Earlier today Apple released the next generation of their iPods' and the Apple TV. M0st of these are improvements, but there are a few "features" that are not the best Apple can do. BUT there are two products that I have absolutely no complaints about because they are innovative, updated, and just plain Awesome.
BASHED: iPod Nano and iPod shuffle
First off is the iPod Nano. The iPod Nano's new design is "revolutionary" umm... no. It may be smaller and lighter, but it is not revolutionary. Many think the new Nano will be hard to use, I'm with them. with my iPods I like physical controls so I can close my eyes and pause, play, skip, and control the volume. this new design leaves no room to pause and play with physical controls unless you have a pair of Apple Approved headphones with control and mike built in. Another "iffy" feature of the new Nano is it's size. iPod Classics are already easy enough to loose, now imagine and iPod less than 1/4 of that size. you could drop that in your room and not find it for another month or two.
Of course that's supposedly solved with the clip, but even shuffles with the clip are lost really easily (not to mention easy to pick pocket.) The absolute final difficulty I have with the new iPod Nano is: WHERE DID THE VIDEO PLAYBACK GO! Seriously Apple you declare how awesome the 3rd gen iPod Nano is because it has video playback and then a few generations later you remove it. It has a touch screen but no video playback now it's just a shuffle with a screen.
The next update to Apple's product lines that I find inadequate, the shuffle. There is only one reason why, Apple tries to make it seem as each new generation is a whole heck of a lot better than the last, but for the shuffle all that changes is the size and shape. Consumer deception so I hate the "All new" shuffle for no other reason than that.
AMAZAING!!!!: iPod Touch and Apple TV
The iPod Touch has also been updated, and as most people suspected it has a camera, but what people didn't expect was that it has been updated to almost the exact same specs as the iPhone (just no 3G, EDGE, or Calling) this includes Retina Display, FaceTime, Camera with HD recording, A4 Proccessor, and new Accelometer + Gyroscope. With all these features, I would consider this a upgrade worthy of your money.
Finally there's the Apple TV. This is the latest upgrade in a system that hasn't been upgraded for years. this time they shrunk it down to a little smaller than 4x4 inches. Not only is it tinier, it's more powerful, built to compete with the supposed Google TV, it has HDMI out and Netflix support. Plus it has of course synchronisation with your iTunes library and with the iTunes online store so if you wanted to you could rent movies and watch them on your TV. I am happy that Apple finally decided to update their Apple TV line.
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