It's Genius!

A couple of updates have passed by and none of them carry any significant feature until iTunes 8 + iPhone firmware 2.1 came along - and that's Genius. I don't need to explain how Genius works, but it's awesome.

The Genius Playlist feature is a revolution for making playlists. Smart playlist has been there for years, Genius is a welcome addition to rediscover your music. I'm aware that this is not something that we haven't seen before, but this is the first time that this technology was implemented on a personal music jukebox (iTunes) and a portable music player (iPod) level. I would darely say that this is the Pandora Radio or Last.fm for your own music library. It's like having your personal DJ prepare a mixset for you. Trust me that it's hard to make a good playlist out of a typical iTunes library (that contains thousands of songs). Genius doesn't just group songs from say an era or a particular genre, but actually groups songs that play well together. The way to get Genius to perform better is to submit your iTunes library info to the iTunes store as often as possible.

Genius evolves and learns over time. Several Genius playlists after, I still carry that same surprised grin on my face whenever it plays some of my long lost favorite tunes together. And it keeps getting better.

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