Take a tablet, it’s only rock and roll.
By Benny Har-Even in Editorial
With the hype surrounding the possible release of an Apple tablet, the invitation that many tech publications have received for an Apple event on 9 September, should knock the idea that one will be appearing very soon firmly on the head.
The event features the tagline ‘”It’s only rock and roll, but we like it,” and features one of Apple’s distinctive dancers, striking a pose while holding an iPod, or possibly iPhone. Either way, the rumours are that this is just an iPod refresh, with the expectation that cameras will be making their way into the back of the iPod touch, and maybe ever the Classic, though that does seem a bit weird.
It’s also being held on 9/9/09, which is also the date that the Beatles catalogue is coming out remastered on CD, and that Beatles Rock Band is being issued on all the gaming consoles. I wouldn’t be too surprised if this coincided with the announcement of the Beatles music finally becoming available on iTunes – special edition Yellow Submarine iPod, preloaded with every Beatles album anyone? That’s my bet.
Thing is, if you’ve got an iPhone, it’s hard to get excited about iPod’s anymore. The advantage of an iPod are that it’s cheaper, you don’t get interrupted automatically by phone calls when you’re doing something vital, (like almost nailing a race when playing Need for Speed on the train morning), and you also don’t get woken up when your wife’s iPhone alarm goes off at 6:30 at top volume just because you’d increased her ringer volume the day before so she’d hear her phone when out and about.
Apple – is it too much to ask to have a separate volume control for the ringer and the alarms on an iPhone. If they announce nothing me than that on 9 September, I’d be happy.
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