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Sorry this is a day late but I’m going to give a quick re-cap of what has happened today at Apple’s Townhall meeting. Thanks to Gizmodo; and Ars Technica.

Note: Gizmodo has a great write up here. I’m going to give my opinions below.

The Shuffle:
What’s New?
·New color: Red
·1Gb for ~$80
What’s Bad?
·Just a new color? Considering the prices of flash memory (I have a 16GB flash drive, yes, they do have one small enough here), and the sizes of it, I would have expected at least a 2GB Shuffle. But only a color change? NEXT!

Nano
What’s New?
·Video
-screen 320×240 or a 2″ screen
·Battery life (24hrs music or 5hrs video)
·Full metal design
·Brighter display
·Cover flow (shuffling through songs/albums using coverart as a guide)
·8GB and 16GB for ~$150 and $200 respectively (what a great price!)
·Red Nano (again for charity)
·Games
What’s Bad?
·Shorter but fatter… I liked the original size of the Nano, slim, thin and not too wide. This new one is considerably wider, but there does need to be room for video…

iPod Classic
What’s New?
·New Name
·Full metal design
-thinner
·80GB and 160GB! for ~$250 and $350
-40hrs music and 7hrs video battery life
What’s Bad?
·We’ll get to that at the end…

iPod Touch
What’s New?
·Think iPhone without a phone
·WiFi (802.11b/g compliant)
·Safari *shudders*
·YouTube interface
·Google/Yahoo search interface
·Facebook interface
·Battery life of 22hrs music or 5hrs video
·Profile thinner than iPhone
What’s Bad?
·Storage
-8GB and 16GB for ~$300 and $400 respectively which is a meager size storage for a slightly hefty price.
·iPhone is now on 8GB and is priced at $400 instead of $600 which was the debuted price a couple of months ago.
·YouTube, Google/Yahoo, Facebook interfaces?

The Verdict
As nice as the iTouch is with the 16GB of storage, I am very torn in getting one versus and 2G (2nd generation) iPhone. With the current price of the iPhone compared to the 16GB iTouch, I’m tempted to wait out the 7 months I have left with Verizon and switch to AT&T. But then again, I don’t want to use my phone, my primary source of contact, as my media player, draining the battery considerably. Maybe I will get the iTouch… but 16GB? I think Apple would have been better off making the iTouch with a hard drive instead of going flash. BAH! Moving on to the Classic, I love the increase in storage, the longer battery life, the slim profile. Good job. Same goes for the Nano, making a portable video player more affordable to everyone. As a result, Apple’s stocks were even yesterday and pre-market today (8:35am EST), stocks are down… Someone isn’t too happy…