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I feel very conflicted about the iPod touch. On the one hand, I know that Apple doesn't really care about it, and is focused on the iPhone. I hate getting the s
by sabj 16y ago
I feel very conflicted about the iPod touch. On the one hand, I know that Apple doesn't really care about it, and is focused on the iPhone. I hate getting the same taste of Apple fascism via app store, etc, everything. However, it's quite compelling as a device for a lot of things, which does appeal. There is no viable competitor (at present) that fulfills the same niche; if Zune HD were updated more frequently and ran Android, that would be something a little better.
One use that really almost swayed me -- or would have, had I known before I left -- was when I was in China for some number of months last year. Touchscreen input + dictionary = WIN for character learning and study! So much better than just drawing with a mouse on nciku.
All of this is, I guess, a long winded way of saying that I am glad that they got around to updating it and if my old Zune 2.0 dies I will probably end up with something like this, bitter as I might be.
- BigZaphod 16y agoWhat do you mean "got around to updating it?" The iPod touch gets updated every year - just like the iPhone! Apple most certainly does care about the iPod touch. It sells like crazy.
- Zev 16y agoIt just seems like it gets less love, because the iPod touch is updated 2-3 months after the iPhone is. Really, its just because the products were announced 2-3 months apart and thats how the release cycle works out.
- mortenjorck 16y agoPart of the reason why the iPhone is usually a June release and the iPod Touch (and its music-focused siblings) are September releases is probably just necessity in terms of supply chain management. Launching the iPad in April was very likely a choice to keep release schedules in Apple's mobile unit optimally spaced; we'll likely see an April-June-September schedule for a number of years to come.
- bruceboughton 16y agoWhy would they launch all their great new tech for the iPod Touch instead of the iPhone? Especially if the iPod Touch is a lower-margin product. iPhone is clearly the more important product for them; this doesn't mean the iPod Touch isn't important though.
- ugh 16y agoNew iPods are traditionally announced in September, right before Christmas. That’s the way it has always been, nothing to do with love or hate. It would be stupid if Apple changed that, you don’t announce two high profile products at the same event. The iPod touch has also traditionally been ahead of the current iPhone, as far as I recall the iPod touch always had a slightly higher CPU speed. I don’t know how you could even get the idea that Apple neglects the iPod touch.
- sabj 16y agoFrom talking to iOS engineers.