Apple @ MacWorld Tokyo

rschroeder writes "Apple updated several products at MacWorld Tokyo tonight (or tomorrow morning). A $499 10-gig iPod, with, get this, custom laser engraving on the back, ($49 extra) and vCard support. They also announced a $49 USB bluetooth module, shipping in April, with beta drivers availble today. Among other tricks, Jobs synced a Clie with a mac via bluetooth. Also a new 23" (1920x1200 )Cinema Display. Jobs also said they're raising the price of the iMac due to LCD and RAM cost increases. All this courtesy MacMinute.com's live coverage." Maccentral has several stories about Jobs' keynote at the convention.

Comments

Clie & Bluetooth

[xirtam_work]

one thing I sure that no one has mentioned yet is that Sony haven't released the Bluetooth memorystick for the Clie yet. That was one of the reasons I got rid of mine. Moving over to the Palm m515 with a bluetooth card is much easier than hanging around having to use the IR modem on my Ericsson T39 and the Clie.

Moving in the right direction

[RageEar]

Thank God Jobs got off of his megalomaniacal pedestal for long enough to point the company in the right direction.

I've always loved Apple, being raised on them as a child. Only when I entered college and wanted to play the latest games did switch from a Mac to a Wintel platform. But I always had hope that Apple would somehow turn themselves around.

And, lo and behold, the seemingly permanent "interim" CEO has made leaps and bounds with the company.

With the influx of the various digital media into society, I find myself wanting a Mac more and more each day. With a new Mac equipped with FireWire, USB, and wireless (and a BSD-style kernel) I would be a very happy geek.

Anyone have a cool $2000 laying around that I could use to buy myself an iMac or iBook? ;)

Your coolness factor could drop a lot...

[niftyeric]

if you actually did more than talk about your cool new iPod and showed your friends your "cool" new iPod. ;)