Apple Announces New iPods, iTunes 10, Social Network, AppleTV 579
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from the well-isn't-that-special dept.
Steve Jobs gave his iPod keynote this morning. He started with iOS 4.1 and Game Center which will be coming out next week. iOS 4.2 will add printing to the iPad and will be out in November. The new iPod Shuffle has buttons again, and costs $49. The new iPod Nano has a tiny multi-touch screen, and an FM radio, and starts at $149. The new (thinner) Touch has the iPhone 4 screen, an A4 chip, and FaceTime over WiFi, starting at $229 for 8GB. They all ship next week.
iTunes 10 looks the same, but adds a social network called "Ping," which basically looks like Last.fm integrated, and should be out today.
AppleTV is updating: 1/4th the size, no purchases — only rentals. 99 cents for TV rentals (ABC & Fox), Netflix on Demand built in, and for $99.
Facebook dead (Score:3, Funny)
This sounded like a hammer nailing the first nail into the facebook coffin.
Take my word: Ping is the Next Big Thing(tm)(sm)(c).
They had to name it ping, didn't they? (Score:5, Funny)
That's gonna be awesome for internet help-desk workers. How about creating a Flickr clone and calling it iFconfig?
No iTunes yet but... (Score:3, Funny)
We got a few significant OS X 10.6 updates today - firmware, graphics and security. Well maybe not today, MacBook has not been on for a few days...darned wedding.
Re:First iPost (Score:5, Funny)
directly from Steve Jobs keynote and only readable with authenticated apps.
Nice try at a first post. Too bad it took you two-prior-posts worth of time to get it approved through the App Store.
Re:Facebook dead (Score:2, Funny)
We need an extraction team in here, now! This man has been fully swallowed by the RDF!
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
They've always had this feature, see?
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/04/humor-ipad-printing-simple/ [appadvice.com]
Re:Really? (Score:3, Funny)
But why would you want to print to the iPad?
Re:why no AM as well? (Score:5, Funny)
You just a succinct (I believe accurate) technical answer to a question about an Apple product on Slashdot... Is that allowed? :-)
Re:They had to name it ping, didn't they? (Score:5, Funny)
There should be absolutely no confusion about this, since iFconfig and ifconfig are clearly not the same. Any unix user knows this!
Re:Facebook dead (Score:4, Funny)
Nah. It's not killing Facebook. It's just a further fragmenting of the social networking world.
You've got Facebook for social networking with most of the people you know.
You've got MySpace for networking with the teenagers you know that are still living in 2005.
You've got Twitter for the people you know who think you'd like a play by play of every meaningless event of their day, or who like to regurgitate political talking points in 140 character form.
You've got LinkedIn for people you know professionally.
Now you'll have Ping for the hipster douchebags you know. Since some people are or know a lot of douchebags, it could be a big success, but I still don't see it overtaking Facebook at this point.
Re:They had to name it ping, didn't they? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Facebook dead (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Really? (Score:4, Funny)
So does the iPad have print drivers to print to the Kindle?
Re:Really? (Score:4, Funny)
You're trying too hard.
Re:why no AM as well? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:why no AM as well? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:24/48hr window for rentals (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Really? (Score:1, Funny)
Sometimes I wish I could reach through my fucking monitor and punch people like you in the face.
But, dude, you already can! Trust me on this -- just wind up real good and punch straight through the monitor.
Remember, though, you've got to punch real hard otherwise you won't connect with those losers on the other side of the net.