What Your Kids Will Be Wanting Soon
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Reviews on Wednesday, September 01, 2010 5:58 PM
If you’re not a geek, you likely didn’t even know that today was the “Stevenote” - a major Apple announcement of some new devices, software and other goodies that we geeks can’t seem to get enough of. These famous keynote speeches have Apple fanboys (and fanmoms) tuned in online and Tweeting away before, during and after the talk.
Today’s announcements largely centered around upgrades to the iPod lineup, a new social networking component in iTunes and an updated Apple TV. All in all, the only thing that slightly tempts me is the newly updated iPod Touch. I’m not coveting it for myself, but rather for my teenage sons who would enjoy many of the functions of the iPhone without me having to pay for a monthly service contract. I would love for Eric to have the FaceTime feature so that he could dial us up around campus and show us cool things he’s seeing and doing in real time. The new iPod Touch will also feature the HD video I’ve been enjoying so greatly on my iPhone 4.
My jury is still out on the new “Ping” social network that will be built into iTunes 10. I don’t really care about social networking around music, but if they extend the functionality to Apps, iBooks and Podcasts, I will greatly enjoy learning what my friends are using and downloading through the iTunes store.
Are you geeky enough to have watched or cared about Steve Jobs’ announcement today? Do you think you’ll be tempted by any of the products announced today, or are you altogether sick of anything “i”?
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