So, What was so special about today’s Apple announcement? Well, you can now get an ipod with a camera, pretty useful depending on how the quality is, Classic ipods are here to stay, price drops, and o the new iphone/touch 3.1 update and iTunes 9…

Lets start with OS 3.1, now you are able to buy and download ring-tones for $1.29 right from you phone!   ? wait, so lets take a step back here, something you can easily do for free from your computer you are now going to pay $1.29 for just to download it right to your phone? even better, is it’s a 30 sec or less version of the song, and your paying MORE for this version then the original. does anyone else see the problem here? are we really that lazy? (don’t answer that) i mean come on, if you are going to download a 30 second version of a song, about 1/6 the length, wouldn’t you expect to pay, 1/6 the price? apparently people are dumber then they look and apple is taking FULL advantage of this.

Next, iTunes 9. New easy navigation, higher prices, previews from anywhere, basically the same apple song and dance. “New” features that should have been there in the 1st place and are common sense to have, but they make it seem like it such a big deal now. O i almost forgot, iTunes LP. again, something you can get for free by google search, you can now pay more to download album art, lyrics, liner notes, photos and “more”.  Even better is now you can post your wishlist and other fun information right to your Twitter and Facebook. yay just what i want to see, your overpriced links on my facebook wall.

the worst part about all of this is people actually pay for this crap.

anyone else annoyed yet? cuz i sure am. i would continue with the rant, but I’m getting too frustrated at this point.

Summary for those who wanna skip the BS, Apple is charging even MORE for 1/6 of a song and the “new” features are something that should have been there before.

-Zanson