I just downloaded iTunes 10 and it’s time for a quick review:  the interface is cleaner in layout and font choice, but there’s no real change to the program itself that I can tell, save for the addition of Ping — the new social network for music.

I can’t comment on Ping, as a quick perusal of the privacy notice regarding it had me saying “Screw you, Apple!”  Essentially, all of your activity is going to be fair game that I can see; you just have to trust the Wizards of Cupertino not to let their “magical” products sell your preferences, etc. to other vendors.

I don’t.

Now, to the program’s interface with the iPad.  Exceptional!  The backup and synch for the iPad ran in less than a minute for about 10GB  on the device.  Very smooth.  (Hint: I noticed the lag I was getting on synching with iTunes 9 seemed to be near the end of the sequence, so on a guest I deleted my iPod Photo Cache folder (it sets it up in your My Pictures folder if you’re a PC user like me).  The synch ran much shorter and smoother.

So, download iTunes 10?  I’m not a fan of the privacy issues regarding Ping, but other than that (just don’t opt into Ping), I’d say yes.