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iPod touch gets more storage and speed
As we saw earlier, Apple announced new iPod touch models today. They'll include both lower price points and significant internal improvements. There were no major changes to the overall design -- meaning no camera at this point, no matter how long we've been waiting -- but they will definitely make the iPod gaming experience hard to beat. Phil Schiller himself made several digs at Sony and Nintendo for their lack of game titles compared to Apple's (607, 3,680 and 21,178 respectively). 8GB version: $199
The 8GB iPod Touch still has the same internals as before, but a significant drop in price makes it much more affordable for all of you iPod gamers.
32GB: $299, 64GB: $399
Both the 32GB and 64GB received internal upgrades and support for OpenGL|ES 2.0. We don't have hardware specifics as of yet, but Apple says that it will be "Up to 50% faster" than the previous iPod touch. That should put it somewhere around the same speed of the iPhone 3GS.
Apple has really stressed the gaming experience of the iPod touch, and for good reason. There are a lot of companies tripping over each other to get a piece of the Apple pie. Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Tapulous and Gameloft were at the event showing off some new games that will run beautifully on the new iPod touch handhelds. Happy Gaming!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
cmsb55 said 3:32PM on 9-09-2009
So did the new iPods get delayed like the rumors said or are they available now?
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Swimatm said 9:49PM on 9-09-2009
Gosh, why don't you just go over to the Apple online store and see?
Karl said 3:32PM on 9-09-2009
Camera would definitely be appreciated ... but what I'd REALLY like to see (for the 3GS also) is Bluetooth Keyboard Profile support.
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donnacha said 3:57PM on 9-09-2009
Oh yeah, I couldn't agree more - obviously, it would be nice to see a camera added to the Touch but the ability to use the Apple Bluetooth keyboard would make it the perfect mobile computer, allowing me to email, blog and write from any cafe, hotel, train, anywhere I can sit down at a table.
Of course, I can guess why Apple aren't to eager to help me replace my laptop :)
Caribou said 5:15PM on 9-09-2009
People say Apple leaves out the Bluetooth Keyboard Profile support because it would cannibalize laptop sales ... I call B.S. What it *would* cannibalize are *netbook* sales -- and Apple does not (and likely will not) offer a Netbook.
A 4.3" screen is not going to replace a full-sized, full-featured laptop and applications, but I'd sell my EEE tomorrow if I had a portable keyboard option on my iPhone.
Having used a full-sized folding bluetooth keyboard with phones since 2005, I can say it's the thing I miss most on my iPhone, and the feature that kept me from switching the longest. Email, detailed meeting notes, drafts of documents, blog posts, etc are hugely valuable uses for fold-up keyboards.
Rich said 6:55PM on 9-09-2009
Exactly. I already have a Mac laptop. It's not the laptop I want to replace with this kind of thing -- it's a netbook (which I don't have).
michaelB said 3:33PM on 9-09-2009
big let down. It is not a significant price drop it is old tech therefore it is priced accordingly. I was hoping to see a smaller jump between the models price point, say an upgraded 16 gig ipod touch. I guess its time to wait for a refurbished new one. Heres to hoping a bunch of kids break their new toy soon.
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snowy2004 said 3:40PM on 9-09-2009
The new 32 and 64 GB touches also come with the remote + microphone earphones while the 8 GB touches only have the normal earphones, according to the tech spec pages.
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Josh Carr said 3:40PM on 9-09-2009
Good catch!
snowy2004 said 3:43PM on 9-09-2009
Another difference is that the 32/64 GB touches have "Multi-Touch display and Earphones with Remote and Mic + Voice Control", emphasis on the Voice Control, like the 3GS.
Adrian said 3:39PM on 9-09-2009
Yeah, VERY disappointed in this. So, basically that's what the iPod touch is: a gaming system and nothing more. Pfft. But the NANO is a media machine? Get lost Apple.
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cmsb55 said 3:41PM on 9-09-2009
I am fine with the new touch not having a camera but I have no idea why Apple thinks the Nano needs one.
donnacha said 4:01PM on 9-09-2009
Apple are using the Nano to kill the Flip and gently encourage Cisco to get the Hell out of their backyard.
Damn shame they didn't include a camera, they could have stuck it to the camera industry too.
Peter Garner said 4:54PM on 9-09-2009
Gotta say I'm pretty disappointed too. I was ready to drop some coin on a 64GB iTouch with a camera.
But if you step back and look at it from a marketing perspective, it's a brilliant move. A camera-enabled iTouch would cannibalize iPhone sales and make the Nano (with or without a camera) increasingly irrelevant. By leaving the camera out of the iTouch but putting it in the Nano, you both make the latter more attractive and stay out of iPhone's sandbox.
I can admire the tactics but that doesn't mean I like it. Screw you, Steve! I'm keeping my money...
this time...
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rbjkman said 3:40PM on 9-09-2009
They put a camera on the NANO!! and not the touch WTF apple!!!
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Barron said 3:44PM on 9-09-2009
If you add a video camera, you have to add a mic, which would make the iPod Touch great for VOIP over wifi, cutting into iPhone sales and pissing off AT&T.
Drifter71 said 3:58PM on 9-09-2009
Screw AT&T, it's none of their business
sunnycyclist said 4:27PM on 9-09-2009
Barron: you can already use VOiP just fine with the (now) included mic/remote/headphones. I think your point is still valid, but it's the *camera* not the microphone that would chip into iPhone territory.
Barron said 5:27PM on 9-09-2009
sunnycyclist: You make an excellent point that I had totally overlooked. My problem is that I ditch the Apple earphones for my own, so I forget they even exist. Thanks for the education!
brianburgdorf1 said 8:35PM on 9-14-2009
A camera would be a great feature to have.
I believe in the future they will release a video touch.
Possibly a Marketing idea?