It is that time of the year, again. Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference, one of the few events where Steve Jobs with his rock star status presents, or should I say, perform his famous keynote.
Developer from all around the world gathered on this conference. This is when Apple showcase new upcoming technologies for its product.
Early 2006, Apple had announced a couple of iPod accessories products. One of it is the infamous iPod Hi-Fi. It is a speaker system developed, manufactured and sold by Apple Inc. It acts as a Hi-Fi quality sounding speaker for your iPod, and it did just that.
The product didn’t gain any traction, and was discontinued by the end of 2007. I would actually love to see a revamp version of iPod Hi-Fi. The new iPod Hi-Fi 2.0 would have some new features. Not talking about build-in FM tuner, alarm clock or anything mediocre like that. Here are two of my suggestions to the Apple engineering team for the next version of iPod Hi-Fi.
“Is that the iPhone?”
“No. It’s just an iPod Touch”
When I meet new people, I store their contacts on the address book on my iPod Touch. People mistakenly thought it is an iPhone.
“Is that a PDA?”
“No it’s just an iPod Touch”
I note down appointments on my iPod Touch using the calendar app. It syncs with iCal when connect it with my Mac. I take notes and create to-do list using the Notes app on my iPod Touch I then mail it back to myself if I want a copy on my Mac. People mistakenly thought it is a PDA device.
“Is that an Internet tablet?”
“No it’s just an iPod Touch”
Whenever there is a wifi signal I can get on, I check my email, surf the web, watch YouTube video and sometime use Google Map to figure out where the hell I am at or where I’m going. People mistakenly thought it is an Internet tablet of some sorts.
Apple is pushing the web browser envelope with their Safari web browser, using the WebKit open source application project since last fall. Safari had grown a lot since it was first introduce as the OSX browser. There is a version of Safari for Windows. It (WebKit), also runs on mobile devices, the iPhone and the iPod Touch.
And the iPhone and iPod Touch SDK might just be based only on Safari, here is why.
I’ve been touched. I got myself an iPod Touch while I was at Singapore recently. There should be a t-shirt with the phrase “I went to Singapore and all I got was an iPod Touch” on it. Apple’s iPod’s are a little bit cheaper in Singapore then it is in Malaysia.
I bought my iPod Touch at Club 21 over at Cineleisure Orchard road. They were having an offer, buy a MacBook Pro and get a free Xbox 360.
Owning an iPod Touch is like having a slim sexy hot supermodel for a girlfriend. First few hours with it was intimidating. Then when you get to know each other closer, you know where to touch, what to touch, things gets better.
Just like your hot supermodel girlfriend, the iPod Touch will turn heads when you go out with it. People will come up to you and ask about your iPod device. They have no interest in you by any means, just your iPod.
I was at some pasta restaurant, while waiting for my food to arrive, I took out my iPod Touch to search for an open wifi signal I can use.
“It’s that an MP4 player? It’s very slim. Oh it’s the new iPod. You can surf with that? can you open Facebook on that?” said the waitress.
Hot sexy supermodel girlfriend, are very choosy. The iPod Touch is same in a way that, its very choosy about what media or data it accepts. You can only use iTunes to sync, transfer media files to your iPod Touch. Music, video, and photos, everything need to sync to your Touch via iTunes. You can’t just dump any video format on it and expect it to play.
Most sexy supermodel girlfriend need to accessorize. You will end up buying tons of things from jewelry, shoes to expensive clothes. The iPod Touch is no different.
I’m currently looking for a case for my iPod Touch. I need a speaker or stereo attachment so that I could listen to it at my room with out the earphone. I also need a new Mac, my PowerBook G4 with USB 1.1 takes decades to sync my Touch. A new in-car stereo head unit with a iPod attachment or a AUX port so I could listen to my iPod in my car. Heck may be I should get a new car. The iPod FM tuner gives a not-so-good audio quality.
I welcome any recommendations.
So far it sounds like such a hassle, but when you got to play with it, touch and pinch, your sexy slim supermodel girlfriend, in this case I mean the iPod Touch, it is all worth it.
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