Comments on: Live from Moscone Center with Apple

CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPod Touch--a phoneless iPhone, but with Wi-Fi. Plus: a deal with Starbucks and an iPhone price cut.

[demonstudios]

NEW IPODS

if this isnt a sign i dont know what is. in the uk the major online
retailer has STOPPED selling 30gb ipods. i was also chatting with
an advisor at apple hq in ireland earlier today he shall remain
nameless but he told me to wait until tommorow.

i am predicting a 3.5" touchscreen video ipod 120gb with wifi.
a slightly larger screen ipod nano with higher capacity memory
and an ipod shuffle with higher memory and at the same price.

am i right who knows we shall have to wait and see.

still unsure wether they will release new ones tommorow. think
about it, there has been a major release regarding ipods in
september for at least 2 years running. also has anyone even
seen the invites to this event "The beat goes on" with a picture
of cover flow.

ah well i suggest watching tommorow. i know i will

[dotmike]

Agreed

Definite signs of a imminent iPods.

Maybe they'll even announce a new shift key for you!

[pbh27]

Apple i-touch

Why not an i touch with an 80 gig drive? Combo is needed.

[stinkah]

16 Gigs on the iPod Touch!?

What an utter disappointment. I think I'd rather have a thicker iPod Touch with a hard drive in it than one with only 16 Gigs of space. All the new features are fantastic, but I have a music library in excess of 50Gigs and love carrying my entire library with me wherever I go. Oh well..

[grossph]

Remove the SRC

REmove the Self Referencing Criteria (SRC) 16 gigs is great for this thing. I have a music collection of over 35,000 songs (162 gigs) but I never listen to more then 4 gigs at a time (I have an old mini) and that is fine. Yes for you 16 gigs might not be enough, but for me 16 gigs and 8mm thin is perfect...so who is right me or you? Well in this case, I like what they did, yes people will ***** that it only has 16 gigs, they could have put 64 gigs in it but it would have been 6 or 7 hundred bucks...just wait,

Maybe you should change your listening habbits or stop complaining....

[demiphonic]

Sacrifice

I guess the could have made an iPod Touch with more space… but then it would cannibalize sales of the iPod Classic. Additionally the “Touch” has more new technology & is therefore more expensive. If they were to put 80 or 160GB in it the price might go through the roof & people would complain….. again.

I think it’s a good compromise. You just gotta figure out if you value more Hard drive space or the cool form factor of the iPod Touch :p

[Xenu7-214951314497503184010868]

Starbucks?

First AT&T and now Starbucks?

Love the products, hate the business partners.

[Xenu7-214951314497503184010868]

Starbucks??

First AT&T and now Starbucks?

Love the products, hate the business partners.

[agt1971]

Mayer blast

Too bad Kravitz or whats his name is clueless, J Mayer has more talent in his jockstrap than this guy has in his entire body. Time will prove me right - watch.

[befuddledms]

I agree

I agree.
If you don't like his pop stuff check out the John Mayer Trio.

He is just coasting with the pop stuff.

[pfdurand35]

Agreed

Don't judge him on "The Real Thing". Listen to Vultures or St. Patrick's Day. He is also has excellent taste in mentors. My IPOD has plenty of Mayer on it thank you very much.

[three_toed_frog]

...Ew.

I wanted a Nano... and now I don't.

Thanks.

[demiphonic]

lol

I knew you'd say that before I clicked the link LOL ...the new Nanos are not as sexy as the previous model but maybe it would look better in real?
I doubt they could have made the form factor more appealing considering the 2" widescreen.
(I guess the could have put the click wheel to the right of the screen but it would look asymmetrical)

[Flytrap]

Imagine...

if Apple opened up the iPod Touch to third party applications... This would become the must have pocket internet / personal entertainment device.

I'm in awe, not at when Apple have accomplished here, but that the average price for the clumsy Origami windows device was about $1,000.

[pfdurand35]

The Jobs Juggernaut

Bash them or love them; Apple has it going on and they know how to keep it going. Any one can find Apple's faults but until the competition is flawless themselves, they will remain behind Apple in its chosen markets. They are going to have a very nice Christmas. If you own stock, you may kiss yourself now.

[Jester47]

AT&T

Just called AT&T and the seemed shocked, at least the guys I spoke to.

[open-mind]

Seriously?

That's an interesting point that I was wondering about.

I wonder if this will hurt Apple's relationship with AT&T. The iPod Touch offers most of the iPhone features, but AT&T doesn't make a dime from it.

[Doug Lerner]

No email?

Is it true there seems to be no email in the iPod touch??!!

doug

[nmcphers]

Always a complaint

I'm sure you were expecting email because all the other MP3 players had it right? I for one I'm surprise they would put a web browser and youtube on a MP3 player. You are surprise it doesn't have email.

[rubenerd]

Mac fanboy is very disappointed.

I'm an unabashed Apple Mac and iPod fanboy, but even I'm finding it hard to be excited about today's product launch.

- The Shuffle is the same
- The iPod Nano is butt ugly and would be really crappy to watch video on considering the screen size
- The "Classic" is the same
- The "Touch" is only 16GB... what a joke. I would have easily sacrificed sacred "thinnness" for decent capacity. Heck, if I'm paying that much.

The fact they kept the "Classic" iPod around shows; if not guilt; that they realise that the capacity in their highest end device isn't up to spec.

What is with my beloved Apple this year? iLife/iMovie 2008 was a disaster, Safari 3 is full of bugs, the new iPods suck... I really hope Leopard is good. Otherwise I'll continue being a Mac fanboy but just try to forget 2007.

[technewsjunkie]

I doubt you are a Mac fanboy at all

You sound like someone masquerading as one.

That's not to say Mac Fanboys can't criticize Apple, we do. Because we expect more from them than PC users do on Windows.

Are you saying you don't like a $200 price reduction?? These knee-jerk responses are sooo predictable and tired.

[open-mind]

You Should Buy a Zune

- The Shuffle is the same

True.


- The iPod Nano is butt ugly and would be really crappy to watch video on considering the screen size

Same was said about the video iPod screen. Then people actually used it. Opinions vary. Butt ugly? It's a screen with a control wheel below it. Maybe you feel all iPods are butt ugly.


- The "Classic" is the same

Nope. Over twice the storage for the same price.


- The "Touch" is only 16GB... what a joke. I would have easily sacrificed sacred "thinnness" for decent capacity. Heck, if I'm paying that much.

The iPod touch is an internet enabled PDA that also happens to be an iPod. Sounds like you would prefer an 80GB/160GB iPod classic. Or maybe a 30GB Zune. Microsoft just dropped the price.

[demiphonic]

Strategic iPhone move?

Woa… the iPhones Price dropped considerable! :p You gotta wonder if this was done in view of the European market. After all, slow internet speeds (EDGE) don’t go over too nicely with them :D Maybe at this reduced price they are more likely to bear the burden of a slower connection?
We will see :p

[rubenerd]

Irresistible speculation

Haha, Interesting point :).

I can't help but see as well, the price for the 16GB iPod "Touch" is the same as the 8GB iPhone. It makes you wonder as well if they're really just using the "Touch" as a stepping stone to convince people to move over to their phone, and with it their data plans with AT&T.

[bureauguy]

Not very impressive...but a few good things

I think the ipod nano looks a little bloated...lol, but the iTouch
seems to have promise...if it would gain more storage! I still
think the iPods are too expensive. One thing I liked was the
iPhone getting the ability to download songs without having my
laptop. Another was iTone...it will be a feature I will use
occasionally. The price cut on the iPhone should help sell a lot
more iPhones. Apple's ability to move quickly with software and
product development often leaves people feeling like "Man..I
should have waited!" but I feel like thats the price we pay for an
innovative American company....but, you could always get a
zune...M$ cut $50 off it's price today.

[mikeburek]

Like I was there

That's way fun reading. I just wish I had downloaded some "ooohhh" and "aaaahhhh" sound clips to play as I read.

Very nice new prices.

[demiphonic]

Minor Gripe

Whats up with the new iPod Shuffle & Nano colours? Eww! The lovely Lime green! The Ocean Blue! Gone! Now they got some boring washed out colours. Well, at least the Red looks good. :(

[technewsjunkie]

I wish they cost more, and Apple intakes.

I though I would save the nay sayers the stupid comments.

[Michael.Hatamoto]

Cool!

Nice coverage of the announcement.

I really look forward to the iPod Touch and new iPod nanos.

And if we are talking about songs, I much preferred hearing KT Tunstall's first song.

Cheers!

[publichelper]

Price adjust on iPhone?

I am calling my AT&T store to get price adjust on my $599 version. I think they have a 30 day price protection policy