the New ipods

OK, if you've read the previous post, this is the moment I've been waiting for, the arrival of the new iPods. Just about 8 hours ago, Steve Jobs announced the arrival of the new iPods,

This includes the:

• iPod Touch
• iPod Classic
• iPod Nano
• iPod Shuffle

iPod Touch

The one that impresses me the most was the iPod Touch. Very iPhone-ishhh. But the features are kind of disappointing. Yes I can forgive Steve for the slimmer model, wider 3.5-inch screen, WiFi (only b/g no n), wireless surfing which includes wireless itunes. But I'm kinda wandering now, if Apple rushed this model out and missed out on some very important features like Bluetooth, a camera, more video format support and audio format support and what about the capacity??

The new IPod Touch( ok this is the newest of all as in totally brand new) comes with two capacities. A mere

• 8GB
• 16GB

That's all?? So little. If it was 80Gb and 160 GB, I wouldn't think twice and grab one of this now!! I wouldn't mind sacrificing on the thickness. Mind you this thing is only 8mm thick, thinner than the iPhone. but seriously I rather have more space.


Like I said, very iPhone-ishh, This is coverflow, should be familiar to all Mac users.

IPod Touch, very slimm......Similar interface to Iphone. With the usual iPhone keyboard interface. Again very iPhone-isshhh which makes it very appealing to me but sighhh... space. BUMMER!!!

IPod Touch

IPod Classic

Ok, The latest generation of the IPod Video now called the IPod Classic, duhh... I mean it all started with this right?? This model sort of gave birth to the iPod Nano and the iPod Shuffle. The IPod Classic (6th gen) comes with

• even more capacity, 80Gb and 160GB
  
• more battery life
• with coverflow
• and some extras

What makes this the second most appealing model to me is the enormous capacity 80GB and 160GB which as Apple states can hold up to 20 000 songs for the former and 40 000 songs for the latter, which fits me. Apart from that, the even larger space allows stuff for videos, series, games, podcasts, audiobooks etc....

slimmer, sleeker design

Coverflow plus an enhanced browsing interface. No surfing though

Ok, since this is the 6th gen IPod. Why can't Apple include more features apart from the more aesthetic interface. Bluetooth would be good. Surfing is a big no-no. How the world are you going to surf in a 2.5-inch screen??

Things that I wish was there:

• Added support for a wider range of video formats which includes, xvid, divx, flv, avi etc would be fantastic. Come on Apple when are you going to admit that the world's not run by movie formats like .mov, mpeg and h.264 formats?? Please spare me those video conversion softwares. Added support means no conversion or less time wasted and immediate viewing pleasure.... I wouldn't mind those on a 2.5-inch screen
  
• Added audio support for other lossless format like .flac, ape(monkey audio) and lossy format like .ogg apart from the ubiquitious .mp3

iPod Shuffle

There really isn't anything new about the iPod Shuffle...really juz a bunch of new colours, which I find rather ugly looking compared to the previous colour schemes. The only ones which I like is the red, The rest is juz ewwww....Ok Silver, wat de hack, is been around for yrs!!


IPod Nano

Ok the reason I put this newest addition to the IPod lineup as the last in my review is if it isn't obvious enough already is its hideousness. It's just ugly. The IPod Nano a.k.a iPod Phatty/Fatty is just designed in the wrong way. If you ask me, I rather have the previous generation of the IPod Nano.

Yeah yeah...

• better design...as claimed by Apple.(but seriously I can't see why or rather where??)
  
• Coverflow albeit sluggish as reported and the new improve interface with
  
• Added video support (finally), but still its ugly.
  
• Improved Battery life
  

I would rather strip off the entire scrollwheel thingy and add more screen space in the way the old iPod Nano is designed.

Also hideous colour. The cyan and green is ugly. Red and Black is fine. Silver is by default Apple

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