is curious to know how many of you are digging the new iTunes icon, and how many of you aren't.
Consider this a poll, and use the comments to share your thoughts with the rest of the world.
With enough comments posted, we'll do a followup on how much people like, or dislike the new iTunes application icon, quoting your responses.
Fire away!