Nothing too new or exciting from Apple this time around.

Storage Upgrades And Price Cuts

Obviously to fend off the upcoming Zune HD, which now looks rather pricey in comparison. Very nice, but not a dealmaker. I want an iPod Touch, and it still lacks a camera.

Genius For Apps And Playlists

Added a Genius feature for apps to rake in more cash. Lame. I wonder how long this new “feature” took. Probably all of 1 hour with one coder.

iTunes Gets More Bloated

Woo.

iPod Nano

The new voice recorder is great. It’s got a radio and allows pausing of radio, but no radio recording, which my Sandisk Sansa has. It has a video camera, but it can’t take stills for some reason. But I was right about design “reaching a limit” of sorts. This time around, no major design update, just a change to a glossier coating. The new finish is repulsive though. Instead of the clean brushed finish every other Apple product has, they chose to give it a glossy coat this time around, which gives it a rather cheap and ugly look. The only reason this change was made was probably for the sake of change. Just for that, I would not want to buy it. Plus I’m sure it would scratch much more easily.

No Upgrades to iPod Touch

I was hoping for a camera at least, but nothing. I’ll probably get an iPod Touch once it has a radio, video camera, camera, voice recorder and radio recorder, to match the features on my Sansa.