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Apple Announces All-New iPod Models: Shuffle, Nano and Touch
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usually it is the older model offered. The promotion always have product numbers associate with them, basically newer iPod touch never offered in back to school promotion (every year)
This was Apple's most moronic iPod day in some ways:
No product between $49 and $149... that's just plain moronic.
Nano loses video and camera and remains the same price. That's super-moronic, as if a touch screen and half size means it is worth the price? I swear they should fire someone over there.
No Classic upgrade.
No iPT lowered into the $149-up category. This was totally ridiculous because they could have kept the most stripped down old style version and offered it for $149.
As for the shuffle: BRILLIANT. That was their one true success today--sub $50 and the wheel is back, smaller, better battery. Amazing, but sadly just a bauble-device.
No product between $49 and $149... that's just plain moronic.
Nano loses video and camera and remains the same price. That's super-moronic, as if a touch screen and half size means it is worth the price? I swear they should fire someone over there.
No Classic upgrade.
No iPT lowered into the $149-up category. This was totally ridiculous because they could have kept the most stripped down old style version and offered it for $149.
As for the shuffle: BRILLIANT. That was their one true success today--sub $50 and the wheel is back, smaller, better battery. Amazing, but sadly just a bauble-device.
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Who would want to watch video on the new Nano anyway? It would probably make you go blind or something.
I don't think that is correct, the video is 960x720, but I thought that was filtered? The still quality would be something better, like 1280 x 720, right? Or something better than that?
I could be wrong, but it seems odd apple would add HD video and a crap still quality cam.
Who would want to watch video on the new Nano anyway? It would probably make you go blind or something.
Actually, I did find it handy to watch video on it, but you're right that it isn't the best thing for the job. I am still doubting whether or not to buy a nano. I would've liked video watching capacity, if only for the vodcasts I occasionally follow. I might buy one, or wait until next year, maybe they'll return the video capacity to it. I feel the nano is a bit crippled now.
Thank you, so I am not the only one seeing only standard earphones on all models!
My 2 cents, much like other's 2 cents:
- shuffle: A return to form of sorts, and will sell like hotcakes. No more waiting for 2nd gen refurbs, as this is $10 cheaper than a 2Gb 2nd gen refurb used to be. Thumbs up.
- nano: Clip a plus. Loss of video playback and built-in speaker = BIG minus. I've used my nano for placating my daughter with a cartoon while in waiting rooms/lines, and for playing TV episodes in hotel rooms using the Composite TV Cable when there was nothing on. And it's still as expensive as the last gen, for less functionality? Like Rick James, I wish I had two more hands-- so I could give this four thumbs down!
- touch: It's an OK update, I guess. Thumbs up, provisionally.
- classic: Reports of its death are exaggerated, though possibly not for long.
- iTunes 10: I stay away from Facebook like the plague; why would I want Ping? Let's hope that there are some performance tweaks to make it snappier, especially for Windows users, and a way to shut Ping off.
tv is now officially intriguing. As I tend to have my iMac up and running, I don't have problems with lack of internal storage, so streaming is OK with me-- thank goodness I upgraded my router to the latest AEBS. Keeps YouTube: check. Adds NetFlix: Checkity check; NetFlix support is a big development. Rentals? Meh; Handbrake FTW. Tiny size is nice. Tiny price is even nicer. Thumbs up; this may be my next device.
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Take the nano this way:
Last iPod Nano had a nice little video cam and Steve wanted it to compete with dedicated video cams like "Flip".
The new iPod Touch does this job now, with 2 cams, definitely good enough for small video clips.
Now Steve thought: Let's make the iPod Nano a pure mp3 player. Most people don't care about converting and syncing videos to the iPod anyway. Especially on such a small screen.
Touchscreen is hip, so let's include it. Of course it's less useful than real buttons (we are speaking about a mere music player, where you need 3 buttons 99% of the time, you don't need the flexibility of a touchscreen) - but people like fancy things.
And because everything needs to get smaller and super-thin, they decided to go for this, admittedly, odd design. (How do you hold this thing in your hand?)
I mean I see some points in having it as a small audio player where you can actually choose your song without skipping a hundred. But as many people said, the iPod Touch is way too close.
Maybe 99$ for 16 GB would be a nice deal, as a sort of "additional" backup music device.
All in all I think they will go back to the previous design next gen, just as they did with the Shuffle today
Last iPod Nano had a nice little video cam and Steve wanted it to compete with dedicated video cams like "Flip".
The new iPod Touch does this job now, with 2 cams, definitely good enough for small video clips.
Now Steve thought: Let's make the iPod Nano a pure mp3 player. Most people don't care about converting and syncing videos to the iPod anyway. Especially on such a small screen.
Touchscreen is hip, so let's include it. Of course it's less useful than real buttons (we are speaking about a mere music player, where you need 3 buttons 99% of the time, you don't need the flexibility of a touchscreen) - but people like fancy things.
And because everything needs to get smaller and super-thin, they decided to go for this, admittedly, odd design. (How do you hold this thing in your hand?)
I mean I see some points in having it as a small audio player where you can actually choose your song without skipping a hundred. But as many people said, the iPod Touch is way too close.
Maybe 99$ for 16 GB would be a nice deal, as a sort of "additional" backup music device.
All in all I think they will go back to the previous design next gen, just as they did with the Shuffle today
Nano needs a good wrist strap
Too bad the nano doesn't have an alarm. Still, if someone (maybe Apple) makes a good wrist band, then I'm buying one as a watch. Okay, it's not the thinnest watch (I like my Casio Film Watch), but hey, it will be a watch and music player in one.
Too bad the nano doesn't have an alarm. Still, if someone (maybe Apple) makes a good wrist band, then I'm buying one as a watch. Okay, it's not the thinnest watch (I like my Casio Film Watch), but hey, it will be a watch and music player in one.
Looks like I'm gonna stay with my 1st gen 16GB iPod touch and wait another year. I hope next years model gets chunkier and with more and better stuff. Things like a GPS, a physically larger camera, and a bigger battery for web surfing and game battery life, maybe even a new case material, those would do it a lot of good.
Come on, you could have done just one of those things and not lost money from extra costs involved, it would have all been made up in extra sales. Every time the september events role around I here people showing off their new apple toys and people in response saying they would buy it if only for one more thing. Happens every year.
, those would do it a lot of good. Come on
, you could have done just one of those things and not lost money from extra costs involved, it would have all been made up in extra sales. Every time the september events role around I here people showing off their new apple toys and people in response saying they would buy it if only for one more thing. Happens every year.Shuffle would have been awesome if it has a 4GB option. I don't understand why they don't have one to fill the price gap you mentioned above.
Based on history, when can we expect a 4GB Shuffle?
Is the 30-pin dock connector on the new iPod Touch the same as the previous 2nd generation and 3rd generation iPod touches?
Steve Jobs mentioned during the media event that the new iPods will be out next week. On the Apple site, the iPods ship in one week. Does anyone know if there is an exact date as to when it comes out to an Apple Store?
Steve Jobs mentioned during the media event that the new iPods will be out next week. On the Apple site, the iPods ship in one week. Does anyone know if there is an exact date as to when it comes out to an Apple Store?