Byrnesys Blabberings

Another "Job’s keynote" is passed and here are the bare bones of what we have,

• iPod Touch models feature Apple’s Safari web browser 
• a built-in wireless antenna, meaning users can connect directly to the Internet at Wi-Fi "hot spots"
• Apple built custom Google and Yahoo search functions into iPod Touch models, along with YouTube video viewing and an iTune Wi-Fi Music Store that permits shopping at the online store.

• Apple’s overhaul includes matchbook-size iPod Shuffles in new colors and iPod Nanos built with video and game capabilities.

• Jobs officially christened the original iPod model the "Classic" and said it would be available in 80 and 160 gigabyte models, enough memory capacity for users to take entire video or music collections with them daily.

• Jobs also announced that Apple has an alliance with Starbucks to let iPod Touch or iPhone users link wirelessly for free to iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store at any of the ubiquitous chain’s coffee shops.

• When iPod Touch or iPhone users near a Starbucks store, a special icon will appear on the iTunes music store page and enable people

There is, of course, a lot of comment all over the internet regarding this, but the most manageable, and personable one I have read comes from the PC World Techlog

PC Worlds Techlog Fifteen Random Thoughts About the New iPods

Their most interesting comments were in relation to the Apple/Starbucks plans to take over the world?!!

"The coffee kingpins are going to spend years–and, presumably, millions and millions of dollars–setting up the technology they need to let customers spend 99 cents to download the song they’re listening to. You gotta think that there’s a master strategy behind it all that’s not apparent yet."

"I think Apple’s being pretty savvy selling it as a media player and downplaying the fact it contains Safari–which means it can do just about anything you can do on the Web….However it’s marketed, the Touch is the first phone-less iPod that can do a heckuva lot of things that have nothing to do with enjoying entertainment, and you gotta think that Apple is quietly but intentionally expanding the iPod’s mission with this device."