My wish for the iPod
No, I'm not looking for a video iPod with WiFi capabilities, web, email and handwriting recognition all for under $200. My request is much simpler. When I'm in the car, which is where I listen to my iPod most often, I just set it to shuffle and let it run. Occasionally the 'Pod will select a song that will prompt me to think, "Yeah, I'd like to listen to this whole album right now." Currently, selecting the target album requires me to navigate back to the main menu, then artist (because the artist list is shorter than the album list), then album and then play. Not good at 60 m.p.h. I propose that, if the iPod is in shuffle mode, a simple click of the center button will jump to the parent album of the currently playing track (without interrupting that track). For instance, if "Banana Pancakes" by Jack Johnson begins to play, I need only click the center button to jump right to "In Between Dreams," the song's parent album.
It's not a big dream, but a dream all the same.