Apple event-september 9th

Basq

Those earphones would never fit in my ear... they're bigger than Steve FFS!

Gerard_Smith

And how qeastion turns to how much they going charge existing touch owners for the privilege of a firmware update?

keefg

BastardPrince wrote: »

nike+ built in to the touch, very handy indeed...

What is that Nike+ all about then? I haven't heard of that before.

Sad Professor

No wonder they're so expensive...

Basq

Onto games for the AppStore now..

Basq

Spore.. oh joy!

Now onto a new Soccer game.

J-blk

Um yeah, "Spore Origins" for the iPod Touch/iPhone.... zzzzzzzz.... Come on "one more thing!"...

Basq

Now Need For Speed: Underground.. skip the games!

Come on.. something new.. something new!

Sad Professor

Is there anything left? I think they've announced just about everything that's expected.

Dman001

Steve is back on stage.

ENN0

link to this live?

J-blk

Steve's back! Woo hoo...

Sad Professor

ENN0 wrote: »

link to this live?

Don't think so. It's almost over now anyway.

Dman001

ENN0 wrote: »

link to this live?

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/live-from-apples-lets-rock-event-in-san-francisco/

Basq

iPod Touch prices:

The 8GB is $229, 16GB is $299 and 32GB is $399. All available starting today.

Steve's bound to announce something new before it ends.

Dman001

2.1 FW.

Gerard_Smith

They actually seem to be postioning the touch as a games device.

Basq

Free update to 2.1FW for iPod Touch owners (if you're on 2.0FW already)...

.. and will be available from Friday.

Chardee MacDennis

THANK GOD! 2.1 - faster back ups!!

Friday

Basq

BastardPrince wrote: »

THANK GOD! 2.1 - faster back ups!!

Friday

They promised faster backup's with 2.0.1... they lied!

They'd better be right this time.

BArra

do the new nanos come with those new headphones or wud they still retail them with the old ones?

Dman001

Sounds like they're wrapping up.

Chardee MacDennis

lol

Basq

ENN0 wrote: »

link to this live?

Steve appears to be wrapping things up..

Dman001

Tis over. I'd give it 5/10, wasn't expecting much anyway but still a bit lacking. I thought there would be some great feature in 2.1.

Gerard_Smith

What ever you think of Nintendos new direction the DS has some damn good games on it. I can't think of a single good game for the touch/iphone.

Basq

Jack Johnson - number 1 seller in iTunes history. Who knew?!

They must have him up there for a reason!

J-blk

Was this the first Apple presentation where EVERYTHING was leaked in advance? It really does spoil the fun...

Basq

Meh... what crap!

EDIT: Jack's playing live.. something may happen when he finishes. Is this a ploy to announce this wireless guitar idea we've been teased with by (probably untrue) rumours.

Dman001

J-blk wrote: »

Was this the first Apple presentation where EVERYTHING was leaked in advance? It really does spoil the fun...

The new Classic wasn't leaked, but then again there's not much to leak.

bluemachaveli

J-blk wrote: »

Was this the first Apple presentation where EVERYTHING was leaked in advance? It really does spoil the fun...

True, but evan if we didn't know it would still be disappointing!

Dman001

I was hoping for the Classic to get changed dramatically, but maybe next year.

Basq

Nope, think it's finally over!

EDIT: Jack's playing a second song..

Dman001

The new Touch actuall looks nice, but I'm not sure it has enough for me to upgrade.

J-blk

Dman001 wrote: »

I was hoping for the Classic to get changed dramatically, but maybe next year.

I think the Classic is on the way out - very likely no HDD iPods next time... Though I'll miss them - it'll be a long time before flash players get to 100GB plus... (well, something like 2 years maybe but that's eons in gadget land!).

Dman001

The Classic will stay HDD until Flash memory reaches 100GB+ at affordable prices which isn't going to happen soon.

Sad Professor

Store is back.

*looks over at wallet*

Meh

Dman001

Apple Store back up, €369.99 for a 32GB Touch. Very attractive price!!

Gillo

Mr.S wrote: »

Dissapointed with the Touch, they should scrap the whole gaming thing, and put on some good features, camera, GPS, Radio etc.

+1
Disappointed, maybe I just missed it, but thought an increase in size would have been nice.
Maybe it could be used as an remote interface with Apple TV or Airport

condra

Introducing the thinnest ever Steve Jobs.

Scary. I hope he recovers well. He's not right at all.

Dman001

Ah man, they got rid of the old, nice boxes and have the cheap, Nano ones for the Touch.

BFassassin

Will the new genius feature be only available on the new iPods or will it be included in an update does anyone know?

BArra

140e for the new nano 8gb?? wernt the 3g nanos like 199e? nice price it seems, colours are a bit... bright though.. not sure which one stands out for me

Sad Professor

BFassassin wrote: »

Will the new genius feature be only available on the new iPods or will it be included in an update does anyone know?

I assume it'll be a part of the new 2.1 touch firmware. Previous nanos/classics? No chance.

Spud83

Hmm nothing to really blow you away. But I wasn't expecting much from this event.

Never had an interest in a Nano, so although I'm sure the new ones are good, they have never appealed to me.

The update to the Touch is not enough to get me to upgrade.

iTunes will be interesting but I can see the Genius thing being more annoying and after playing around with it for the first while I can't see me using it.

And I'm sick of hearing about Tv shows and Movies when we can't get them.

unklerosco

€79...
http://store.apple.com/ie/product/MA850?mco=MTQzMjQ5NQ

Guess some things will never be updated....:rolleyes:

unklerosco

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

And I'm sick of hearing about Tv shows and Movies when we can't get them.

I can... Off to download the episode of the office I haven't been able to get anywhere..

unklerosco

They could do with updating the rest of the apple site... The Ipod n Itunes bit hasn't been changed, still has the old ipods n iTunes 7 on it...

http://www.apple.com/ie/itunes/

dubmick

anyone know when the the Touches will be in store? Need to get one for a present before Saturday.

Apple Store is saying 1-3 business days for despatch

Hugh_C

ZENER wrote: »

Rumor has it that he has pancreatic cancer. He looks terrible !!

ZEN

old news Zen, past tense