Apple keynote: iTunes 9

iTunes 9 available for download

Further to the release by Apple of Snow Leopard OS last week, iTunes 9 was rolled out with lots of goodies and extras during Apple’s keynote yesterday.

iTunes boasts the record of being the No1 music retailer in the world.

Other iTunes stats:

• Over 8.5 billion songs sold
• 100,000,000 million registered accounts (that’s scary!) – meaning also one of the largest stores on the net altogether

Features of iTunes 9

• Genuis playlists – over 54B songs have been submitted and analysed – smarter, faster
• Genius mixes – endless mixes and playlists from songs in your library and recommendations from iTunes
• Now genius recommendations for apps – suggestions will be made based on your previous apps downloads
• Better management of your apps, arrange however you like, drag & drop
• Improved syncing
• Home sharing (between up to 5 computers in your house) – not just streaming, copying to your library
• iTunes store redesign, better layout and navigation, artists pages, movies & TV pages, wishlists
• iTunes LP – includes lyrics, videos, photos, chronology, lienar notes, interviews, memorabilia etc.  Amazing content!
• Same for movies

iTunes 9 is of course a free download.