 After many rumors and speculation, Apple's "Let's rock" event launched on Tuesday, as Apple CEO Steve Jobs headed the show and unveiled the new iPod line. Some loved them, some.... were less enthusiastic, but everyone had something to say. From news agencies to bloggers - everyone dissected (some quite literally) the new iPods. But what does the Vox Populi have to say?
About the iPod Touch 2G, some have been, like the review from PCMag, raving praises, considering the new Touch to be indeed the portable gaming platform Jobs is selling it as, claiming that although not as powerful as the PSP, "a solid interface and a well-executed design can go a long way", citing the Nintendo Wii's similar success.
The NY Times cite the Touch's $70 price cut as a factor that "should make the device more appealing to mainstream buyers and expose them to Apple's App Store and its thousands of games and other programs."
Others, such as blogger mknopp, find the price difference between the iPod Touch too small to justify the difference in features, saying that "[the iPod Touch] is like the red-headed step child of the Apple family. It is over priced and crippled on top of that. What should be one of Apple's top products is languishing for some unknown reason.
Macworld have posted a first look review of the iPod Touch, which is quite informative and they appear to be generally satisfied with the new Touch, calling it "a step in the right direction".
Certain tech writers tend to consider the iPod Nano's new features a little lacking, and changes a bit too minor for its $149 price tag, ChannelWeb sarcastically noting that "The profile is more Giselle Bundchen instead of Elle Macpherson, shaving off a whole 0.06 of an inch."
Users generally tended to like the new selection of iPod Nano colors though, with Black and Orange topping the preferences as this poll from the Unofficial Apple Weblog shows.
"The new iPod line is sweet," Sven Rafferty, technology blogger and director of Internet technology for hyperSven, said in an article for MacNewsWorld. The new nanos are very cool, he said, "though I'll miss the fat boy." You can find more bloggers' impressions in the article.
Even Greenpeace had something to say about the new iPods in their blog, as they laud the new iPod line for using non-toxic materials, in an article that sounds more like a sales pitch (makes you wonder, doesn't it?):
"It's great to see Apple dropping toxic chemicals like PVC, BFRs and mercury in their latest products", Greenpeace blogger tomD said, and furtheradded that "In May 2007 Steve Jobs stated that Apple would improve its environmental record by removing toxic chemicals by the end of 2008 and boosting recycling by 2010."
Love them or hate them, everyone's got something to say about the newly released lineup of iPods these days it would seem, and that's probably just the way Apple likes it.
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