The Unemployed Writer

This isn’t partiuclarly related to the world of freelance writing, but as an avid technophile, it interests me nonetheless. It’s no real shock that the tech world has a mild orgasm every year when September and October roll around and the new products are announced, released and drooled over by anyone with dreams of great  big Christmas credit card bills in their future.

Apple announced this week that an entirely new line of iPods is being released by Christmas. It’s not a surprise as Apple tends to upgrade the iPod line annually, just in time for technophiles everywhere to throw out their old “last year’s” model and get the bigger, stronger, faster model. It’s an annual tradition in many households and has served to make Apple billions of dollars. This year is slightly different though, as this is also the year in which Apple released its much touted iPhone, essentially a half-baked telephone installed on an incredibly cool iPod for $499.

What this means though is that those individuals who have been seeking the next best technology but without the bloated service contracts and poor telephone service can now buy a new iPod Touch (as they’re cleverly calling it) for only $299. Additionally, you can purchase a larger 16GB model for a $100 more.

The classic models are stretching their wings a little as well and now come in sizes up to a whopping 160GB, more portable capacity than any “legally” buying music connoisseur could ever need. If enough space for 40,000 songs isn’t enough, throw a few hundred videos on there and you’ll be set for as long a trip as you could possibly take.

You’ve got to love the folks over at Apple. Even as I sit here knowing that they’re manipulating the dollars out of my wallet carefully, I look at these slick new pictures and start counting how many projects I need to finish to buy one.