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,
, links to this post
Keep that iPod Safe
Sunday, July 15, 2007
okay, this is kinda funny...
posted by Russell @ 9:24 PM,
, links to this post
iWay - Cool gadget for your iPod
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Here's a neat little gadget for off-loading your digital pictures right to your video iPod. It saves you the hassle of carrying around extra SD cards, or a specialized device... although it does assume that you will carry your iPod and this thing with you instead. Sells for $70 at Herrington.
posted by Russell @ 11:25 PM,
, links to this post
iPod and U3 Users of myPodder get an upgrade
Monday, March 26, 2007
Recently we've upgraded our myPodderTM to 1.6.5. A few minor bugs have been fixed and the iPod support has been greatly improved. For instance, when you now connect your iPod to any computer (Win, OSX, or Linux) it correctly places the content in the "podcast" section of your player and calculates that playing time for all those off-the-wall bit rates properly.U3 devices also now have an upgrade. For those of you that are not aware of U3, its a technology that enables thumb drives to run U3-compliant applications right from the drive without installing anything on the host computer.
So you can take your Firefox, instant messenger, and Open Office applications with you where ever you go.
Interestingly enough, we've seen a huge amount of uptake from the U3 community since we won their application design contest back in June. It seems that even though a large portion of the podcast audience listens to podcasts at their desk, they really like the idea of having their content in one location (their U3 drive) and listening to (and managing) that content from whatever computer they happen to be at.
Labels: ipod, myPodder, podcast, Podcast Ready, u3
posted by Russell @ 10:52 AM,
, links to this post
Think Twitter's Stupid?
Saturday, March 17, 2007
How about Twitter on your iPod?
posted by Russell @ 7:05 AM,
, links to this post
iTunes exists to sell iPods
Thursday, January 18, 2007
or is it the other way around? Talking to so many device manufacturers about providing content places me in the middle of this debate almost daily. There are a myriad of reasons why I have formed my own opinion (see the title) but I have to admit I don't have any definitive proof.
I do like to point to things like todays report from Apple on their earnings though. $7.1 billion in revenue translating into $1 billion in profit. They had a 28% growth in Mac sales and a 50% growth in iPod sales. But throughout the report the word iTunes is only used once, in the last paragraph:
Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital music revolution with its iPod portable music players and iTunes online store.The fact that their earnings from the iTunes Music Store isn't even hinted at in their release indicates to me that its not a significant piece of their revenue.
posted by Russell @ 9:34 PM,
, links to this post
Subscribe
