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Apple’s music event
Here’s a brief rundown of what Apple announced at Wednesday’s press event.
iOS 4.1
Free update for iPhone, iPod Touch will be available next week
iOS 4.2
To come in November.
New iPods
A major refresh of iPod lineup, including the Shuffle, Nano, and Touch
Ping
New iTunes 10 with social-networking music features
Apple TV
New, smaller cloud-based Apple TV
For more details on these announcements, read our summary post here.
On Monday I asked you to vote for the item you most wanted to see during Apple’s special event today. Nearly 30 percent of you chose “an updated iPod Touch”–and your wish was granted.
Others beat the drum (and clicked the mouse) for a new Apple TV and iOS 4 for iPad–both of which Apple also announced. In fact, the rumor mill got just about everything right; the only poll item that didn’t become reality was a smaller iPad.
All this begs the question: which of today’s announcements did you like best? Are you excited by the new Apple TV? The camera-equipped iPod Touch? iTunes 10 and Ping?
Now, I have no doubt many of you will choose “none of them.” Haters! Seriously, though, at the risk of sounding like a fanboy, what exactly did you expect today if not some merely evolutionary product improvements? I think Apple served up a wide variety of interesting and worthwhile updates. (OK, I do have one major complaint: the low-res rear camera on the new Touch. Apple, you could have owned the camera market! That sub-megapixel sensor is just cruel!)
Anyway, vote in our poll, then head to the comments to talk up what Apple got right today–and what it got wrong.
Which Apple announcement are you most excited about?Market Research
