The photo iPod looks pretty sweet, if only just for the color screen. However, $500 is a serious chunk of change, and thanks to Slacker 2.0 on the way in March, there’s no way I’ll be getting one of these.
And the U2 version? I applaud the effort but that thang is fugly. :eek: Maybe without the red wheel. I’ll just have to wait and hope the rumors of an orange iPod are true.
Also, iTunes has been updated today. There are a few little things that are new; the main update that I noticed is that you can now minimize the program to the system tray (you know, like every other MP3 program has been able to do for 5 years).
Oh, and iTMS had at least a minor update too. You can now request email notification of any new songs from artists in the store. Nice!
I think the idea is that it’s the digital equivalent of storing your photos in your wallet. The fact that you can store full-sized images and show them on a TV (with the composite video cable) offsets the small screen size.
(My PDA only has a 320 x 320 screen, but it does photos very well.)
Too bad you can’t get a 60GB version without paying $100 extra for the photo features. Then again, I wonder how much the new 1.8" 60GB drive costs Apple compared to the 40GB ones. It could be more than $100.
That’s what people said about the iPod mini being only 4GB, and $50 less than the 15GB version. Still, they couldn’t make them fast enough. The popularity of the iPod, in all its forms, defies standard marketing logic.
I would buy one just for the 60GB drive + Apple design and interface, then I see in the specs the iPod Photo only has 17 minutes of skip protection vs 25 on the normal iPods. What a screw up! One reason I want a larger HDD is so I can rip songs at much higher bit rates… with larger files I needed more skip protection, not less!
However, $500 is a serious chunk of change, and thanks to Slacker 2.0 on the way in March, there’s no way I’ll be getting one of these.
