Apple's big day: all new iPods, iTunes and Apple TV
Summary: Apple held its highly-anticipated press event today, and for the first time in recent memory, streamed it live via the Web. Cult of Mac reports that Apple decided to stream the event to test its new new data center in Maiden, North Carolina, slated to go into full operation later this year.
Apple held its highly-anticipated press event today, and for the first time in recent memory, streamed it live via the Web. Cult of Mac reports that Apple decided to stream the event to test its new new data center in Maiden, North Carolina, slated to go into full operation later this year. (The $1 billion data center is one of the largest ever built).
Some of the announcements:
- 230,000 new iPhone activations per day - this doesn't include upgrades (jab at Android with that one)
iOS 4.1:
- Fixes proximity sensor, Bluetooth, iPhone 3G performance bugs
- HDR photos standard in iOS 4.1
- Upload to YouTube
- TV Show Rentals
- GameCenter for end users
- to be released next week
iOS 4.2 (sneak peek):
- all the features of iOS 4.1, plus
- Wireless printing via Print Center app
- AirPlay (formerly AirTunes), stream audio, video and photos over WiFi
- Coming out in November (free update)
iPods
- 275 million iPods sold
- all new iPods, biggest change in iPods ever
iPod shuffle (fourth generation)
- buttons
- voiceover
- playlists
- Genius mixes
- $49 - 2GB
- four colors
iPod nano
- multitouch-based clickwheel
- 46% smaller, 42% lighter
- clip
- Volume buttons
- VoiceOver
- FM Radio, Pedometer, Nike+
- Six colors
- $149 - 8GB, $179 - 16GB
iPod touch
- number one game player in the world (50+% marketshare worldwide)
- even thinner
- Retina Display (4x amount of pixels, 326 ppi, 24-bit, LED)
- Apple A4 chip
- 3-axis gyroscope
- front-facing camera and FaceTime (over WiFi)
- rear camera with HD video recording
- $229 (8GB), $299 (32GB), $399 (64GB)
- Available next week (pre-order today)
iTunes 10
- New icon ditches the CD
- New social feature called Ping
- Ping also available on iOS devices
Apple TV (second generation)
- one quarter of the size
- includes a remote
- Music
- TV shows
- all HD
- rentals only, no purchases
- $4.99 first run HD movies (day and date releases)
- $0.99 HD TV show rentals from ABC and Fox (commercial free)
- Netflix streaming
- streaming from a computer
- AirPlay (coming in November in iOS 4.2)
- $99, available in 4 weeks, pre-order today
What do you think of the new announcements?
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how many times can you reinvent the wheel?
This event wasn't about the iPhone, D'oh!
@Maarek
uhm.. the iOS has had multi-tasking for a while now.. LOL..
RE: Apple's big day: Sept 1 event (in progress)
What do you mean no multitasking - did you miss iOS 4?
Yes this wasn't about the iPhone - but Multitasking was even demonstrated on the iPad.
Your opinion about the iPhone is yours - pretty stupid and ill informed one, but it's yours so you might as well have something of your own.
RE: Apple's big day: Sept 1 event (in progress)
They didn't reinvent the wheel. In fact they got rid of it on the iPOD nano. They evolved.
RE: Apple's big day: Sept 1 event (in progress)
YAWN..............
NICE JOB, ZDNET JAGOFFS
For example, ZDNet allowing you to type a potentially lengthy comment in here, and THEN telling you "Woops, you have to log in!" But they DISCARDED WHAT YOU WROTE.
How offensive can you get?
RE: Apple's big day: Sept 1 event (in progress)
Now for a few years now I've heard that Apple TV
Pagan jim
It's A Loser! .....no doubt!
Talk about a joke.... there is nothing in this "Apple's Big Day" that's anywhere near Earth Shaking!
From what I have heard
The problem is that it's likely losing money, so Apple, like many companies, may be pushing it until it recoupes R&D back from it. If it doesn't do well beyond that point, then they'll probally dump it at no loss, as the refinements are nothing all that special, so still not a large drain.
And they have the money to wait another year or two.
RE: Apple's big day: Sept 1 event (in progress)
I have no doubts that it's sales numbers do no compare to the iPod or iPhone but then again what does? What I'm curious about is despite this.. Is it possible that Apple might still be making money on it? I don't think it has been established that the Apple TV has EVER had to sell at iPod volumes to make money for Apple. Does anyone have a guess as to the volume needed for this product to make money? I don't think you do.. Do you so I'm guessing this is all speculation based on what you yourself admit to John as guesses.
Pagan jim
James Quinn. Why attempt to "muddy the waters"
Windows has outsold the iPod very easilly, should we use that as a metric against the iPod? No, that would be as illogical as your argument for AppleTV.
Steve Jobs mentioned that "We introduced it four years ago, but it's never been a huge hit", and Apple's history of offering sales figures only for sucessful products would indicate that AppleTv may not have made any money yet.
I would imagine that the Zune, which has sold more units then AppleTV, has made a profit yet many like you will claim that is likely not the case. Going on that logic, one would have to assume that it is likely that AppleTV has not made a profit, either.
You must learn to remove your emotional attachment to Apple products in order to discuss such items logiclly.
You may not enjoy where the facts on Apple products lead you, but you must accept them if they are facts, whether good or bad.
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RE: Apple's big day: Sept 1 event (in progress)
As long as they require Bonjour Service NO
RE: Apple's big day: Sept 1 event (in progress)
I work for a medical software company and we get support calls for poor performance, just to find out some Doc loaded his apple on his machine and Bonjour Service is in the background quietly slowing everything down...
RE: Apple's big day: Sept 1 event (in progress)
Hmmm...intersting. I don't and never have any issues with that being on my laptop, or two other computers. I even play WOW on one box have everything maxed on the graphics and still no slowness issues all while using email, browing the internet and doing other IT related stuff.
RE: Apple's big day: Sept 1 event (in progress)
ALso i find it funny how people complain about Itunes but still have junk like goole search or yahoo search on their system and think that that doesnt affect thier computer. Try cleaning it up from other garbage and then check itunes....or just dont use itunes...whatever floats your boat. Whatever the case, i've never had problems with it.
The losers need to learn how to use a PC (the right way)
There are utilities to check performance, resources, etc...
I allow my users (hundreds) to run iTunes and sync iPhones and iPods On Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 PCs as well as Macs)... No issues with any of them running iTunes and bonjour... Perhaps you two need to learn how to use a PC the right way and stop loading crapware on your PCs.
Millions run itunes, all around the world, and guess what brainiacs??? It works great for everyone else...
I guarentee you that if you did a fresh install of your OS (and not the crapware and stupidity) and loaded iTunes, it would work perfectly, just like it does for 99.9999999999999999% of the world.
RE: Apple's big day: Sept 1 event (in progress)