Originally Posted by Havelock Vetinari:
“Had the 160GB since Tuesday. Overall not impressed. It's certainly not as good for getting information on "the go" as my old Creative Zen M. At least with that I knew what my most played where and how many times without having to plug in iTunes.”
Your most played can be easily viewed with a smart playlist. Most people don't need to know how many times a song has been listened to - other than to maybe initially define a playlist. There is a lot of info Apple could include but they've decided to keep it simple. It might not be for everyone but it's very good for the majority of people - hence the sales and repeat sales.
Originally Posted by Havelock Vetinari:
“I hate the fact you can't just remove tracks you have to have iTunes open and sync it to do so. Don't like the fact it doesn't scroll all of an artists full name if it's a long name.”
That's a conscious decision Apple made at the beginning. Many people would lose track of what was where if they could delete stuff in both places. The number of people who put all their music on the iPod then want to delete it off their computer is staggering. If they could then delete it off the player directly you'd have a lot of people constantly losing things. Which is part of the reason why the iTunes/iPod model is so successful - the simplicity and transparency of the system.
The long name I agree with but at the same time it doesn't really bother me since I know the name, I don't have any artists whose name doesn't fit and I'm not likely to confuse them with someone else.
Personally, I've got my playlists how I want them, sync it regularly and just hit play and leave it until I'm done.