New iPod: Touch and the Nano one, spearheads of new

Technology – By positioning liPod Touch like a vritable portable game console and by equipping the Nano dune will camra vido, Apple wants to touch a clientle even broader.

Apple does not make the things randomly. And if the firm the apple chose the iPod Nano plutt that Touch to receive the function vido on which everyone had bet, C `is for a trs good reason.

L `Nano iPod, with its 100 million D `exemplary couls is quite simply the most popular walkman numric in the world. To equip with the vido, D `a broader notch, D `a loudspeaker, D `a tuner FM and D `a podomtre, C `is to open the iPod Nano new uses and new customers… and to push the others to exchange to them « old man » Nano. One will be able for example transfrer the vidos (one hour maximum) on computer and the poster on YouTube. Without counting qu `149 euros into 8 Go and 179 euros in 16 Go, the iPod Nano are posed as an alternative allchante vis-a-vis small the camscopes SSD which N `does not offer so many functions.

L `iPod Touch, better qu `a portable console?

Do Nintendo and Sony have concern of facing offensive it iPod Touch? If it one believes of them the figures publis by, question N `has anything of causing.

According to give of ComScore, the account on the whole 21.178 titles of leisures and plays against 3.680 for the DS from Nintendo and 607 for the PSP. Of course, quantit does not say qualit. And D `lay out it a strong catalogue of plays of the titles more priss. But Apple has dj prouv qu `it can bind its products of the gravitational contents. The base installs of the iPod Touch (20 million D `units sold) has what to convince the diteurs of plays more the skeptics.

The proof, at the time of the keynote, Apple made to dfiler on scne some heavy lorries of the industry of the play vido which have adapt them hits for the iPod Touch. Assassin Creed II Discovery (Ubisoft) who leaves on iPod in Mrs. time that for the other consoles; titles headlight D `Electronic Arts like Madden NFL 2010, Need For Speed Shift, Command and Conquer and NBA Live or 35 plays signs Gameloft, the leader of the plays vido for mobiles.

iPod Touch for the occasional players

And to complete the dmonstration, Touch sees its performances increase with in particular the compatibilit Open GL ES 2. 0 identical it. Apple thus had good game to push the comparison with the portable consoles which N `do not have « D `multipoint tactile notch, not D `App Blind, and of the expensive plays » .

Remain that the « hardcore gamers » remain trs sensitive the brand image of their console and qu `they are not fond of delicacies multi-fonction pocket knifes. Let us guarantee that new Touch will sduira plutt occasional players. Let us point out qu `Apple has moreover baiss price of the iPod Touch 199 euros for the version 8 Go (against 229 euros), 289 euros for the 32 Go and introduced a modle 64 Go 379 euros. (Eureka Press)