Amidst the hype and downed servers, Canola 2 Beta was launched. This was Canola teams first mistake. Either it should have been released before or well after the release of OS 2008. The server debacle should have been expected and anticipated by the team

The iphone / itouch hype contributed to the Canola team concentrating too much on eye candy, with usability taking a complete backseat.

1. Adequate help documentation
2. List of known issues

The above may have helped a bit with usability issues but is are unavailable.

Animations - Choppy.
Album Covers - No idea how they are downloaded.
Images - Landscape ?
Podcasts/Internet Radio - Cutting and Pasting URL is not easily done
Albums - Gets repeated for each song in the album

Looking forward to more concentration on usability and cutting choppy animations for smoother user experience. Better end user documentation