Steve Jobs announced several iPod updates today at the Apple "Let's Rock" event in San Francisco. There's nothing really groundbreaking here, if you ask me, but some items are interesting at the very least. Let me give you a run-down of the things announced this morning... (I'm having trouble uploading pictures. I'll just upload them later.)
- The iPod Classic will now only come in 120GB. Sorry storage junkies, no more 160GB iPods for you. I don't really know why they nixed the higher capacity models of the classic. Maybe they're not really selling very well? Hmmm, go figure.
- iPod Nanos are now taller and boast an accelerometer. With it's spanking new accelerometer, this new iPod Nano can now switch between portrait and landscape mode and it's got a new shake to shuffle feature. Nice. I like this design so much better than the chubby Nano design. Plus the 9 new colors are really cute...
- iPod Touch now have hardware controls and built in speakers in them. It now also has this thinner stainless steel case. Wise decision on this one. My biggest gripe with my iPod Touch is that adjusting the volume takes a more than just a few taps when the iPod's screen is turned off. This was very annoying indeed. Built in speakers are a nice addition too.
- iTunes 8 is a "Genius". I'm not really sure how this one will work but iTunes now has some kind of recommendation feature, called "Genius", that could recommend songs and/or artists to you based on your current music collection. "Genius" can also intelligently create playlists for you on the fly. This suspiciously sounds very much like Pandora. Let's see how this will work with all my Japanese and Korean songs.
All in all, I don't think anything is really leaping off the page for me. But I'm sure some one out there is jumping up and down with excitement over that new Nano. What I'm really waiting for is the update of the Macbook Pro. Now there's something I'd jump up and down for.
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