Klondike is just a fancy name for that Solitaire card game we all know and love, so nothing new there, and iQuiz is a remixed version of the older iPod "guess which song this is" game. Vortex, meanwhile, is a circular, three-dimensional brick-busting game in the style of arcade classics Breakout and Arkanoid. All three titles were developed in-house by Apple, and both Vortex and iQuiz can also currently be purchased on the iTunes store.
Even if the new nano is the Gimli to the old nano's Legolas, it's nice to see both it and the classic getting more into games. Jobs also promises more iPod games coming to the iTunes Store (Hey! You know what would be awesome on the iPod? Peggle!)
Although not addressed during the event, it's assumed that the brand new iPod touch will join the iPhone in being unable to play any games purchased from the iTunes Music Store.
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Why should I go from a 30GB 5G to an 8GB Touch?
What a mistake...they should have gone with 1.8 inch drives.
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Peggle on iPod... Peggle on DS... both are good.
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Actually, it's more like the Paper Mario of iPods. Yeah, it's wide and short, but it's quite flat.
Instead of developing games for the HUGE all touch screen of the iPhone or iPod Touch, they decide to develop for this tiny shit!
What were they thinking? Let's get some games on that iPhone!
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Atleast you guys don't go around blatantly attacking the Zune.
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Couldn't have said it better. Harcode peggle fanatics are all about that portable peggle.
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NOW MY RECORD IN PARACHUTE IS WORTH NOTHING!
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Plus portable internet device = yes.
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Too big to be an mp3 player .. get any other iPod
Not enough GB for a video player .. get the Classic
Not a phone .. get the iPhone
Gimped communications .. get the iPhone
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And Zune for $199 reminds me of 60GB PS3 for $499. No wait, 80GB?
I wish the iPhone wasn't exclusive to AT&T;, because I'll be needin' a new phone soon, too...being to the fact that my phone now gets about...oh, say, 90 minutes of battery life at this point.
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And, I've heard the iPhone's screen is waring away. The chemicals kind of just... die.
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Don't be a twunt.
At least they fixed SOME THINGS with the touch. For example, no click wheel. Big screen........ um... I think that's it.
And yet, nearly any other PMP out there has no click wheel, and a big screen.
Halo 3 and the iPod touch come out.
A hybrid MS/Apple fanboy? That's impossible!
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Wait a minute... I use a mac... and I own an XBox360!? Oh, SHI-%^&[NO CARRIER]
I have that iQuiz. It's not bad. I don't want to play DS or phone wannabe games on the go. But something that uses my iPod library? awesome.
they messed up big time with the HDD-less iPod Touch. 160gb drive in that and I would have bought one NOW.
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And useful as a portable HDD...
As for the looks, I don't mind the new nano - except for those weak new colors. I'm guessing when people see it in person the bad attitudes will melt away and the haters will fall in love again. I would have to opt for the black one. That looks like a good iPod. I have the 8gig nano and a 30gig iPod video and the 8gig is amazing, excellent battery life, light as a feather, and by stepping down to a smaller iPod, I put more thought into what I'm putting on it, versus dragging everything I own on to a larger iPod, which for me has translated to hearing more music that I like, more often (when I put it on shuffle).
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And why an iPod over the other brands that offer better value? The design just kicks ass!
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I just bought my dad an Ipod 30GB a week ago, and I've barely had mine a year, then they release a new one.
Screw you, Apple.
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Sure it's a bummer (I mean, I bought the iPhone on launch day and it dropped $200 in price today!) but I can't say I'd want to wait and wait until 'the next thing' comes out... I'd be waiting forever! You need to learn to see the value in your usage for the last year. As for buying your dad a new iPod last week, well... It's been all over the internet for TWO weeks or more that Apple was having a big music-related event today. You might have waited if it was really going to bother you so much after the fact.