Where’s my Camera? and the September 9th Event

I still have the first generation iPod Touch. I never bothered to upgrade to the second generation. The only new feature was a built-in speaker. Big deal! So when I heard about the September 9th Apple event, and the chance of a new iPod Touch with camera, I got really excited. I really wanted an iPod Touch with a camera! The day of the event came, and I couldn’t wait to see what had happened. My teacher let me use a computer in class (PC) to look it up. I was amazed at what I saw. Here are the facts:

iPod Touch:

• Larger sizes: The third generation only comes in 32gb and 64gb sizes. The 8gb model is still the second generation. There’s no 16gb model.

• Faster processor: Games play faster. What else is there to say?

• Voice memos: You can now use the iPhone earbuds with microphone. They are included with the iPod Touch.

• Bluetooth 2.1: Faster Bluetooth

• NO CAMERA!!!

iPod Nano:

• VIDEO CAMERA!!! Video, but no still photos. Cool video effects.

• Larger screen: 2.2 inches (diagonal).

• FM radio: FM radio tuner with pause.

Other stuff:

• iPhone OS 3.1: Rearrange icons from within iTunes.

• iTunes 9: Interface changes. Home sharing.

I hope you found this interesting. Sorry about the big gap between posts.

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A Little Late, But…

I know it’s a little late, but this is interesting in my opinion. On July 17, all Mac OS 10.2- 10.4 users will have the correct date displayed on the dock icon for iCal. If you have Leopard, the only way to see this is to look at the icon for iCal that is in the applications folder. The site wasn’t working that day and I just now remembered. I hope you found this interesting.

We’re Sorry!

We are very sorry that MacKIds hasn’t been updated for so long. We were having technical difficulties and I did a garden at the county fair. We ended up switching it to WordPress. I also got an iPod Touch so hopefully I can do more posts as MacKids Mobile. Sorry about that quiet period. All the articles appear under the same day because when we took down the old site, I posted the articles from it on to the new one in the same day.

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