The new ipod shuffle unveiled today does not impress me. Apple’s “Its Showtime” event was really a big let down.
The movies… eh.
The new ipod… marginally impressive, 80 gigs, but the same ipod.
The “redesigned” nano… feh! You can spend $250 for an 8 gig nano or the same amount for the 30 gig ipod. While it’s the form factor you’re paying for, it’s also stupid.
The hardest pill to swallow, which apparently now you could, is the new ipod shuffle. The new tiny shuffle has an aluminum exterior, which I find interesting and rather snazzy looking, but lacks the USB function that my current shuffle does. That’s the whole point of the of the shuffle. You could throw a paper on there and retrieve it later, you could drop a program on there and get it later. Now, you have to have a dock.
While I find if extremely interesting how you can put the music on it and charge it all via the headphone jack, the lack of the dock if a little disturbing. And won’t the fact that you charge and transfer data from the same socket that you listen to effect the sound quality? Is there a risk of shock there?
Overall, “Its Showtime” was a underwhelming event.