Sep 09 2009
Stevie's Back!
So, does this mean a meaty announcement then??
UPDATE:
No massive announcement, as we have become to expect at this time of year. A tweak of the existing iPod range to keep them rolling out the door as Christmas approaches.
iTunes 9 has some cool new features: a new UI, genius features, sharing & syncing tools, and is now the worlds most popular music store. Amazing! The device sync UI design is just prefect with some lovely new functions. Great for free!
Nice to see the Nano with a few new features: a radio is a very welcome addition as is a pedometer. But, it’s not just radio, it’s digital radio with live pause, reminds me of how Apple reinvented voice mail. And now it has video recording too! And £14 cheaper than last year, with a lot more oooph!
The shuffles are the same but cheaper and in different colours.
The classics are now all 160gb which makes a return, but at the same width as the old 120gb’s, clearly because flash memory is still not cheap enough to get rid of them and fire 120/160gb into the Touch.
The Touch is bumped up to 64gb, as fast as the iPhone 3G and with a few new features.
All in all, a refresh that will keep Apple at the top of the tree. The Nano’s will fly off the shelf (mine on it’s way in Black) . This time next year however, people will be looking for new models all round…and still no iTablet…