3 Twitter Insights from the Latest Apple Ipod Launch

2010-09-04T00:00:00.000-07:00

If Steve Jobs announced that iOS 4.2 would be coming to iPhone during his keynote a the special music event yesterday,

 I missed it, but thatÕs what Apple.comÕs new preview page says:

Look for iOS 4.2 coming in November for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.1

(That footnote reads Ònot compatible with all models so likely iPhone 2G and iPod touch G1 miss out again).

Yesterday during Apples annual Special Music Event Steve Jobs announced that the iPod touch was more popular than both

Nintendos DS and Sonys PSP combined. Jobs also said more than 1.5 games and entertainment apps have been downloaded

by iPod touch devices to date.However, as every gadget and gaming blog has since pointed out, while iPod touch has sold in the mid tens of millions of units

(Apple doesn't often break them out), Nintendo's DS series has sold 132 million all on its lonesome, so take this with a biggest mobile company type grain of salt.

1. sofiawantsfunÊand a lot of people said "Walkman beats iPod in Japan, if only for a moment:

 Sony's music gadget surpasses Apple's iPod in sales in Japan fo...Êhttp://bit.ly/cZnXaI".

This CNET article is simply linkbait. It doesn't mean much only that Iphone has not penetrated the Japanese market since it's not a japanese company!

2. TheWordMagazine said Let us have a moment of silence for the iPod Classic 2001-2010 *pours malt liquor at crossroads*#apple

Like most people --I thought Jobs meant "all ipods" when he said "we're updating "all ipods". I turns out, the classics are not "ipods" anymore!

3. laurablowhÊsaidÊÊCanÊAppleÊTV transform living-room experience?: International Business TimesThe company has already tied up with A...Êhttp://bit.ly/9cezsw

At 49 dollars, this is cheaper than most media players released by Asus etc.ÊÊThis will give apple a fighting chance in the living room. Alas, but not me as

I've a mac mini to control the big screen monitor. In this case, I do want a computer and not some "simple" streamer.

Now if only I can get the apple tv software on a mac!

What will distinguish iOS 4.2 on iPhone from iOS 4.1? Only a few things leap out at me:
 1. Wireless printing, so we can shoot docs from our iOS device to a receptive paper printer. (Not word on compatibility requirements yet though). 
 2. AirPlay, which takes AirTunes to another level with streaming video and pictures, and should let us beam content from iPhone or iPod touch to the new Apple TV.

(Perfect to take a movie to friends or family). 
 3. Find text on web page, finally. In Safari, easily search for and highlight specific words and phrases. 
Most importantly, does this mean well finally see Grand Unification of iOS in our lifetimes?

Have the forces of fracture failed? Developers will hopefully find out soon. Consumers get it in November.

Article inspired by:http://ipodtouchtricks.net/

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3 Twitter Insights from the Latest Apple Ipod Launch