Today the undeniably charismatic CEO of Apple Computer Inc., Steve Jobs, gave his keynote address to the Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco. As often he announced some new shiny things for people with roll-neck sweaters (and Backword Dave) to buy, including the iPod Shuffle—an iPod for runners. It has no moving parts, no screen, and holds 99 songs. Tracks stored on it play in random order. The page on Apple’s Website describing the new gadget carries an interesting footnote. Chewing gum sticks are shown propped up next to the machine itself and the caption to the image reads:
“iPod Shuffle: Smaller than a pack of gum and much more fun.(2)”
At the bottom of the page:
“(2) “Do not eat iPod shuffle.”
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Say “hello” to my parents’ new computer.
Haydn symphonies will work really well in the iPod shuffle – Joey dude ‘d be mixing and matching himself if he were around today. Here’s to the Surprise-Clock-Oxford symphony!
I’ve been spending much of this week at the BETT educational technology show in Olympia, and must have spotted at least as many iMac G5s as I did people.
Apple obviously realised that they’d be perfect for display stands (since the computer and monitor are built into the same slimline case, cutting down on both size and trailing wires) and have been plugging this away like mad.
Either that or everyone had exactly the same idea.