Apple Event. September 9th. Yay!
It’s finally been announced, and it’s clear that it’s going to based around the iPod. Just like it always has been for events in September.
What’s interesting to me is the choice of tag line. Yes, these events always have a nostalgic line from a well known song (or songs in this case), but I think this year’s tag line was chosen for another reason.
With all the rumors about an Apple Tablet, I think Apple wanted to subtley quash any hopes that it would be introduced at this event. Using “It’s only rock and roll” as the tag line makes me think that this event will be just that; only about music.
No tablet… For now.
Guess we have eight days to wait to see if I’m wrong.
iPhone 3.0!
12:06 Jun 19th, 2009 | Notes
YAY it’s here!!!!!
After clicking on ‘Check for Update’ button in iTunes and getting ‘iPhone Activation Servers are currently unavailable’ for around ten minutes I finally managed to download and install the iPhone 3.0 software!
You all know the new advertised features, so I’m not going to bother with those. After using it for a day, I’ve made a short list of the undocumented changes for your viewing pleasure. Have any more? Leave a comment!
- Closing application animation now fades out as it minimizes
- Phone and iPod icons changed, stripes added
- Lists scroll smoother
- Smaller ‘Now Playing’ text on the lock screen
- Artist and album information now available along with song title on the lock screen (brought up with a double click of the home button)
- Encrypted iPhone backups
- Song/podcast scrubber now has fine tuning abilities, hold scrubber and drag down to change scrub speed
Beverage vender
Have fun with iPhone 3.0!
Zune HD
7:44 May 27th, 2009 | NotesOK fine! It looks cool.
Here’s why it will fail: no App Store. Without that massive draw card, there is no way it will overtake the iPod Touch.
But good luck to them!
Eurovision!
7:48 May 17th, 2009 | Notes
Starting to watch Eurovision! I know the broadcast in Australia is late, so don’t tell me who won! I invited Callum over for a mini Eurovision party.
Callum is one of the poor souls of the world who don’t own an iPhone or and iPod touch. This means he can’t tweet without a computer.
I am one of the lucky souls who have both and iPhone and an iPod touch! For his benefit, I gave him one of mine for the evening. I had to make a comment about it:
“Here, borrow my iPod touch. I just have them lying around the house now.”
I know, incredibly pretentious but I just had to say it.
Finally, another Microsoft ad!
I’m not going to bitch about this one! I like subscription music services. I wish that iTunes had one. For a poor, poor student like me, paying for every song is impractical and costly (which is what the ad says).
What I find funny is Microsoft saying “Filling an iPod costs $30,000”. Well, technically yes. But let’s look at the other blatantly obvious solution to fill an iPod that cost nothing. It’s going to be the first natural reaction of students to start yelling “LIMEWIRE AND TORRENTS!” when they see this ad.
What Microsoft has done by throwing such a large number at the viewer is remind them that there is an even cheaper way to get music, be it illegally. I know when I was watching this ad I was going “Holy crap $30,000?!” and not “Wow! Look at that! Only $15 a month to fill my Zune”. I was totally distracted by the $30,000 that my train of thought didn’t click over to their product, but went from one extreme to the other; bit torrent.
I admire Microsoft for using this method to try and sell music, but it won’t work. Sorry, My generation has been brought up with the idea in our head that music is just a file on our iPods. Microsoft telling us how much it would normally cost to fill them only ingrains our desire to get music the cheapest way possible.
Oh, and I love how the guy in the ad is labeled, “Certified Financial Planner”. Wow! Now I’m totally reassured!
