A small, California-based company by the name of Apple had an event today where it unveiled many new things. In case you were AFE (away from Earth) for the past few hours, here’s what you missed.
• The iPod nano now has a digital camera. It also has FM radio capability for the first time ever, finally ushering Apple into the year 2002. Neat: Live Pause lets you utilize a cache of as much as 15 minutes. I wonder if it’ll no longer be cool to like the band Phoenix now, seeing as though they’re so prominently featured in the glossy iPod photos.
• The iPod touch got a storage bump, with 8GG, 32GB, and 64GB models. The 64GB is also marginally “faster” for some inexplicable reason.
• The iPod classic is not dead, and now (again, actually) has a 160GB hard drive.
• iTunes 9.0 was released. Manage your iPhone Apps right from iTunes! Watch videos and consume all sorts of bonus content from the music and movies you buy with iTunes LP! Transfer music and movies throughout your house with Home Sharing. And Genius Mixes creates up to 12 Genius playlists automatically.
• iPhone OS 3.1. Genius for all your Apps (which means that it’ll recommend new Apps for you to try based on your current collection). And you can now buy ringtones from the four big record labels for $1.99 a pop. (Note: you’re a darn fool if you actually buy ringtones.)
yawn
I think the 32 GB ipod touch is faster as well.
at least that is what it says on apple’s homepage
32 and 64 GB ipod touchs have the same guts as the IGS aka twice as fast. The 8 GB stays the same.
Actually, it’s 50% faster, so that’s 1.5 times as fast.
So nothing new, in practice? Just evolutionary upgrades. Is it because they are already so good, or because they start to get run out of ideas, or because there’s enough of strong-faith MacIntosh believers who are ready to donate their money even if there wasn’t anything new?
itunes 9 now with less pre compatibility! Let the games begin again. Get going Palm!
Boring. What a appointment!
Hated. Being a Verizon Wireless customer and iPhone hold out I was all amped up about the prospect of buying a 64GB iPod Touch with a camera. I did recently buy a 2TB Time Capsule which I am most pleased with but appears I will not be getting a touch for the time being.
I really want to reduce the amount of gadgets I carry. I have a shuffle, a digi cam and a HD based camcorder and would be tickled pink if I could could just carry one device especially given the fact that I am headed to Afghanistan and having just returned from Iraq can assure you that carrying a bunch of electronics plus a MBP around is no fun.
Seriously is a 10 3mp camera too much to add to the touch? Thanks for another big let down Mr. Jobs.