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The iPod ShuffleApple Unveils Spring iMacsFaster, DDR Memory, 4x SuperDrive & Lower PricesCUPERTINO, California—February 4, 2003—Apple® today announced its Spring line of iMac® computers, featuring two new models. The new 17-inch widescreen model features a 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processor and 133 MHz system bus; 256MB of Double Data Rate (DDR) memory; a faster 4x SuperDrive™ for playing and burning CDs and DVDs; and internal support for AirPort® Extreme and Bluetooth, for just $1,799 (US). The new 15-inch flat panel model features an 800 MHz G4 processor and is now priced at just $1,299 (US)—$200 less than its predecessor. Apple also announced lower pricing on its line of eMac™ consumer and education computers.
“The 17-inch widescreen iMac is Apple’s top selling consumer desktop, and we’ve just made it faster and more affordable,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Hardware Product Marketing. “Apple’s new iLife applications are bundled with the new iMacs, making them perfect for digital photography, music, moviemaking and DVD creation.” Designed around an ultra-compact base, the iMac’s flat panel display appears to float in mid-air, allowing users to effortlessly adjust its height or angle with just a touch. The 17-inch widescreen and 15-inch flat panel iMacs also offer two FireWire® 400 and five USB ports for fast, simple, plug-and-play connections to digital devices such as digital cameras, DV camcorders and iPods. The 17-inch widescreen iMac offers the latest in communications with internal support for optional high-speed 54Mbps AirPort Extreme 802.11g wireless networking, offering speeds up to five times faster than previous wireless technologies, and optional internal Bluetooth for wireless connectivity to a range of peripherals such as cell phones and PDAs. Apple’s new iSync software is included, so customers can automatically synchronize address books and calendars between Macs and Bluetooth capable cell phones. Created for education and consumers, the eMac features a 17-inch flat CRT in a remarkably compact design. Starting at just $999 (US), the eMac is Apple’s most affordable PowerPC G4 system, and the $1,299 (US) model is Apple’s most affordable SuperDrive-equipped computer. Both flat panel iMac models include Mac OS X “Jaguar,” Apple’s next-generation operating system and Apple’s iLife™ applications, an integrated suite offering iTunes™ 3 for managing digital music, iPhoto™ 2 for organizing and sharing digital photos, iMovie™ 3 for digital movie-making, and iDVD™ 3 for creating and burning Hollywood-style DVDs (SuperDrive models only). Also included is a collection of productivity and entertainment titles such as Quicken 2003 Deluxe, Microsoft Office v.X Test Drive and World Book 2003 Edition. |
The NanoAbout the size of a credit card — and just 5.4 mm thin — the new iPod nano is the thinnest iPod ever made. The 2.5-inch Multi-Touch display is nearly twice as big as the display on the previous iPod nano, so you can see more of the music, photos, and videos you love. Buttons let you quickly play, pause, change songs, or adjust the volume. The smooth new anodized aluminum design makes iPod nano feel as good as it sounds. And iPod nano wouldn’t be iPod nano without gorgeous, hard-to-choose-from colors.
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The ClassicThe iPod Classic is Apple's iconic hard-drive-based MP3 player, with design roots that date back to 2001's original iPod model. If you can resist the fashion appeal and gee-whiz features of Apple's slimmeriPods, such as the iPod Nano and iPod Touch, the 160GB iPod Classic ($249) still delivers the most bang for the buck when it comes to taking your (entire) music collection on the go.
Design Left virtually unchanged for years, the iPod Classic has truly become a distant relative to Apple's current lineup of predominantly touch-screen-based iPod media players. It's the only iPod left that bears the iconic click-wheel interface. It's also one of only two iPods left that still use the 30-pin universal connection port. If you're shopping for a replacement iPod that can make use of the pre-Lightning dock connection found on older accessories and speaker docks, the iPod Classic is a great choice. An anodized aluminum faceplate covers the front of the Classic in either black or silver, while the back of the iPod is covered in the same scratch-showing, smudge-loving chromed steel found on iPods for generations. Inside its 2.4-inch-by-4.1-inch-by-0.41-inch enclosure you'll find a whopping 160GB hard drive capable of holding over 40,000 songs. The 2.5-inch screen found above the click wheel is unfortunately still covered with plastic, making it the only remaining iPod that hasn't yet switched to a scratch-resistant glass screen. It's also now the only iPod to use a split-screen main-menu layout, displaying menu items on the left half of the screen and a picture related to the selection on the right. For example, highlighting Music on the main menu causes the right half of the screen to display a drifting close-up of cover artwork from your music library. This split-screen effect is more beautiful than it is distracting, and applies to menu items such as movies, podcasts, and photos, as well. You also have the option to browse your music using the Cover Flow view made popular by the iPhone; however, the novelty of Cover Flow wears thin without a touch-screen display. Users with large music collections to sort through will prefer browsing using the list mode or search function. Features There are no apps on the iPod Classic. There's no Web browser or e-mail. You won't even find options for Bluetooth music streaming or AirPlay. True to its name, the iPod Classic keeps with the basic formula for the iPod's original success. You just load it up with music, podcasts, audiobooks, and video using Apple's free iTunes software on your home computer (Mac or PC). And for better or worse, once you've loaded up your media collection, it's just stuck there until the next time you connect back to your computer. Perhaps the last feature added to the iPod Classic is the capability to create instant Genius playlists. The Genius feature lets you create an instant 25-song playlist based on the musical characteristics of a single song, offering a new way to group together similar songs in your collection. Genius is easy to use, and the results are fun, provided your music collection holds enough songs to make interesting connections (with 160GB of storage, that shouldn't be hard). You can create and save Genius playlists directly onto your iPod, and with automatic syncing enabled in iTunes you can also transfer them back to your computer. Oddly, the Genius feature won't work if you haven't enabled Genius in your computer's iTunes software. If you find iTunes' Genius feature too demanding of your computer's resources or too invasive of your privacy (the feature reports your listening habits to Apple), then you'll need to live without the feature on your iPod as well. The third-generation iPod Classic is also capable of recording voice memos, although you'll need to pay a little extra to get the feature working. Many third-party iPhone headsets are compatible with the Classic's voice recording feature and Apple sells its own line of compatible headsets, as well. Without purchasing a compatible headset, however, there is no built-in way to create voice recordings with the iPod Classic right out of the box. The iPod Classic supports H.264 or MPEG-4 video in MOV, MP4, or M4V file formats, with a maximum resolution of 640x480 pixels at as much as 30 frames per second. You can buy or rent videos through the iTunes online store or import them into iTunes and convert them for playback. (Many third-party software video converters also do a great job converting videos for the iPod.) The Classic supports many of the video features we look for in portable video players. For instance, the Classic can recognize and skip between the DVD-like chapter markers embedded in QuickTime movie files. It also does a dependable job of automatically resuming video playback at the point at which you last left off. Closed-captioned subtitles can be switched on and off for video files that support them. Apple's audio file format support remains the same. The iPod Classic allows you to manually add and delete music and video files, but with 160GB of storage, many users will prefer to have their entire media library sync automatically. The Classic can also double as a USB hard drive in a pinch. |
The iPod touch While Apple still sells the old fashioned iPod Classic and has just rebooted with the iPod nano 7th Generation, the iPod touch has taken over as the champion of the iPod brand – it's essentially a media player par excellence that has morphed into a handheld gaming console thanks to the sheer number of excellent, and very cheap, games available via the App Store.
It's this gaming and app angle that really gives the touch its raison d'être. If you can't afford the premium tariffs that the iPhone attracts and you still want to take advantage of the thousands apps that Apple's App Store holds then the iPod touch is your cheapest route to entry. The latest iPod touch 5th Generation takes the best features of the iPhone 5, like the taller 640x1136 pixel, 4-inch screen and the iOS 6 software update with Siri, and adds a few little quirks of its own, like a choice of coloured backs (black, grey, pink, yellow, blue and a sixth Product Red) and a new strap called an 'iPod touch loop'. Along the way the camera has been upgraded to an iSight camera with a built-in flash that's capable of 1080p video recording and the processor has been upped to a duel-core A5 chip, giving it twice the processing power of the previous single-core A4 chip. Both the screen size and the faster processor are important for gaming, but more of that later. Memory configurations have been simplified. The new 5th gen is available only in 32GB and 64GB flavours. Finally, the new iPod touch runs iOS 6, the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system in all its glory, which means that both Panorama – a new mode for taking panoramic photos, and Siri, Apple's intelligent voice-activated personal assistant, are available here. Note: neither of these two features work on a iPod touch 4th Generation running iOS 6.The coloured new iPod touch 5th generation is a very different looking beast to the previous model, which had a metallic silver back with tapered edges. While the metallic back initially looked nice it was a magnet for smudges and fingerprints. The new iPod touch is the best iPod Apple’s ever built, emulating the iPhone 5 in several areas. Its $299 starting price will be a turn off for some users, but it’s still the cheapest way to get the full iOS 6 experience in your pocket.The new iPod touch (5th generation, 2012) is miles ahead of last year’s model, which was a minor update to the 2010 iPod touch. The new iPod touch features the same Retina display as the iPhone 5, a faster processor and a slimmer design. The hardware combined with the wide selection of games, apps and media from iTunes and the App Store make the iPod touch the best pocketable media player on the market, earning it a Gotta Be Mobile Editors’ Choice Award. The 32 GB ($299) and 64GB ($399) iPod touch models are priced the same as the iPhone 5 models with the same capacity. However, iPod touch buyers don’t have to sign up for an expensive two-year wireless plan, which makes up the bulk of the iPhone’s total cost of ownership. There’s no 16 GB option for the new iPod touch this time around, but Apple is still offering the last year’s iPod touch (4th Generation, 2011) with 16 GB for $199. The iPod touch is just $30 cheaper than the iPad mini, which may give some users pause. The only reason reason to buy the iPod touch rather than the iPad mini is portability. If you plan to sit on the couch with an iOS device you’re going to get more out of the iPad mini, even though it doesn’t have a Retina display. The iPod touch is the way to go if you need a device you can throw in a small pocket.
Like the rest of Apple’s latest mobile devices, the iPod touch has the new Lightning port. The new connector is smaller than the old 30-pin connector and is easier to use since it can be inserted with either side up, but it isn’t compatible with older accessories unless you fork over $29 for an adapter. The adapter isn’t compatible with all accessories, so you may have to trade in your favorite speakers and docks. Of course iOS users will need to make the transition at some point, but the iPod and iPhone accessory market is in flux with the new Lightning connector and there aren’t many compatible docks, speakers or charging solutions available at this point. iPhone 5 (left) and iPod touch (right) Retina displays are indistinguishable The display looks fantastic with bright colors and crisp shapes and text. The 16:9 screen ratio means users won’t be bothered by black bars above and below most movies. In the above photo you can see that the iPod touch’s Retina display (right) is every bit as good as the iPhone 5′s (left). The sharpness is especially important for those who plan to read a lot of Web content, eBooks or email on the iPod touch. The iPod touch is now available in six colors, including black, grey, pink, blue, yellow and red. The black iPod touch has a black bezel,while the others have white bezels around the display. The iPod touch has a small popup button to attach a matching wrist strap. The strap helps protect the iPod touch from accidental drops, which are more likely to happen when using the device as a camera and when playing motion-controlled games. The strap is a fantastic idea considering parents often trust the iPod touch in small hands. The back of the iPod touch does have a couple of oddities. The camera sticks out a bit and there’s a black plastic strip in the top-right corner. The plastic strip is a sort of window to allow Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals through. iPod touch CameraPicture quality is more than adequate for posting snapshots on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, but we don’t recommend using the iPod touch as a primary camera. The rear-facing 5 MP iSight camera is a huge improvement over those found on older models, but it does not rival point-and-shoot cameras as Apple claims. The iPod touch shoots decent 1080p video in bright settings, but it has trouble in dimly lit rooms and at night. In dim situations, such as the above video in Disney’s Cars Land, the iPod touch produces grainy video and has trouble focusing. iPod touch photo sample Photos from the iPod touch are a little better than those that come out of the iPhone 4. While the iPod touch camera app does have niceties like HDR and Panorama modes, the camera isn’t very usable in dim settings or with fast-moving objects. The LED flash isn’t very powerful and it casts an unnatural light isn’t very flattering. The above and below photos samples look like they’re taken with a mediocre cell phone camera rather than a point-and-shoot camera. Disneyland’s It’s a Small World show with the iPod touch The iPod touch’s pictures (sample above) aren’t as clear as the iPhone 5′s (sample below). You can click to enlarge these sample photos for comparison. Disneyland’s It’s a Small World show with the iPhone 5 The front-facing 1.2MP Facetime camera takes mediocre self portraits, but is perfectly acceptable for placing FaceTime video calls. iPod Touch EarPods iPod touch EarPods Sound Good, but Don’t Come with Mic or Volume Controls The iPod touch comes with Apple’s new EarPods, which are contoured to stick in ears better than the round earbuds Apple offered for years. The EarPods sound much better than the older earbuds, especially when it comes to mid and low tones. Music enthusiasts will still want to buy third-party headphones to get the best audio quality. While the EarPods sound just as good as the set that ships with the iPhone 5, the iPod touch version doesn’t come with the inline microphone or audio control buttons. This means users can’t adjust the volume, activate Siri, pause music or skip tracks using the headset like they can with the iPhone 5′s headset. Sure, the iPod touch isn’t a phone, but Apple really should include a microphone since the iPod touch features Siri and FaceTime. iPod touch Apps and PerformanceThe iPod touch has plenty of power for all of its built-in apps and most anything you’ll download from the App Store. Some games won’t run as quickly on the iPod touch as on the iPhone 5, but that won’t matter to a lot of users. Graphics-intensive games like Need for Speed Most Wanted run perfectly fine on the iPod touch.The new iPod touch runs on an A5 processor, which is significantly slower than the iPhone 5′s A6 processor. The iPod touch scored 629 on Geekbench 2, a benchmarking app that’s available in Apple’s App Store. That’s identical to our Geekbench results on the iPhone 4S and just a little behind the iPad 3 (722) and iPad mini (752). The iPhone 5 blows all of those devices out of the water with its faster processor, clocking in a Geekbench score of 1,642. The new iPod touch is the first iPod to feature Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant. Siri generally works well as long as you know how to phrase questions and phrases to its liking. Apple provides several example queries within the Siri app to help users get up to speed. Siri is still far from perfect however, returning with no results on occasion, presumably because Apple’s servers aren’t responding or are overloaded. Apple still offers the most robust app and media shopping experience of any mobile device. Almost anything that can run on the iPhone will run on the iPod touch. One issue with the new iPod touch is that many developers haven’t gotten around to updating their apps to accomodate the taller screen, which means you’ll have to put up with black bars above and below some apps in portrait mode for the time being. The iPod touch doesn’t come with a GPS module, which means you can’t load it up with an offline maps app and use it to navigate. It also means apps won’t necessarily be able to pinpoint your exact location and will instead have to rely on geo-location by Wi-Fi, which isn’t as accurate. Apple claims the iPod touch will run on a single charge for up to 40 hours while playing music and up to 10 hours while playing videos. The battery does indeed seem to run forever and we went two to three days between charges with moderate use. Watching 4 hours and 10 minutes of movies and videos brought the iPod touch’s battery meter down from full to just 63%, a rate that’s slightly ahead of Apple’s claim. iPod touch Review ConclusionThe new iPod touch is an excellent mobile device, though its price tag exceeds those of some small Android tablets and is just $30 shy of the iPad mini. Its new Retina display and performance that’s on par with some of Apple’s more expensive devices make it very attractive. While it does have a few shortcomings, the iPod touch is the best iPod or personal media player we’ve seen to date and highly recommend the device. We only wish Apple would offer a slightly more affordable 16GB iPod touch as an entry point for the full iOS 6 experience. |