The Lifestream of Jon Moss

Let’s Rock with Cult of Mac

September 9 2008, 5:20pm

Via our Twitter stream, we ran ongoing commentary on Apple’s Let’s Rock shenanigans. Below is a (somewhat) edited tweet-style stream-of-consciousness from the event. iTunes store

8.5m+ songs, 125k+ podcasts, 30k+ TV shows, 3000+ apps New today: HD TV shows, and NBC has returned SD shows: $1.99. HD: $2.99

iTunes 8

Grid view, as per the rumors. Can set by artist and scrub across them like a photo album in iPhoto Genius “Automatically makes playlists from songs in your library that go great together—with just one click”. Genius information sent anonymously. Click a button to get a playlist. Restrict by track number. Available today

iPod sales and iPod classic

Zzzzingg! Jobs dissed everyone else’s player market share. iPod: 73.4%. Microsoft: 2.6%. iPod Classic: 80 GB upped to 120 GB. 160 GB discontinued.

New iPod nano

Form factor as per rumors: skinny, tall, like the gen-2 nano, really thin. Push-hold center button for Genius playlist creation. Voice recording from attached mics. New UI. Photos/vids in landscape mode. Accelerometer. Rotate 90 degrees to get Cover Flow, like with the iPhone. Shake to shuffle. Battery: 24 hours for music and four hours for video. $199 for 16 GB, $149 for 8GB. Bright rainbow colors in addition to aluminium.

Accessories

New accessories: headphones and armbands, a mic for voice recording, and in-ear headphones.

iPod touch revamp, iPhone and App Store

Thinner, with integrated volume control and speaker. Genius playlist creation. Built-in Nike+iPod - just add a shoe transmitter. App Store: 100 million downloads in 60 days. Available in 62 countries. Spore Origins, Real Soccer 2009 and Need For Speed: Undercover demoed. iPod touch battery life: 36 hours for music, six for video. New prices: 8 GB: $229, 16 GB: $299, 32GB: $399. New firmware, free to 2.0 owners. “Funnest iPod ever” strapline for the new ad. iPhone owners to get 2.1 bug-fix—better battery life, less crashing, fewer gremlins, speedier back-ups. Free on Friday.