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# Apple latest products: early reviews of iPod touch 4G, Ping, Apple TV and
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Nano
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## Apple has received mixed early reviews to the launch of its latest product
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updates: the iPod touch 4G, Ping, Apple TV with streaming and the sixth-
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generation iPod nano.
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TelegraphPlayer-7977488
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[Link to this video][1]
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[![Alastair Jamieson][2]][3]
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By [Alastair Jamieson][4] 11:00AM BST 02 Sep 2010
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[Comments][5]
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Apple **[on Wednesday unveiled Ping][6]** as a new music social network that
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could rival Facebook and Twitter, as well as a version of Apple TV that can
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stream movies and television shows directly from the internet
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Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, used a special press conference at the
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Yerba Buena Centre in San Francisco to outline Apple's new approach to music
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and entertainment services.
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"One of the biggest things we focus on with iTunes is discovery. There are
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more than 12 million songs to choose from, so how do you find new stuff?,"
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asked Jobs.
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"So we're launching Ping - it's a social network that's all about music. It's
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like Facebook and Twitter meets iTunes. You can follow your favourite artists
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and friends and discover what music they like and are downloading."
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## Related Articles
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* [First look at Apple TV][7]
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02 Sep 2010
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* [Apple TV and Ping unveiled][8]
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02 Sep 2010
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* [Chris Martin does nothing for Apple's brand][9]
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02 Sep 2010
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* [New Apple TV, iPods and Ping social network unveiled][10]
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01 Sep 2010
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**iPod touch 4G**
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Early reviews praise the range of functions, with **[Gizmodo describing it as
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a "killer gadget"][11]**.
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The website said: "An iPod touch with a camera. It's a powerful proposition.
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The fact that it can replace a camera makes it that much more powerful of a
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gadget, that much more of a threat to everything else--because that means it
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really can replace everything in a manbag or purse but the phone--iPod,
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camera, notepad, gaming device, the list goes on.
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"And it's everything that's great about the iPhone 4, but without the
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technological venereal disease that is a two-year AT&T contract. It's
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approachable, even to people who aren't super tech savvy--they can keep their
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simple, reliable phone on any carrier and use the iPod touch right along with
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it. That's a killer gadget."
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A review on **[Techradar][12]** said the device was "essentially an iPhone 4,
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minus the phone and SMS functions".
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"If you have yet to feast your eyes on the iPhone's 3.5-inch, 960 x 640 pixel
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resolution 'Retina' display, then you have yet to appreciate the vibrancy and
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quality of the images that are now available on the new iPod touch," it said.
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"This is sure to be a massive boon to students and younger users that either
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don't want (or, more likely, are not financially able) to get tied into long-
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term mobile contracts, yet still want to use their iPod touch for instant
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messaging and video calling.
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"It is, as we heard more than one punter mumble at today's London showcase, a
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potential game-changer. Although whether or not it will cannibalise the demand
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for Apple's iPhone 4 remains to be seen."
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However, Delvin Coldeway at **[CrunchGear][13]** was less impressed by the
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dual camera, noting: "The specs on Apple's page note that the new iPod touch
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only takes still pictures at 960×720. That's some nonsense. If the sensor can
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capture 1280×720 video at 30FPS, surely it's capable of better stills. On the
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other hand, If the sensor is only capable of 960×720 images and they're just
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stretching it to 1280×720, I'm going to have an image quality hissy fit."
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On Twitter, **[@DanPryce][14]** wrote: "With regards to the iPod touch 4G -
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it's probably not enough of an evolution to justify an upgrade for me. Next
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year, perhaps."
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**Ping **
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There were mixed reviews for Ping, the social network linked to iTunes**.
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[Blogger Om Malik][15]** hailed it as the "futue of social commerce.
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"It can tell me who my friends think are cool and the top 10 favorites of
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people in my social graph," he wrote. "Some of my friends are famous deejays.
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Others just have eclectic musical tastes. They can collectively sift through
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over 10 million songs and help with the discovery of music. This social-
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powered discovery is part of the biggest theme of our times: serendipity."
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**[Mashable declared][16]**: "We don't love Ping yet, but we don't hate it,
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either. We suspect that much of the network's value will be a wait-and-see
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proposition."
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It found plenty of evidence that Ping could emulate Myspace as a social
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network but also some flaws including the fact that users can only "like"
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three genres of music.
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"Moreover, the interface is still buggy and slower than molasses in January at
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the North Pole during a legitimate Ice Age. And that slowness is a big turnoff
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and an inherent factor of working within iTunes."
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On Twitter, **[@jasonmauer][17]** from Portland, Oregon, wrote: "Ping, the
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iTunes social network. like I want to spend more time in iTunes. it's like
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having a social network in prison."
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**Apple TV **
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Reviewers were less keen on the latest incarncation of Apple TV, which is
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geared towards streaming content rather than just storing it.
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Delvin Coldeway of **[CrunchGear][18]** said Apple had "undershot it a bit",
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adding: "There's room for a lot more functionality that could have been added
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without complicating the device, and I think that's going to be clear in
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comparisons with existing and new set-top boxes over the next few weeks and
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months."
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Matt Burns, also on **[CrunchGear][19]**, said it was "boring", adding that
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"that there's already a well-developed product on the market that not only
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competes directly with the new Apple TV, but in many ways, is vastly superior:
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The Roku."
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**iPod Nano (sixth generation) **
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There was also a broadly lukewarm response to the latest Nano, which Twitter
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user **[@realsameangland][20]** said was "a miniaturisation too far".
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**[PCPro][21]** said: "The new nano dispenses with the familiar iPod click-
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wheel, and replaces it with a square, 1.54in, 220 x 220 multitouch display.
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The only hardware buttons on the device are the power button and the volume
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controls.
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"Can multitouch work on a display that dinky? I'm far from convinced. While
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Apple has done its best to revamp the iPod UI for the new nano, problems
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remain."
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However, Delvin Coldeway **[CrunchGear][18]** said the Nano was "an amazing
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little device", adding: "I think they'll be very popular."
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## [Apple][27]
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* ### [News »][28]
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* ### [Retail and Consumer »][29]
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* ### [Alastair Jamieson »][30]
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* ### [Technology News »][31]
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