Steve Jobs proudly showed off a new feature in iTunes 8 called Genius. The Genius feature is supposed to create playlists of songs that go great together with a single click. You simply click on a song to play, click the Genius button and you have a list of songs that go great together. Does it work? Yes. Does it leave a lot to be desired? Yes!

First of all the Genius feature needs to be updated if you add anything to your library. That means iTunes must connect to Apple's servers and transfer information between you and Apple. This can take several minutes in some cases. I've also found that Genius often pairs songs that don't go together well at all. Sometimes it places Christmas songs in with other songs seemingly based solely on the artist.

I think Pandora works much better at matching music. Perhaps Apple should consider a purchase of Pandora so they can incorporate it into iTunes.

For another suggestion, how about a way to shuffle songs by artist or genre with a single click in iTunes and on your iPod. I know you can create a playlist to do the job, but having an option with a single click would be much better! Imagine holding down the middle button on your iPod and having a choice that says "Shuffle Artist."