Well, it's not exactly the announcement I had been hoping for, but, at the "special event" that Apple held today at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, the company announced their new iPod Nano. No, this is not in reference to my grandmother so much as it is to its size.
The new iPod Nano is a shrunken version of the full-sized iPod with color-screen capabilities and is available in both 2GB and 4GB varietals.
Yeah, it's cool and quite cute and, in my opinion, beats the socks off the iPod Mini (which I'm assuming will now be a defunct product line; and, judging by the fact that the "pick your iPod" menu bar on Apple.com no longer features the Mini, I must be right), but it's not something that I want.
I've got too damn much music for something that only has a mere 2 or 4 GB to possibly make me happy. Right now, I'm pushing the 42GB mark in music. I needs me a 60 gigger.
What I was really hoping would be announced was an iPod Video since Apple recently expanded their iPod copyright to include video capabilities. The release of a video-enabled Pod would mean that the iPod Color and iPod Photo lines would be dropped in price.
However, since the iPod Nano is a replacement for the iPod Mini, the only price drop we'll see is in the Minis due to the fact that they will no longer be a viable product line. There will be a mad rush at Apple Stores, Circuit Cities, and Best Buys everywhere, I'm sure.
Damn.
Just when I got my hopes up.
Oh yeah, they also announced an iTunes capable cellphone to be available through Cingular. Oh well. Katie and I dumped Cingular about a year ago because their local coverage had gone to pot due to their GSM conversion. Too much frustration due to dropped calls and new blackout zones that never existed before the switch. We're on Nextel now and pretty happy. Well, this is a Motorola phone and they make all the Nextel phones, so maybe sometime down the road?
Not the most thrilling "special event" in my honest opinion.
