Something about iTunes 8

September 11th, 2008 Posted by Edy
in Category Computer Software, Computer Spot, Featured |

iTunes is an amazingly cool free application for Mac and PC, which plays all your digital music and videos. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, Apple TV as well as Mac PC, or portables.

Moreover it’s an entertainment superstore that stays open 24/7 and guarantees entertainment round the clock.

iTunes brings your entire music and video collections together and they are just a mere click away from you, giving you an all-access pass to thousands of hours of digital entertainment.

You can Browse, Organize, Play and do loads of stuff from your Mac or PC.

The latest edition is the iTunes 8 launched recently by Apple, which offers really superb features, so let’s check them out one by one:

Genius Playlists

Genius is an amazing way to create perfect play-lists. All you need to do is to play a song, click the Genius button, and iTunes creates a playlist of other songs from your library that go great together.

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Genius playlist helps you to discover songs in your library that you probably never knew existed!

Genius Sidebar

While you reacquaint yourself with the music you already own, let Genius introduce you to new music you’d love. As you select songs in your library, the Genius sidebar displays songs from the iTunes Store that go great with it. The Genius sidebar won’t recommend songs already in your library, and you can preview and buy recommended songs directly from the sidebar.

Grid View

See your iTunes library in a new way. Select Albums in Grid View and iTunes 8 displays your entire music library using cover art. Select Artists, Genres, or Composers, and iTunes automatically creates groups of albums based on your selection. Simply skim across a group to see the albums inside, and start playing an album with a single click. Movies, TV shows, podcasts, and audio books look great in Grid View, too.

HD TV Shows

You can purchase selected episodes of your favorite TV shows in high definition for just $2.99. Or get the whole season in HD with a Season Pass. And when you buy HD, iTunes doubles your viewing pleasure: You also get an iPod-ready version with a file size and resolution that’s ideal for smaller screens.

Enhanced Accessibility

iTunes 8 is now screen reader friendly on both Mac and PC. Manage your iTunes library using VoiceOver in Mac OS X Leopard or Window-Eyes for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Or use your screen reader to purchase or download content from the iTunes Store — including iTunes U.

New Visualizer

Turn on the new Visualizer and lose yourself in a 3D-scape of spheres, ribbons, and lights that pulsate to the beat and tempo of the song you’re playing.

Buy iTunes Gift Cards

You can purchase a prepaid iTunes Gift Card from the Apple Online Store, an Apple Retail Store, or thousands of other U.S. retailers.
Variety of options to choose from denominations of $15, $25, and $50 good toward any purchase on the iTunes Store.

Buy iTunes gift certificates

An iTunes Store gift certificate that is available through iTunes, is just the thing for last moment gifts! You can choose from a wide range of denominations and email your gift certificate immediately, or print the gift certificate on your own printer and deliver it to the lucky recipient in person.

Podcasts

The iTunes Store offers more than 100,000 audio and video podcasts from independent creators and big names like HBO, NPR, ESPN, The Onion, CBS Sports, and The New York Times.

iPod Games

You can amuse yourself with games for your Click Wheel-based iPod.

Bearing price tag of merely $4.99 in the iTunes Store, these games are designed to play nice with your iPod classic, third- or fourth-generation iPod nano, or fifth-generation iPod.

iTunes U

What if you could summon the world’s leading thinkers from some of the most esteemed institutions to teach you anything, anytime? Well, now you can. All it takes is your computer and iTunes U.

You can download iTunes 8 HERE for free!