The week in Crave: The there's-still-no-Beatles-on-iTunes edition

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Too busy mourning the fast-approaching end of summer to stay up to the minute on Crave? Well, it was a plenty busy week in the gadget world. Here are just a few highlights (and lowlights: we're talking about you, dorky robot iPhone mask).

• Apple's fifth-generation iPod has it all covered: good, bad, and weird.

• Motorola got Cliq-y with the social-networking crowd.

• Palm thought small with its Palm Pixi.

• As for the Palm Pre... oops!

• The Asus Eee-book grew a spine.

• HDTV to Samsung: Super Size Me.

• We couldn't help it; we fell in love with a Rogue.

• Matt Hickey took the blame for AT&T's 3G network problems.

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• Japanese seniors got their very own robotic Richard Simmons.

• Beatles Rock Band: We (mostly) love you, yeah, yeah, yeah.

See anything we missed? Working on an amazing invention we should know about? We always like to hear from you. Write to us at crave at cnet dot com.

[feverboy777]

You got to give it to Steve Job's and company for taking some of the wind out of Apple Corp's sail (or should I say sales) and using all the hype that went down for the remastered & Rockband, even though he knew the Beatles weren't going to be on i-Tunes and using it to his own benefit to promote his own wares.

Very smart move on Apple Computers behalf and great to see Steve back on the mend.

[gbreed07]

I think The Beatles not on iTune is more of problem Apple Corp and EMI than Apple Inc. iTunes really do not need The Fab Five. Anyone wanted digital Beatles file already have them, either legally or illegally. Chances are those fans are listening Helter Skelter on the iPod.
If Paul's comments are correct, that EMI is afraid of the piracy issues, then EMI doesn't understand the digital landscape.