For 2008, I wish that Apple...

[Giaguara]

iPod HD would be nice
as would be decent servers again...

[fryke]

You mean an iPod touch with 1280*720 or 1920*1080 resolution? That'd be rather expensive and unnecessary. If it's only about the TV-output, yes, why not. But first I wanna see HD movies and TV shows on iTunes. For all iTunes Stores, not just the US store, of course. (One can dream. I guess it'll be 2010 before Switzerland sees HD content on the iTunes Store...)

[chevy]

Originally Posted by fryke

I wish permissions-repair would become something of the past. Permissions shouldn't get corrupted in the first place. The system should be able to auto-correct this if it still happens. No?

The keyboard fix, I thought, was released a couple days ago...

+1

And for HD content on iTMS, iPhone and iPods... YES !

[bbloke]

Originally Posted by chevy

+1

(I presume you mean the permissions issue and not the keyboard issue.)

On a slight tangent, there seem to be a few permissions-related quirks that I'd like to see ironed out. When using Get Info under Leopard, there is a padlock by the user permissions. This padlock can be opened but doesn't seem to close again on another click. Maybe I'm misunderstanding this, but it feels either buggy or else counter-intuitive. Also, I've recently had to use the Terminal to change permissions for a file (an application, actually) so that I could... change the permissions in the Finder... even though the Finder said I had sufficient access already.

Originally Posted by chevy

And for HD content on iTMS, iPhone and iPods... YES !

I agree HD might not be suitable for iPod/iPhone screens, but it would certainly be nice for connecting to a larger display.

[icemanjc]

I would also like to have HD Videos on iTunes, and I wish they would make all music high quality and DRM-free.
Cheaper iPod touch with more flash memory.
The iPhone open for any company (since I have Verizon).

[Ferdinand]

I would also like to have HD movies and tv shows on iTunes and iPod. Maybe if they update the iPods output to HD, the AppleTVs could also get HD!

There is only one problem with HD: Imagine how long it will take to download a tv show thats 40 mins. long, or a movie thats 1 and a half hours long!! And many people have a download limit that is very low, maybe 1-2 GB per month. I have 10, so thats not a problem but those who do have a smaller download capacity should have the option if they want to download it in HD or not. It will also take much space on your iPod and those who don't have an HD TV don't need HD movies.

The quality of movies and tv shows should definitely be better - but they should only update it to HD if really all iPods have bigger HDs. The iPod Classic has enough space (80-160 GB), but now the iPod nano can also play video, and 8 GB just isn't enough, if you also want music on there, which is actually the point of an iPod.

[chevy]

MPEG4 makes possible to have a flexible definition, with a flexible bit-rate. Why not exploit that ?

[fryke]

VBR doesn't mean different resolutions. HD videos wouldn't make much sense on an iPod nano.