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Live Coverage of 'It's Only Rock and Roll' Media Event
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Seems to me the most important thing that came out of this keynote was the appearance of SJ. The rest is just a big letdown IMO. I really saw nothing that interested me at all. Well at least it is behind us now and perhaps we can start looking forward to the next big event where Apple might introduce something actually innovative and exciting. FM in an iPod? Big deal, my old iRiver had that 5 years ago. Video camera in the Nano? My old Moto Q had that ages ago. Not to speak of the slap in the face at all the Touch users. If I was holding out for a new Touch, I'd be truly upset.
Okay Steve, you've got the music mess behind you now how about concentrating on getting the Tablet out the door. Then I'll be truly excited.
Okay Steve, you've got the music mess behind you now how about concentrating on getting the Tablet out the door. Then I'll be truly excited.
I may be, I may not be
to be honest I confused myself, I meant to say receiver and not transmitter - you still need the Nike sports kit to make it work (I think) according to site
I think you're wrong...
The apple site is a little confusing and contradicting http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/features/fitness.html
BUT...
The thing that goes in the shoe is the "Transmitter" and Pedometer. It measures your steps and transmits it to the receiever that you used to plug into your iPod.
Since they said the iPod now has a built in Pedometer, this eliminates the need for there to be any kind of transmitting at all... There's no other product needed.
I expect they'll be either taking off the part about the thing that goes in your shoe or they'll update it to say with earlier models you need to get the shoes and transmitter.
to be honest I confused myself, I meant to say receiver and not transmitter - you still need the Nike sports kit to make it work (I think) according to site
The biggest thing about the event definitely wasn't the iPods. It was iTunes 9. The interface is noticeably faster on my PPC and it syncs faster as well.
The site also says you need the thing plugged into the bottom though. That's what I mean. I think it's a mistake on the site.
There'd be no point to putting a pedometer in the iPod AND the shoe...
The biggest thing about the event definitely wasn't the iPods. It was iTunes 9. The interface is noticeably faster on my PPC, it backs up and syncs faster and iTS is a lot nicer.
I was waiting for the updates to decide what I would upgrade to from my 20GB 4th gen iPod. I need more space than 32GB and no way am I paying $400 for an iPod touch--it costs more than the iPhone and has less usability without a mobile carrier. And now that it doesn't even have any updated features--forget it. iPod Classic it is--and a shuffle for the gym.
Hahaha... Ok. Not quite the same thing then. I installed Vlingo a few times but I always end up removing it. I don't want to have to open the app every time I want to check something. Oh well.
So my thought is they will sell the 8 gig Touch until it's sold out and bump the base capacity to 16 gig with the release of Touch models with cameras as an option. So they'll have Touches with and without cameras, but the base 8 or 16 gig model will not have a camera option, at least at this point.
If the Nano doesn't support still photos, I'm sure that's as easy as a software update. I was expecting 16 and 32 gig nanos and wifi in them as well, perhaps in the next iteration.
Was hoping for an SSD option on the Classic. However the fact that it's still available is good enough for now. I'm guessing this will be the last revision on it. Unless there is a dramatic SSD cost reduction before next year, then I could see another year with a 200+ gig SSD.
I don't really get the desire for the shuffle now, but it must sell since they expanded the color options. I think for the 100 extra it makes more sense to get the added capacity, screen, camera, radio, pedometer (I always think of a meter that detects pedophiles when I write pedometer ha), of the Nano
If the Nano doesn't support still photos, I'm sure that's as easy as a software update. I was expecting 16 and 32 gig nanos and wifi in them as well, perhaps in the next iteration.
Was hoping for an SSD option on the Classic. However the fact that it's still available is good enough for now. I'm guessing this will be the last revision on it. Unless there is a dramatic SSD cost reduction before next year, then I could see another year with a 200+ gig SSD.
I don't really get the desire for the shuffle now, but it must sell since they expanded the color options. I think for the 100 extra it makes more sense to get the added capacity, screen, camera, radio, pedometer (I always think of a meter that detects pedophiles when I write pedometer ha), of the Nano
You're my hero. I've been F5'ing the apple site for an hour now waiting for them to upload it!
I didn't realize this until too late, but on the MacBreak Weekly podcast, they were trying to find an audio stream live from the event. They wouldn't say where they were looking for such a source though - anyone have any ideas of where to look next time for a live stream of the event?