My new Video iPod
today, after a midterm, after I cashed a check, and got a hot dog, I came home to see the FedEx man had left me a package of my new 60GB iPod. I opened it up, connected the cord to the back of my display, and launched things up. It probably took 30 minutes to copy all my music, videos, and photos to it...
..., but the most startling part of this new iPod is the new shape. My previous iPod had been a 3G, and this is a 5G. The 3G was the one with the four buttons in a row above the wheel, it also was all smooth around with no sharp edges. The 5G takes it bad old school to have the metallic part smooth but once we hit the front edge, it is an edge. Also, the screen is color, bigger, and very sharp. It looks so funny because the screen is larger and it sort of looks overwhelming large.
Watching videos on it is surprisingly sharp and just fun to do.... I mean, they really did it right. The screen is so damn sharp and big, but it is smaller than the previous generations.... Apple did it right.
As I was setting up my new iPod, I kept in the back of my mind that there was an Apple Event in New York today about "pro releases," which was at 1.
Well, turns out it was at 12, so I checked my mac news sites mid Apple event and saw all these new posts about new products, and I just started to go nuts, as I had previously with the iPod nano event, and last week's iTunes 6+video iPod announcements.
Today, Apple came out with faster PowerBooks, Quad processor Power Mac G5 (Two dual-core chips), and a new photo program called Aperture. Aperture, simply put, is what Final Cut Pro is to iMovie. It is a Pro version of what iPhoto does. Going through some of the quick tour videos just shows you how truly impressive it is and how much attention Apple paid to the small things that help create a better grand product. sweeet.