Apple Media Event Sept 9th


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I'm surprised there is no FM radio or camera on the touch. You'd think Apple would have wanted to establish the touch as the flagship iPod model, and yet now it lacks two thing that are on the nano.

At least it's up to 64 GB, though.

I'm surprised there is no FM radio or camera on the touch. You'd think Apple would have wanted to establish the touch as the flagship iPod model, and yet now it lacks two thing that are on the nano.

At least it's up to 64 GB, though.

i'm surprised about that too. who knows how true, but there were rumors about issues with supposed touch models with cameras during testing... otherwise you would have expected ipod touch with camera,mic, fm radio like the nano

Apple don't want the touch competing that closely with their beloved iPhone.

the ipod touch and iphone are already so close. i doubt the iphone having a camera is what causes people to purchase it over the ipod touch. if anything, its the cellular radio that really separates the iphone and ipod

The nano and not the touch with a camera is brilliant marketing. Now they can make you buy 2 ipods to match the features of the iPhone all the while not eating into iPhone sales.

Yeah right I'll go buy 2 ipods.. one for music and 1 more gaming.. I would rather spend that 200 bucks on a gaming console. If anything I think that they did not introduce the camera and speaker features in the touch because it would literally be an iPhone without the cell phone coverage.

Either way I was VERY disappointed with this event (except for iTunes) especially due to the new touch lacking a camera, FM, AND the 8gig model lacking the new performance improvements.

A big boo to Apple!

Yeah right I'll go buy 2 ipods.. one for music and 1 more gaming.. I would rather spend that 200 bucks on a gaming console. If anything I think that they did not introduce the camera and speaker features in the touch because it would literally be an iPhone without the cell phone coverage.

Either way I was VERY disappointed with this event (except for iTunes) especially due to the new touch lacking a camera, FM, AND the 8gig model lacking the new performance improvements.

A big boo to Apple!

Well their slides were direct comparing the nano to a video camera, which you could use the nano for in a dedicated manner, while the touch would be just as an ipod/app device.

I agree though, I was expecting more from Apple but mostly because of the way everyone hypes any event they are at.

Anyone else disappointed with the new coating on the nano? The whole purpose of anodize aluminum was to resist stains and scratching. Won't a glossy coating attract both?

It's nice the nano screen is a little longer, though. Now we get full song information whereas before, it had to scroll near the bottom.

I really am disappointed with this event; nothing exciting happened. I can't believe the touch didn't get some updates I would have thought obvious - an OLED screen is the main thing I'm shocked at Apple for not including. Looks like I've made up my mind on the next media player I'll be buying and it won't be an Apple one (which I've purchased nearly every year for the last 5 years).

I'm also extremely disappointed they didn't update the interface of iTunes to be consistent with Safari 4. Instead they kept it looking almost the same as before :x

They didn't even update the 8GB Touch's processor. It's basically the same year old model while the 32/64 have the 3GS processor. What a joke.

Well, to be fair, I doubt the 8 GB touch is Apple's best-selling model. When people come into our retail store to buy a touch, I always tell them they're better off getting the highest capacity model, as it's usually only $50-100 more, which isn't that bad when you consider the overall cost of the product in the first place.

Frankly, I'm surprised 8 GB wasn't phased out entirely in favor of the old 16 GB model. It makes more sense to have 16 -> 32 -> 64. Probably next year's updates will kill off the 8 GB model for good.

I really am disappointed with this event; nothing exciting happened. I can't believe the touch didn't get some updates I would have thought obvious - an OLED screen is the main thing I'm shocked at Apple for not including. Looks like I've made up my mind on the next media player I'll be buying and it won't be an Apple one (which I've purchased every year for the last 4 years).

The touch needed a camera, OLED screen, the iPhone 3G-s "screen coating" and built-in FM radio to be a true upgrade, as far as I'm concerned. Maybe these things will come next year, maybe they will never come. But it's clear to me that Apple still sees the nano as the most profitable iPod model, and the touch is still the "iPhone with training wheels."

Some of you complain about the dumbest ****. The iTunes upgrade is amazing and I don't know why anyone expects Apple to cannabalize iPhone sales with the iPod Touch. The Touch models will always be missing a few features, been this way since day one, to drive anyone on the edge to the iPhone. Good show, nice changes to iPhone OS, iTunes and respectable if not remarkable refresh of the iPod line.

Some of you complain about the dumbest ****. The iTunes upgrade is amazing and I don't know why anyone expects Apple to cannabalize iPhone sales with the iPod Touch. The Touch models will always be missing a few features, been this way since day one, to drive anyone on the edge to the iPhone. Good show, nice changes to iPhone OS, iTunes and respectable if not remarkable refresh of the iPod line.

Meh... You can hardly call today's iPod updates "remarkable..."

iPod classic got nothing but a storage bump to 160 GB. You know, where they were two years ago before it was inexplicably discontinued.

iPod shuffle got a price drop and the brain-dead ability to use third-party headphones. Evolutionary, nothing more.

iPod nano got a camera and a new finish. The larger screen is nice, but I really would have liked a 32 GB nano at this point.

Well, to be fair, I doubt the 8 GB touch is Apple's best-selling model. When people come into our retail store to buy a touch, I always tell them they're better off getting the highest capacity model, as it's usually only $50-100 more, which isn't that bad when you consider the overall cost of the product in the first place.

Well Apple contradicts their own statement on that. They said, "We learned that $199 is a magic price point".. And if they really want to push the product, then they you would think that the they want to sell 8 gig ones but it is pathetic enough to have an 8 gig touch at this point and to add to that they did not improve performance...

So...its a VIDEO camera?

What do you mean it doesn't do pictures? I'm not making the connection here. How can the Nano shoot video and not pictures?

Or am I missing something?

It does shoot still pictures, but the VGA cam gives really crappy quality. Shooting videos is a little more bearable and not by much.

so the ipod nano has a camera and the ipod touch doesn't????

anyone else confused

Not really. Keeping the iPod touch separated from the iPhone is a good business move. It makes people move more towards the iPhone when deciding whether to get an iPod touch or an iPhone.

I personally really like the updates. iTunes 9 is great and the new iPod nano is spectacular (the FM features alone make me want one). iPhone OS 3.1 is also a nice boost and is making me think more seriously about upgrading my 3G to a 3GS now that voice control works over Bluetooth devices.

All in all, it was a good event. (Y)

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