Jobs announces new iPods

GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
edited September 2006 in Science & Tech
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced the eagerly-anticipated changed to the iPod product line.

Engadget is blogging live from his keynote speech, but their site is getting slammed pretty hard right now, so here are the important iPod details:
  • Regular-sized iPod's screen will be 60% brighter
  • Regular-sized iPod's battery life has been increased from 4 to 6.5 hours
  • Earphones have been "improved," and will come standard
  • Gapless playback has been added so that songs flow from one song to the next
  • Better alphabetical searching
  • Playable games on iPods, such as Zuma, Texas Hold 'Em, Tetris. Download from iTunes store for $4.99.
  • 30GB iPod: $249
  • 80GB iPod: $349
  • All new iPod Nano - made out of aluminum
  • Nano is available in colors!
  • 2GB Nano (available in aluminum only): $149
  • 4GB Nano, available in colors: $199
  • 8GB Nano (available in black only): $249
  • Nano has a 40% brighter display and 24 hour battery life
  • New iPods and iPod Nanos are available today
  • Redesigned Shuffle is small, square, and aluminum
  • $79 gets you a 1GB Shuffle with dock and earbuds
  • Can order today, will ship starting in October
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For more information on iTunes 7 and new downloadable movies and TV shows, check Engadget's coverage in the linked article.

Source: Engadget

Comments

  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2006
    Nice, I love the 80GB, I want one so bad, but the horrors of the battery life that I have heard lead me to be skeptical
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited September 2006
    I really hope that gapless output comes as a firmware update for current iPods.
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2006
    KwitCo™ wrote:
    I really hope that gapless output comes as a firmware update for current iPods.


    What? but that wouldnt require people to buy the new ipods, which would mess up apples business plan. I bet you that there is going to be some "hardware incompatibility" that will make the gap less output impossible on older ipods.
  • V-PV-P State College, PA Member
    edited September 2006
    Gargoyle wrote:
    Nano has a 40% brighter display and 24 hour battery life
    Didn't they say that the first Nanos were suppose to have a battery life of 12 hours? Mine lasts close to 8, so I'm thinking when they say 24, they mean closer to 15-18 hours.
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2006
    they probably test the battery life with the back light on a minimal amount of time.

    that 80GB ipod is really tempting for me, but I want to wait and see if creative has any tricks up its sleeve.
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited September 2006
    airbornflght wrote:
    What? but that wouldnt require people to buy the new ipods, which would mess up apples business plan. I bet you that there is going to be some "hardware incompatibility" that will make the gap less output impossible on older ipods.

    Yeah, probably. Stupid Apple. :shakehead
  • Private_SnoballPrivate_Snoball Dover AFB, DE, USA
    edited September 2006
    airbornflght wrote:
    they probably test the battery life with the back light on a minimal amount of time.

    that 80GB ipod is really tempting for me, but I want to wait and see if creative has any tricks up its sleeve.

    I don't think creative is going to touch 80GB for a bit, it seems like overkill atm since the 60GB Vision:M and 60GB ipod aren't exactly flying off the shelves. 30 GB seems to be the sweet spot for size and affordability right now. Maybe 60 will be the killer by Holiday but I doubt too many people will see the need for 80GB.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited September 2006
    That's true. I could maybe use a 60 or 80GB if I had a lot of movies on it, but that's overkill for music. I have something like 30-40GB of music, but a lot of it is pretty old, and it'd just be too much to navigate through on a portable player.

    Given that I usually only listen to a few new albums at any given time plus a few old standbys, the 8gb Nano would probably be plenty for me. Although I still would prefer something that plays other formats (WMA, OGG).
  • CyrixInsteadCyrixInstead Stoke-on-Trent, England Icrontian
    edited September 2006
    Zuma! Gives me a reason to finally buy one just there!!!!

    ~Cyrix
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2006
    KwitCo™ wrote:
    I really hope that gapless output comes as a firmware update for current iPods.

    http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4143
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited September 2006
    Yup, ran it this morning. Didn't get a chance to test it, however. New iTunes interface adds a few nice touches. I'm sure they updated the DRM scheme, gonna have to find out later.
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