So Steve Jobs did his little keynote today. Dropped a few bombshells as usual. iPhone anyone? I must say, bravo Apple. This is the first product you’ve made that has impressed me. Now you need to make your products affordable.
One interesting thing I noticed is that they’re actually calling this a widescreen iPod. Is the iPhone the widescreen iPod that has been rumored for who knows how long?
Notable features:
- 3.5 inch widescreen
- Multi-touch screen navigation
- OS X operating system
- 4GB or 8GB of storage
- Quad-band GSM
- 802.11 b/g, EDGE, and Bluetooth 2.0
- 2.0 megapixel camera
Posted on January 9, 2007 in Gadgets
In case you don’t remember, I’ve been on the hunt for a media player. My PSP wasn’t cutting it because of its size and interface so it just wouldn’t do. The Zune caught my eye because it had more features than the iPod and was the same price. Initial reviews from some major sites are rather lukewarm, scathing in some cases, but I think it’s because they’re all Apple hugging zealots who are too attached to their iPods. The Zune will probably never be able to top the iPod since it is so entrenched in culture, but that doesn’t make it a bad player. Hit the jump for the rest of the review.
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Posted on November 27, 2006 in Gadgets, Reviews
I am one of the eight people in the US who does not have an iPod. I have a PSP, but it isn’t a very good music player. It’s not bad, the sound quality is excellent, but it can’t match a dedicated music player. For one, it can’t remember track position if you turn it off, which gets really annoying when you decide to stop in the middle of a forty minute podcast — it takes a long time to fast-forward to the place where you left off.
The remastered iPod nano looked really appealing at first but then came Zune… Microsoft decided to expand there hardware division to also encompass media players. Initial reviews are rather lukewarm, but I think the reviewers are just too attached to their iPods. Some complain about crummy format support and others whine about the Zune music store. But from what I gather, its flaws are pretty trivial. I’ll have to take a look see at the device and decide for myself.
Until I can get a hands-on with the Zune, you’ll have to make do with Gizmodo’s Frankenreview.
Posted on November 18, 2006 in Gadgets
