Apple just wrapped up their much anticipated media event and what did we learn?
- Steve is back
- No Tablet this time
- The Nano has a video camera 640 x 480 & FM radio
- iTunes 9 is out
- The ability to arrange iPhone and iPod Touch app screens through iTunes
- Video – Movie and Tv is called Apple Extras
- Audio is Apple LP
- The Classic iPod is not going away
- The iPod touch gets a speed and memory boost no camera
- iPhone OS 3.1
Did you watch the event? If so What did you think?
#1 by Hans on September 9, 2009 - 2:48 pm
I did not even know that the event took place – until Mickey and Cali started tweeting about it.
Then again, I was in the middle of making an offering to the gods of porcelain – so I wasn’t in the mood to give a crap about anything coming out of Steve Jobs.
The above is completely true, with the exception that I was actually reading the WSJ during my constitutional. I had more important things to do other than reaching over to my iPhone to read twitter updates.
In conclusion, Steve Jobs presentation did not move me ….and I’ll leave it at that.
#2 by Paralex on September 10, 2009 - 9:21 am
I think Apple’s success and popularity got to them. They’re getting lazy and not being as innovative this year. I remember back in 2004 – 2005 when they were hungry to get in the game and finally made that transition from PPC to Intel.
It seems like they’re making all the wrong moves this year. (ie: Rolling back the Macbook line? White? Losing the uniform look of all their products.) The same with Snow Leopard — the $30 service pack. iPhone 3.1? You call those new tweak features? It should have stayed 3.0.2. The iPod nano isn’t as popular as the iPod touch. Why does it get a camera before the iPod touch?
The only change that’s worth talking about is the new UI of iTunes 9.
Maybe they’re running out of ideas? I don’t know. I’ve been an admirer of their products since 2002 or 2003 and saw a lot of potential. Apple needs to pick up the slack in 2010 because 2009 was such a disappointment.