In case you were in a coma this morning, Apple has refreshed its music player range (all prices in NZ dollars).iPod Touch (8GB: $379; 32GB: $489, 64GB: $649)The iPod Touch; the one that looks like an iPhone without the phone bit) gets the same ultra-high
In case you were in a coma this morning, Apple has refreshed its music player range (all prices in NZ dollars).
iPod Touch (8GB: $379; 32GB: $489, 64GB: $649)
The iPod Touch; the one that looks like an iPhone without the phone bit) gets the same ultra-high resolution “retina” display as the iPhone, plus the same ability to record 720p high definition video.
Apple also demo’d how its Facetime video calling app, which utilises wi-fi, to show that a video call could be made between the new Touch (which adds a rear-facing camera) and an iPhone 4.
iPod Nano (8GB: $249,16GB: $299)
The iPod Nano has (from $249) has been trimmed down yet again. The sixth generation model (pictured) loses its signature scroll wheel in favour a postage-stamp sized, mulit-touch screen.
It looks fiddly unless you've got dainty fingers, but at least one US review likes it.
Shuffle (2GB: $89)
The new iPod Shuffle, like its predecessor, lacks any visual display. A new combination of clickable buttons and voice-over commands is supposed to make life easier for those who want to play songs in order (NBR found the previous version annoying). Memory capacity is 2GB.
Many expected the hard drive-based iPod Classic to get the chop.
It survived, with a new 160GB model remaining in the line-up, albeit at a relatively unattractive $429 (see more tech spec details for all models on Apple's site here).
Ping!
Apple also unveiled a new iTunes social networking feature today, which is incorporated into the new iTunes 10.
Called Ping, it allows you to follow your friends among iTunes 160 million users, plus others who share the same taste in music, and see what they’re listening too.
Analysts generally interpreted Ping as not so much an attempt to dethrone Twitter or Facebook as to get iTunes users to buy a few more songs.
Ping was enabled for New Zealand users today.
