The OC Technophile

Yesterday brought us a ton of Apple news regarding iTunes, iPod’s, Geniuses, and new earphones. But was it more hype than substance?

The new iTunes 8 was released and while interesting, didn’t really unveil that much in new features. Ok, visualizations are nice, but the main addition was a feature called genius, where it samples your music selection and gives you advice on new music. We tried it, and while it works, isn’t perfect…

The new iPod Nano and Touch units were also unveiled and while thinner and lighter, just offered a few new features and lower prices.

Did it rock as the event title stated? It was a mellow list of updates and releases in our opinion. What’d you think? Leave it in the commments…

Apple is holding their media event tomorrow in San Francisco, and is expected to release new products, some iphone/itouch software upgrades, and maybe more. Kevin Rose of digg and revision3 fame, has pointed to a new itunes 8 software release, revamped ipod nano units, and lower iPod prices. Who knows until it happens, but hopefully the iPhone will see version 2.1 firmware to fix the bugs.