Apple not losing its Touch

There's so much new and useful in Apple's revisions to the iPod line that my first draft of this column went a terrifying 60 percent over my maximum word count.

So I'll try this again and get straight to it:

Apple has abandoned the Nano's comfy and ergonomic "stick of gum" shape for a squatter design that's more Oliver Hardy than Stan Laurel. But it's still wafer-thin, and though it's a little more awkward to hold, it's an appealing design. It's sort of like what you'd get if Sanrio reinterpreted the iPod: big eyes, no mouth or chin.

The shape of the new Nano ($149/$199) was mandated by its larger screen and its ability to play video. The screen is still relatively tiny, but it's just large enough for comfortable viewing. This is thanks to its bafflingly sharp display, which boasts more than 200 pixels per inch.

The suffix-free hard-drive-based iPod line has been re-dubbed the iPod Classic ($249/$349). The top-of-the-line model boasts 160 gigabytes, which an independent panel of U.N. observers has deemed a "freaking huge" amount of storage.

Full article @ SUN Times

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