Well, that's over.

Well, that's over.

Sep 05

It’s about 1:50 p.m. EST and it looks to me as though the big Jobsnote at One Infinite Loop in Cupertino is wrapping itself up.

It’s an interesting lineup of products. The new Nano would seem to be a sure-fire hit, with more memory than the current Nano and video capability. On the other hand, it’s fat.

Then there’s the iPod “Classic,” which was previously just the iPod, but I guess now has to be a “classic.” I’ll run with that; I have a fourth-generation 60GB model and it’s in use pretty much every day. New models are 80GB and *gulp* 160GB.

That’s right: 160GB. I consider myself to be an extremely obsessive music listener, and I have only managed to build up a little under 100GB worth of music.

I truly LUST for this device.

Finally, the iPod Touch, which is an iPhone minus the phone part. Literally. It’s got the touch screen, the iPod functionality, the organizational stuff, and yes, wifi with Safari and YouTube. Also, a new iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store that will sell you songs via wifi. 8GB and 16GB versions, $299 and $399.

That’s the intriguing part. Who will buy this? It’s got the glossy Apple user interface, it’s a neat portable web browser, you’ve got iPod functionality but only in smaller Nano-sized doses…so it’s like a smartphone, with no phone, and much less functionality. If it’s crackable, maybe there’s a lot to play with here, but if not…

Will there be an audience for this? Probably, because it’s Apple. Also, it’s gonna launch worldwide so all the overseas customers will want one yesterday.

Beyond that, it seems like a stopgap measure between the iPhone going down eventually in price once they’ve worked out the bugs and streamlined the process, and the current pricing of a $600 iPhone.

Anyway. I’ll take one 160GB iPod Classic, please. Now.