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Only if the anti-Apple trolls come over here and stir shit up because they're too stupid to, you know, just not click on an article that they allegedly don't care about.]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
Yay is right! The iBooks update makes PDF viewing much more pleasant. I have all my textbooks on my iPad, so this is very welcome.

Now all I need is multitasking. Come on 4.0!]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
Then ignore anything on here about the iPhone

Posted from my iPhone :P]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
Never liked the fact that iTunes gets installed with a couple pieces of phantomware on your computer. iTunes is NOT a 121 MB application on it's own, but it won't let you just download iTunes (And no I'm not talking about Quicktime). ]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
I hope they made speed improvements for iBooks. It was very slow and buggy on my 3rd generation 32GB iPod Touch on iOS4. I guess maybe it was optimized for iPhone 4 and iPad, but still.

Stanza may not be as pretty looking, but it is quick, snappy, and more pleasant to use in my experience.]]>Jul 19th 2010 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
Yes, but 80 of those 100 will be douches complaining about an Apple Post. ]]>Jul 19th 2010 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
Well I guess technically you don't *have* to use iTunes after you activate your iDevice. You can still rearrange things and purchase content on the device itself without the use of a computer, but backing up your stuff just makes sense in case something goes wrong.

But I do agree that you shouldn't even have to activate it in the first place; it should be usable out of the box.]]>Jul 19th 2010 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/uhhh... He's right. Why downrank him?]]>Jul 19th 2010 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
Look at the most commented / top stories.

Engadget readers and commenters LIKE apple stories, as do I.

There are more Apple haters than commenters obv, but most of them already own or have owned an apple product that they like.

I remember when I was an Apple hater, I had an iPod touch 3G (still do actually) and I hated on Apple, but only did it because I wanted the little guys to have a chance too.

But then I grew up, and just simply stopped hating, and had a positive open mind.]]>Jul 20th 2010 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/"hate"? isn't that a bit much? when did brand loyalty get elevated to the level of protected status alongside gender, age, religion, and sexual orientation? they're not all helpful, perhaps, but people should be allowed to call out shortcomings in devices, including those they don't even own (free speech operates on a different principal than the app store). it may annoy you, but a level of simmering discontent helps keep the industry honest. in my experience, fixes were few and far-between before the advent of the tech blogs. we've all learned to be better and more careful consumers in the process. i'll keep reading the invisibles, thank you very much.]]>Jul 20th 2010 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 20th 2010 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
The drones must be really upset. :(]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/This article isn't about android, dumbass. ]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
Engadget is just happy that Steve said Engadget thinks its the best phone on friday. SO you know gotta kiss that ass! go Macgadget!! YAY!!]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
You're on Windows, right?]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/iTunes runs well on my mac.]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/iTunes, safari, finder, quicktime they all instaopen and are fast as hell]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
Now if they could just make Safari stable... It's like the day isn't complete unless it crashes at least once.

And I stopped updating iTunes after 9.0.2... It's like 2wice a month I get a notice iTunes has a new version. Can't we wait awhile between updates?]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
You mean on Windows?.
iTunes works perfectly fine on Macs.]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Does not matter if he is on Windows or not.
Itunes runs like utter dog shit. Most iPhone/ipod users run windows. Apple needs to learn how to program properly. Microsoft office runs fine in osx. Firefox Chrome all run fine on osx and osx. Itunes only runs good on osx]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
Well all those programs are coded for by the same company that made your OS. Not to mention that iTunes is actually more or less integrated into the OS itself, and Finder is just the filesystem browser. You saying those programs opening up and running quickly on a Mac is like me saying opening folders and Windows Media Player is really fast on my PC.

We're talking about iTunes on Windows here. Which is really, really slow. Hell, it opens up in around the same time as freakin' Photoshop CS3 on my laptop. That's just ridiculous.]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
itunes is a resource hog. Even apple uses it to test processor issues.]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
Microsoft Office for Mac is shit.]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
So Apple please - either make the Windows version fast ... or make a Linux version :D (which in turn should be a much easier port than Windows as the architectures are so similar).]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
I'm not one to feed the trolls but as someone who's corporation locks him into Exchange I must say that Microsoft Office Entourage (Outlook on the Mac) is the the worst app I've used in the last 2 years. GodFinger on the iPhone comes close but it's not quite so bad. Dreamweaver is third BTW.

Can't talk a much about Excel or Word because they are useless to me.]]>Jul 19th 2010 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
EVERYTHING runs fast when compared to iTunes.

Every media player built by Microsoft(Zune, WMP, WMC) launches and becomes fully usuble in a heartbeat(Except for WMC which has an animation which you cant skip).

It bothers me to no end that Apple, the company that cant live without throwing shit MIcrosoft's way, cant make iTunes perform faster.]]>Jul 19th 2010 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
I have to agree. Apple should do the decent thing and rewrite the Windows version of itunes from the ground up. Get rid of the "Adobe type" bloat, the background services, the installers and respect the Windows UI to the letter. With their market share in music downloads there's no excuse. Itunes should run like a ferret on Windows not like a tortoise.

Jobs, You were slamming Adobe for it's flash software on non Windows machines (justified in most cases). Well let's see what Apple's got when it comes to itunes on Windows.]]>Jul 19th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
And your next point regarding iTunes intergrating itself with the browser is silly.

I don't know how tightly it is integrated, but it just points to sloppy programming. It's as bad as Microsoft arguing that Internet Explorer is an "integral" part of their operating system. It's not - OSes don't provide a browser, they provide an interface between the bare-level hardware and other software applications, APIs, etc. Nowhere in OS theory does it say, Thou shalt provide a browser, or an audio player.

Either way, the Windows port of iTunes has historically been a shonky job. Perhaps Apple just doesn't care *that* much about Windows to invest any serious effort? *shrugs*. Who knows.

Then again, some people have their doubts on their programming prowess anyway. See their intial efforts with submitting Webkit patches back to the KHTML team.

Also, your last point about Windows Media Player - that's ridiculous. That's like saying Microsoft has a top-secret, super-fast path to open a file browser, that it lets it's own programs use, then other generic programs use a slower one. Do you realise how silly that sounds?

Go read up on MSDN, and look at the API they expose. It's the same thing.

Cheers,
Victor]]>Jul 19th 2010 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
running a half year old i7 here.

I can load Photoshop and After Effects CS5 at the same time faster then iTunes.

iTunes is the single slowest loading app on my computer, I would be happy to switch to SongBird or something, but I have a iPhone and I like it, and it ONLY works with itunes]]>Jul 19th 2010 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/
I can use whatever software I want, and use Entourage on OS X.

"as someone who's corporation locks him into Exchange"

That may be the problem. I don't have to use Exchange.

For what it's worth though, the new Outlook for the Mac coming soon is supposed to be a lot better at working with Exchange.

]]>Jul 19th 2010 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/apple-releases-itunes-9-2-1-and-ibooks-1-1-1-fixes-galore-promi/Jul 19th 2010 8:57PM