Wild Horses Couldn't Drag Him Away

(We apologize for the awful title of this post.)
Well we followed the live blogging of todays iPod event just like you and here a few quick thoughts.
-iTunes 9 We were hoping for a big redesign with lots of social networking features and maybe a subscription service, instead we got some new Genius features and digital LP's. Sharing content across multiple computers in a household looks great, but somehow he think this is still to confusing for the average family. We're still shocked Apple is allowing sharing of paid apps.
-More Games Phil the Schill is unleashed and goes on the attack after Sony and Nintendo, pointing out the cost of games and poor buying experiences for those platforms. We might agree on cost, but poor buying experience? Maybe Phil just finds Best Buy too low brow. Sure Apple has thousands of titles more than the competition, but no mention of quality is made. Also please don't showcase Gameloft next time. They only exist by ripping of other developers properties.
-New iPods Everyone gets an update, even the Classic. New Nano looks gorgeous and will probably be the big seller this winter. We do think it's odd that it now has a video camera and the iPod Touch does not.
All in all the announcements seems rather tame. The big story of the show will definitely be the return of Steve. We'll give today a solid B.
What do you have to say?



