| Saturday, July 17, 2004 |
22:39 - Okay, so Newsweek still does have some value after all
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/newipods2.html
|
(top)  |
Wheee!
I knew they'd go to the integrated button/wheel for the next generation. Nice! Very nice.
The Think Secret report also noted that Apple's announcement of the new iPod models would be delivered through an "out-of-the ordinary publicity medium" rather than through a press event; the Newsweek issue is that medium and was first revealed at AppleNova, the official message board of Think Secret. According to sources, the cover story was written by technology reporter Steven Levy. The issue will be available on Sunday; Apple is expected to announce the new iPod models on Monday.
In our Saturday report, we also said that we were not able to confirm the prices of the new iPods, but that sources say they will be lower than those of current models.
60GB models are likely to be in the offing. Sweeet. Oh, and look—they've redone the main menu. "Music" is a better and more evocative name than "Browse"; having "Browse" and "Playlists" at the same level is sort of funky. This is likely to be better. And I've been wanting a more easily accessible Shuffle setting for a long time; right now it's in the Settings sub-menu, but I use it all the time (switching back and forth between randomized playlists and sequential albums), and it really needs to be in a place as easily accessible as the Shuffle button in iTunes (as opposed to being buried in iTunes' Preferences). Very good. I'm glad to see they're still hard at work incorporating user feedback into what's already an awesome piece of UI work, and making it better yet. The Pod People march on...!
|
|
Brian Tiemann
