Apple Updates iPod Touch and Classic
Apple today updated both the iPod Touch and the iPod Classic.
Aside from a fancy new iPod Nano complete with video camera (but as far as we can tell, no photo capabilities?) and a Shuffle that now comes in five different colors, Apple announced the third generation iPod Touch and a minor storage increase for the iPod Classic.
The biggest change for the iPod Touch this year (they'll probably add a bloody camera next September), is the speed of the 16 GB and 32 GB versions. Just like the iPhone 3GS, both benefit from a faster processor and the graphics processor in the new iPod touch has OpenGL ES 2.0 capability.
"At just $199 the iPod touch is the most affordable gateway to Apple's revolutionary App Store with more than 75,000 applications that you can wirelessly download right into your iPod touch," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "You get a great iPod, a great pocket computer with the industry's best mobile web browser and a great game player, all in this super-thin beautiful enclosure."
As for the Classic, Apple has bumped up the storage just a little and now offers a new 160 GB model holding up to 40,000 songs for $249. While it's not huge news, it's definitely welcome as the company was previously rumored to be axing the Classic altogether.
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wow jane, can you please write 5 more apple articles today. pretty please!!!
jeez this is boring. ipods are old OLD news
lol yes in the same way that Ferraris are OLD news? Everyone still gets excited when a new one comes out!
Sorry, I'll ask Microsoft to host a fancy event tomorrow. You know, just to even it up a bit.
Great news about the Classic because with a music collection like mine, you can never have too much storage space. None of the touch models have enough for me.
I think the fact that they omitted a camera from the Touch is bigger news than you indicate in this article. I mean, I always considered it a useless gimick, but almost everyone expected it and a lot of people are shocked that Apple didnt include it. It either shows that Apple doesn't want the touch to compete with their iPhone, or the rumors about camera problems were more sever than people thought.
So the new touch has the same processor as the 3GS now? Sounds to me like we're going to get some news about exploding iPod Touches soon too . . .
Zip it sanwanwn, Jane is trying to keep people updated as quickly as the news rolls out, so don't criticize when she's doing her job. If Tom's didn't report quickly enough, or at all about Apple today, they would be criticized. If you don't like to hear about the news, then don't bother clicking the title, and stop your yammering. No one is forcing you to read every article Tom's posts.
uhm no. go away shill. freaking startup accounts with 1 post.
"If Tom's didn't report quickly enough, or at all about Apple today, they would be criticized. If you don't like to hear about the news, then don't bother clicking the title, and stop your yammering. No one is forcing you to read every article Tom's posts."
Well, he's kind of got a point, when nine of the first eleven items is about iSomethingOrOther. At a certain point, it feels like a press-release service for Apple.
I'm not saying NOTHING should be posted about Apple, but today I may as well have just gone to Apple.com.
He does have a point, whether you like apple or not, new iPods are definitely the biggest piece of electronics news for the day.
Do you think Tom's was showing favorites to Intel yesterday by simply posting a slew of articles on i5, which everyone's been talking about for months??
Do you think Tom's was showing favorites to Intel yesterday by simply posting a slew of articles on i5, which everyone's been talking about for months??
Umm, no. Look at the news items list -- it wasn't stacked that heavily.
Sorry to have touched a nerve there.
SneakySnake is correct in that media events, as well as embargo expiration dates, generate a blitz of media coverage that can at sometimes seem overwhelming -- especially when it is not catering to your personal taste. That is just the nature of the news industry, and today's Apple flood may have just been exacerbated by the fact that it was a relatively quiet day, iPods aside.
Fortunately, much like the weather, if something displeases you today, there's always a chance for something different for tomorrow.
Instead of blaming Tom's, we should blame Apple. Why the hell does the company hold some kind of special event every month to announce new colors, updates to software no one cares about, etc.. etc..
If people would just stop pretending they cared about apple to try to be cool, apple would stop having these events and making these meaningless announcements, and then news outlets would stop reporting on them.
The next time Tom's posts a story about a worthless announcement from Apple, find someone with an iPod or iPhone, and just smack them once or twice. Eventually, the world will get the idea and stop shitting themselves everytime Steve Jobs comes out of his hole, sees his shadow, and declares a new iPhone OS patch is in the works.
Sorry, I'll ask Microsoft to host a fancy event tomorrow. You know, just to even it up a bit.
Well put Jane, thanks for some news on apples event! I may not like them but I don't mind being informed of the competition.
No HD Radio tuner? Looks like Apple is letting MS get one up on them with the ZuneHD. Or is it Apple's greed that making them do this? Is it that they want you to tag the FM music, so you can buy a "better" quality version of the song and not have the CD quality one by default?
Fortunately, much like the weather, if something displeases you today, there's always a chance for something different for tomorrow.
Well, I wasn't personally upset about it -- I'm an average user who doesn't get to read all of the in-depth features, but does like to catch up on the tech news. I don't personally hate Apple like some people on here do.
And really, my comment was in response to someone else's snarky response to a critical comment (not counting the author's own passive-aggressive swipe...tres professional, by the way).
Well, I wasn't personally upset about it -- I'm an average user who doesn't get to read all of the in-depth features, but does like to catch up on the tech news. I don't personally hate Apple like some people on here do.And really, my comment was in response to someone else's snarky response to a critical comment (not counting the author's own passive-aggressive swipe...tres professional, by the way).
No offense intended, I was just pointing out the fact that I can't control who hosts a media event and when. Sorry if it came across as unprofessional but people complaining that today's news isn't what they ordered can wear a woman down.
so no cameras yet. Doesn't sound like a new generation to me. 160GB iPod, now that's pretty impressive. I still have my 5G 30GB iPod and that's enough for me but I could always use more, that's why I won't go for the Touch.
sandmanwn does have a point. all of the apple articles could have been made into just 1. you just end up with many articles covering similar things and end up repeating yourself. its hardly a slow news day either with corei5 s and the dreamcasts 10th birthday...
Sorry, I'll ask Microsoft to host a fancy event tomorrow. You know, just to even it up a bit.
Microsoft's idea of a fancy event is Monkey-boy dancing and I'm pretty sure we don't want to read about that
Maybe if you guys who just whine about Apple could chip in a few bucks Monkey-boy will throw some chairs at this fancy event(hint: supply chairs with Google logos).
The "new" 160GB Ipod Classic isnt new. They discontinued the same model a couple months ago... I dont get it.
Haha i just googled "monkey-boy" and guess who's the first hit
Back to the content of the article for a sec. - I, too, am glad that the Classic is back up to 160 GB - I'm over 120 GB on music alone and I absolutely love having it all in my pocket. That alone is keeping me away from the Touch or iPhone.
@ KT Snyder
Look at the features panel on the Toms homepage. "Core i5, Core i7, CrossFire, And SLI: Gaming Paradise, Redux? // In Theory: How Does Lynnfield's On-Die PCI Express Affect Gaming? // Intel Core i5 And Core i7: Intel’s Mainstream Magnum Opus"
Maybe the "News" panel wasn't flooded, but Tom's definitely filled itself with core i5 chatter pretty quick
"Sorry if it came across as unprofessional but people complaining that today's news isn't what they ordered can wear a woman down."
Fair enough. I spent five years in journalism (print media) before I shifted careers -- so I can understand the frustration. The negative criticism does tend to outweigh the positive.
I should've worded my response better as well. The complaint was bad enough, but the "zip it" comment irked me, as he was just letting off steam on an Apple-heavy day (on a site where they're not the most popular brand).
"Look at the features panel on the Toms homepage....Maybe the "News" panel wasn't flooded, but Tom's definitely filled itself with core i5 chatter pretty quick."
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"I'm an average user who doesn't get to read all of the in-depth features, but does like to catch up on the tech news."
I was referring to the "News" list specifically, because that's where the shorter items are, that some of us have time for. Not everyone can scour the site and read every article -- some of which are quite lengthy.
I can't imagine I'm alone in just checking in once or twice a day for the "News" items. For those of us who fall into that category (which may or may not include you), today was very focused on one brand -- yesterday wasn't. THAT was my point, and that's the last I'm saying about it.
I'm sorry to have bothered you.
good for apple, pushing the product updates. Ipod touch w/ camera? why? their cameras kinda suck compared to those on mobile phones but i guess its the principal of the thing.
There are too much news my head is going to explode.
And as usual - Toms just proves that they are apple fanboys! FFS? Whole news section dominated by old, useless and crap stuff - well done Toms... I am seriously thinking of reading "NEWS" elsewhere...
What a big fat lie.
Great news about the Classic because with a music collection like mine, you can never have too much storage space. None of the touch models have enough for me.
Ah, you poor Jobb's victim...