The "SteveNote" is done and he announced:
- The new "Time Capsule" - an Airport Extreme with a built-in Hard Drive for TimeMachine to backup to wirelessly
- An upgrade to the iPhone software which brings pseudo-GPS along with other new features
- An upgrade to the iPod Touch which brings iPhone apps to it
- The iPhone SDK (which will actually release in February)
- An upgrade to the AppleTV software which brings iTunes Store integration and Flickr integration (and a price drop)
- The New MacBook Air, which is an ultrathin laptop with no optical drive and an entirely green production method.
Interesting. I still would rather have seen changes to AppleTV to integrate it with over-the-air (or over-cable) TV technology, but I never really expected that to come to pass. My only real fault of the thing is that it will cost iPod Touch owners $20 to get the iPhone apps. This makes NO sense, since there was no incremental cost to deploy them there (people have had jailbroken iPod Touches using these apps since day 1).
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
MacWorld Realities
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I thought the iPod Touch upgrade cost was odd as well. I'm more inclined to buy an iPhone with the new maps features. Though I'll probably still end up with a Palm Centro.
In terms of what I would most like, the Air is something I'd like. I don't use my optical drive much, so the lack of one isn't that big of a problem for me. The remote optical drive is interesting though.
I like the idea of Time Capsule. I'm not sure about the built in Airport. I have wireless set up in my apartment via a 3rd party router that works well with both my iBook and pc. If Airport works well with non-Apple products then Time Capsule might be something worth buying for me. The primary reason I don't back up as often as I'd like is that I have to remember to plug in my external hard drive. I guess, I have some research to perform.
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