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iPod Software Update 1.2 Now Available

Posted by pudge on from the mmmm-usic dept.

Walter Weeks writes "This afternoon Apple has released the much anticipated iPod Software Update 1.2. This update adds a slew of features and updates such as iCal support, a digital clock, sound check, restructuring of the menu hierarchy, and more! Currently, it is not available for Mac OS 9 nor via Software Update, but you can get it on Apple's iPod site." It also has the promised audible.com support. Now that I have a web browser in my phone and a calendar in the iPod and contacts in both, maybe I can get an iPod and sell the Palm. If only the phone or iPod had AvantGo ...

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  1. best new features by arson1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    IMO, The new software updated let's your iPod keep track of the play counts, so when you synce back up to itunes, the songs you played while you were out are accoutned for.

    That, and the calendar, just because it looks cool :)

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    1. Re:best new features by tbmaddux · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I like the inclusion of browsing the iPod by genre, something I'd been missing (standard in iTunes) so much that I'd been building genre-based playlists just for the iPod.

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  2. iPod is my new PDA by bastion_xx · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Seriously. I had a sweet Compaq PocketPC, but lost it (long story, long night). As such, I've been in the market to buy a new PDA.

    Too bad some of the new integrated PDA/Cell phones weren't available (yet), so I looked at what my needs were:

    1) Contacts - Read/only
    2) Calendar
    3) Storage
    4) Cool new features - MP3 playback
    5) Taking Notes

    My usage is primary read-only and I use the PC (Mac) for managing everything. Seldom did I create contacts or calendar entries on my Pocket PC. However, daily I used to look up names and numbers or calendar entries. As for note taking, I always carry a pen. So as long as paper is still being made, I should be set.

    With the new 10GB models and 1.2 of the code, I now have a new PDA. And it's a mad MP3 player as well!

  3. My #1 wish for the iPod: by imac.usr · · Score: 3, Insightful
    A tiny input device that plugs in either via the headphone jack (like the remote) or via the FireWire port, like the fold-up Palm keyboards.


    The ability to modify contact entries and enter brief notes would mean I can stop having to find space in my backpack for my Newton. :P

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