New iStuff

Unless you have been hiding under a tree the past 10 years in some luddite bliss, you'll know that Apple Computers came up with a little thing called the iPod. It plays music and has taken over from record palyers, turn-tables, Walkmans and most portable devices. Today Apple, most notably their founder Steve Jobs, announced the new line up. The shear size of these things boggles. You can put 40,000 songs in the palm of your hand now... 160 Gigabytes. But now they have a companion to their iPhone (the fastest selling phone in the US... unfortunately you can't use it in Canada since our internet cost is so high that Apple can't sell a product that would end up cost $300 in Aliant / Bell / Telus / Rogers bills a month). The new iPod Touch is a thing of beauty and it has WiFi which means that it now can go on the road and be used to get on the internet WITHOUT the phone company. This is compelling and will soon become their best seller. they also have a deal with Starbucks... only important if you live in Fredericton or an urban centre. It is exciting and I want one... lust is a bad thing... So I'm going to head off to Centreville's mid week service and confess my techie-lust. Thou Shall Not Covet... Thy Neighbours iThing.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070905-apple-unveils-new-ipod-touch-fat-ipod-nano-at-special-event.html