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To use the IPAD to listen to music at home, Don 't make me walk to my computer and connect each time you load new songs. Wireless Sync is ideal for synchronization of other materials, including images, videos and applications. This is frankly absurd. This means that the n 'run the iTunes client issue, Don ' t share music from another computer on your home network. IPAD is a hammock. How can it be difficult? Microsoft 's Zune player has wireless synchronization of three iterations and more than two years. Instead, as aniPod or iPhone, you must physically connect to the computer that stores music, and then wait for the music trip in the cable. Wireless Sync.

Bye-bye, storage limits. Although IPAD wireless synchronization, the cheapest model that has 16 GB of storage. Best of all, every time I update my music collection, c 'is maintained everywhere at once. So how about taking the acquisition and use Lala? Instead of having to load music on the IPAD yes, I was able to synchronize your PC to Lala 's music locker service online and broadcast on the Web directly my camera. This is obvious I 'd be surprised if Apple n ' be available shortly after launch iPad. This is 'is sufficient for most music lovers ' digital collections, especially if you 're going to use the IPAD for other functions such as e-books and photos. Cloud-based music services.

But all share one major drawback: Don 't just play the music you ' ve already uploaded to the device. This is not 't blame the designers of PPP -- It ' sa imposing restrictions on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. There are surprisingly complex DJ applications for the iPhone, as TouchDJ and DJ Mixer, which lets you play two songs simultaneously and mix them together like a DJ set-up mulitrack. I hope Apple figures a way around soon. Instead, you must reload the songs in DJ applications, both an application running on your computer or sync to a web server. These applications are much easier to use in the IPAD 's 9.7-inch screen. Share music with third party applications.

Matt Rosoff is an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, where he covers Microsoft 's consumer products and new businesses. WARNING: This blog contains the personal opinions of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of his employers or of CNET Networks. He 'is written on the technology industry since 1995 and reviewed the first Rio MP3 player for CNET.com in 1998. As an analyst of the IT industry, the author agrees occasionally to nondisclosure agreements from Microsoft or other companies, and does not violate the terms of such agreements on this blog. He 's also a bassist and an avid collector (and digitizer) of LP records.

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