As indicated by last weeks excitement at the announcement of the “Let’s Rock” event, I was clearly looking forward to the Apple event today. However, is it just me, or was it kind of a HUGE blah moment after they announced that not much was changing with the ipod Touch? I mean, I waited for nearly two months, and the only real benefit is that I saved $100 on practically the same thing that I could have gotten 2 months ago.
I just think it’s weird that they make such pomp and circumstance, and say “boom! bap! shazam!” and we are expected to be wowed; even when nothing major happened. The worst, is that I KNOW that as soon as I have had this ipod touch for 2 or 3 months, they will quietly release a 64GB version, and I will of course, be pissed that I didn’t wait. You are always doing this to me Apple! Every single ipod I have gotten since my 2nd Gen 10GB (which was $400 then!!), with the notable exception of my 3rd Gen Nano 8GB (probably because I bought it on a whim, just for fun), I have been “bested” by Apple mere months after I made my informed purchase. The worst was when I bought my 4th Gen one, and the photo one came out LITERALLY 35 days later (just long enough for me to be unable to return it). I wouldn’t bitch, but it isn’t like these are purchases around $100; all of the ipods I have gotten have been over $200; which is I guess a testament of being an early adopter of technology (hello $1000 Blu-Ray now being $300).
Oh well, I know that this is “how it goes” with technology, but for some reason, I have been pretty lucky with most of my “devices”; with the ipod being the exception. I have a good track record with phones and gaming consoles (both portable and home), so I guess I have to give in to the innovation of Apple, which totally takes the bank, unfortunately.
Will I get a new ipod Touch? Most certainly. I have wanted one since they came out over a year ago; but I was hoping that I could get at LEAST 64gb… It looks like I am going to have “settle” (HA!) for 32GB. Life sure is hard isn’t it? /sarcasm I’ve been on the Apple music media bandwagon this long, I guess I should come to expect these sorts of things; but it doesn’t mean I have to be happy about it!
Apple didn’t need a big, splashy press conference to announce these changes–it could have been accomplished with a press release.
Eventually, Apple will get over its holier-than-thou image, and realize that it is, in many ways, just another technology company. As such, it’ll need to save the splashes for when there’s something worthwhile hitting the water.
Duane – I would say go ahead and buy one. I’ve had one since they came out and I would love to have the built-in speaker and volume button they just added. I hate always needing the ear buds. I was thinking they would incorp some blue tooth tech to make this a need to buy item but no go – it may take a little longer for the 64GB but go ahead and enjoy and then buy the larger one when it comes out with more additions – I want blue tooth.
$100 less is a big deal to most people, Duane.
mingaling, I can definitely agree with that statement; however, for me, it wasn’t worth waiting this long, and it was certainly a let down when I was willing to buy the same product for $100 more. It is nice, but it wasn’t worth all this pomp and circumstance.