fear not iDROIDS, our overlords have decreed that your iSHINYTOYS will not be upgraded, so there will be no perceptable difference for the iDROID end user experience, the iDROIDMATRIX will maintain the 'Status Quo' (pun intented), go forth iDROIDS, recruit, recruit, more power, we need MORE POWER, AMEN TO THAT !!!!!! O_O

So they can manage hi-def video but are still pushing sub-standard audio? It would be nice if they could get up to CD-quality... afterall, it's been around for 25yrs. We should be on multi-channel 24bit/96kHz by now, not lossy 16bit files with DRM.

Yet again Apple panders to buzzwords and fails to deliver on substance.

Itunes sucks. commercials you don't want, offers you will never accept & annoying interface.

The answer?

Floola --> http://www.floola.com/modules/wiwimod/

That is what you want.

Why?

Amongst other things, it allows you to copy files from the iPod BACK to the PC with no fuss.

(Among a few other reasons.)

On the one hand the author is derisive and on the other hand complaining it doesn't arrive sooner, perhaps some self-reflection can be done during that delay?