What? You Missed The Keynote?!
I can't believe it. You missed the Steve's keynote speech at Macworld Expo? What the %^&*@ is wrong with you?!
OK, OK... I missed it too. And as it turns out, half the people who were there in person missed most of it, because they were snoring. That's right: Boooorrrring.
To save you the trouble of searching out the scoop, here's the iPod news from Macworld, in no particular order:
1. You can now rent movies through iTunes. They cost $3, unless you want a movie you haven't already seen. If you want a new release, it costs $4, unless you want it in HD. For that, it'll cost you $5. (Newsflash, Apple: You're not going to drive Netflix out of business with prices like that.)
2. Select DVD titles will begin having iTunes-ready files on them in addition to the movie itself (just in time for the release of the MacBook Air, which has no optical drive). I wonder if these DVDs will be Mac compatible, unlike the PC content on every other DVD I have.
3. Applications that iPhone users have enjoyed are now available for the iPod touch: Mail, Google Maps, Notes, Weather, and Stocks. You can also add web shortcut icons to your main screen, and rearrange your icons. No, silly, it's not free. It's 20 bucks. You heard me. Now fork it over.
4. No, you still can't perform obscure functions like copy and paste.
OK, OK... I missed it too. And as it turns out, half the people who were there in person missed most of it, because they were snoring. That's right: Boooorrrring.
To save you the trouble of searching out the scoop, here's the iPod news from Macworld, in no particular order:
1. You can now rent movies through iTunes. They cost $3, unless you want a movie you haven't already seen. If you want a new release, it costs $4, unless you want it in HD. For that, it'll cost you $5. (Newsflash, Apple: You're not going to drive Netflix out of business with prices like that.)
2. Select DVD titles will begin having iTunes-ready files on them in addition to the movie itself (just in time for the release of the MacBook Air, which has no optical drive). I wonder if these DVDs will be Mac compatible, unlike the PC content on every other DVD I have.
3. Applications that iPhone users have enjoyed are now available for the iPod touch: Mail, Google Maps, Notes, Weather, and Stocks. You can also add web shortcut icons to your main screen, and rearrange your icons. No, silly, it's not free. It's 20 bucks. You heard me. Now fork it over.
4. No, you still can't perform obscure functions like copy and paste.
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