A le a ounces iTunes 7

Scott nailed it right on the head ladies and gents: one of the big a ouncements of today's event was a much-updated iTunes version 7, bringing a slew of new sho ing, organizing and playing optio to A le's media software. As of this writing, A le ha 't made the new software available yet, so we're going to recap the a ouncement to help you stay on top of the e entials. Here's a rundown of what's new:

• The iTunes Music Store is now, simply, the iTunes Store. While removing 'Music' from the title certainly hel move the store's branding into the multi-media mo ter it has become, it sounds like they're stuck with the 'iTunes' (music related) branding
• Album %26am Cover Flow views - you can now view your library by album art covers, or use a azzy 3D 'cover flow' (you mean, like CoverFlow?) to really show off
• New Source organization - each media type gets its own library and source, offering much easier acce and organization
• Gaple playback - MP3, AAC and A le Lo le files that are one cohesive album can now sound like one
• 640 x 480 video resolution for TV and - as everyone predicted - movie downloads from the likes of Di ey, Pixar, Touchstone, Miramax. Movies adopt the same usage rights as TV shows (i.e. - no burning)
  
• Integrated iPod management - you can adjust what media is synced to your iPod from within iTunes, i tead of having to clunk around in the preferences. We haven't seen what this looks like yet, but it sounds like a much better idea for obvious reaso
• Tra fer purchases via iPod - now when Engadget and MacRumors reported this, it sounded like the entire library was tra ferable between registered computers. This feature, taken from the actual keynote slide, makes it sound like this will work only for iTS purchases
• Download manager - begin listening to and watching your media while it finishes downloading

There's the wrap of what we heard so far. keep an eye out for a walkthrough as soon as we can get our hands on a copy of iTunes 7.