Official Thread - Apple Event - September 9th, 2008

[JohnAn2112]

...and iTunes 8 is up!

http://www.apple.com/itunes/

 

[silverpig]

Installing the 2.1 update now

 

[silverpig]

Nice speed from the servers... Only a few minutes to download the 246.3 MB update.

 

[Parasitic]

Why do iPhone owners have to wait until Friday?

 

[bigrash]

I really hope Nike+ comes to the iphone with the software update. The Apple site has been updated to show the ipod touch 2nd gen only. grrrrr!

 

[UNCjigga]

8GB iPod touch is $30 too expensive. In fact, they're all too expensive given the incremental changes. Might be worth it if Apple added a GPS, but they didn't. The "built-in Nike+ipod" is a joke--why not add a GPS receiver and sell the software separately, with or without Nike branding (as it would work with *any* shoes?) Oh, right, because you have a marketing deal with Nike. Idiots. Unless, of course, the "built-in Nike+ipod" means that they DID add a built-in GPS, and just aren't advertising it??

Anyway, without GPS, the pricing should align as follows

8GB - $199
16GB - $249
32GB - $349

Those are my reference prices, and I'm sticking to them. Won't be getting one unless someone buys it for me. I'll stick with my B&W 20GB iPod just a bit longer...

 

[silverpig]

Hmm, I did the download, backup, and update, but iTunes prompted me to install 2.1 again. The "About" section on my iPod says 2.0.2 is installed. I guess the first time it didn't work? Trying again.

 

[silverpig]

There was a problem downloading the iPod software for the iPod "silverpig's iPod". The requested resource was not found.

wtf? I already downloaded it. Did apple nuke it and take it down?

 

[UNCjigga]

So how does the upgrade process work? Do you have to download iTunes 8, upgrade/restart, then download the corresponding iPod/iPhone update? Or can you update using an older version of iTunes? Methinks you have to upgrade iTunes first.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: UNCjigga
So how does the upgrade process work? Do you have to download iTunes 8, upgrade/restart, then download the corresponding iPod/iPhone update? Or can you update using an older version of iTunes? Methinks you have to upgrade iTunes first.

I'm not sure, but I downloaded iTunes 8 first, then restarted iTunes. It recognized my iPod and said new software (2.1 update) was available. I let it download and install. It went through the normal backup process, then the install, then the verification. My iPod restarted and when it connected to iTunes, iTunes said that the 2.1 update was available. I checked the iPod and it says it only has 2.0.2 installed. I told iTunes to download and install the new version and it now says the requested resource was not found.

 

[Kaido]

No Nike running kit for the iPhone?? Hope the hackers can port it!

 

[abaez]

Originally posted by: UNCjigga
8GB iPod touch is $30 too expensive. In fact, they're all too expensive given the incremental changes. Might be worth it if Apple added a GPS, but they didn't. The "built-in Nike+ipod" is a joke--why not add a GPS receiver and sell the software separately, with or without Nike branding (as it would work with *any* shoes?) Oh, right, because you have a marketing deal with Nike. Idiots. Unless, of course, the "built-in Nike+ipod" means that they DID add a built-in GPS, and just aren't advertising it??

Anyway, without GPS, the pricing should align as follows

8GB - $199
16GB - $249
32GB - $349

Those are my reference prices, and I'm sticking to them. Won't be getting one unless someone buys it for me. I'll stick with my B&W 20GB iPod just a bit longer...

It does work with any shoe. You just need the shoe attachment now instead of buying both.

 

[umrigar]

Today at the Apple store online:

refurb ipods:

8 GB touch 179
16 GB touch 239
32 GB touch 319

4 GB nano 3G still 99
8 GB nano 3G 129

80 GB classic 179
160 GB classic 279

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: abaez

Originally posted by: UNCjigga
8GB iPod touch is $30 too expensive. In fact, they're all too expensive given the incremental changes. Might be worth it if Apple added a GPS, but they didn't. The "built-in Nike+ipod" is a joke--why not add a GPS receiver and sell the software separately, with or without Nike branding (as it would work with *any* shoes?) Oh, right, because you have a marketing deal with Nike. Idiots. Unless, of course, the "built-in Nike+ipod" means that they DID add a built-in GPS, and just aren't advertising it??

Anyway, without GPS, the pricing should align as follows

8GB - $199
16GB - $249
32GB - $349

Those are my reference prices, and I'm sticking to them. Won't be getting one unless someone buys it for me. I'll stick with my B&W 20GB iPod just a bit longer...

It does work with any shoe. You just need the shoe attachment now instead of buying both.

But that still requires an external sensor. My point was that a built-in accelerometer and GPS wouldn't require any attachments to your shoes, and could be used for other things (i.e. biking, hiking, skiing, etc.) Bones in Motion does this with their BiM Active software--only requires a mobile phone with GPS.

 

[Kmax82]

Does the new 2.1 firmware include the Shuffle "Shake" skip from the Nano?

 

[mshan]

New iPod Touch apparently has a bluetooth chip in it: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Fi...d/iPod-Touch-2G/Page-4

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: mshan
New iPod Touch apparently has a bluetooth chip in it: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Fi...d/iPod-Touch-2G/Page-4

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