Apple's new Ipods
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
There's is a complete rundown of the Apple presentation over at Ars Technica. I'm not terribly impressed so far - nothing really innovative going on it seems.The biggest "news" is that the iPod "Touch" will hit the stores soon sporting WiFi enabling it to surf the web and preview/purchase songs though iTunes. Except for the iTunes part, this is not new.
It may seem like a big deal that all iPod Touches will have free access to the music store at Starbucks... but thats just to the music store, not he internet at large... now that would be cool. (Although I do live in the one spot in the US where there is no Starbucks.) Also, you'll be able to buy whatever song is playing in Starbucks at the moment with a single, login-free touch. (btw, none of this is in place yet, so don't get too crazy.)
Before the talk of the Touch, Jobs introduced the new iPod Nano, previously dubbed the fatty. Its a video-capable Nano (with new dimensions). Again, certainly nothing new or innovative here accept that it works with iTunes.
Personally, I think the biggest news to come from all of this is the fact that Apple is dropping the 4gig iPhone, and reducing the price of the 8gig from $599 to $399. Its interesting to me because Jobs is once again giving the finger to all those schlubs that waited in line at his stores. These same people will no doubt sing his praises this afternoon and continue to name their children (if they were getting any) after Steve. In the end, only iTunes comes out ahead here.
That's about all I walked away with from the live coverage. Their official write up can be found here.
posted by Russell @ 12:59 PM,
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