The Apple TV was an unlikely star of the show at Apple’s holiday season product line unveiling in San Francisco last night. During a one-hour presentation CEO Steve Jobs gave an enthusiastic audience a few other surprises in the form of a refresh of the iPod series and a new social networking element to iTunes in Ping.
First off the mark was an update to the iOS4 operating system, iOS4.1. More than a series of performance fixes to make it more iPhone 3G-friendly, iOS4.1 adds high dynamic range (HDR) to photos taken on iOS4 products. The theory behind the technology is that for every picture taken the user will have an additional layer of under and overexposed prints to augment the original shot for best results.
More impressive was the inclusion of an entirely new gaming element, Game Center. Demonstrated by the upcoming RPG Project Sword by Gears of War developers Epic, users will be able to play against each other either as pre-existing contacts or can be matched automatically according to level of ability.
A new version of the iOS4 mobile operating system, 4.2, was previewed for a November release. Focusing on the iPad it will add the multi-tasking of iOS4 on iPhone with wireless printing and a media streaming facility dubbed ‘Airplay’.
The new line of iPods added greater iTunes functionality for the shuffle and nano. Genius mixes and playlists now come as standard across the entire line with the exception of the Shuffle.
The iPod shuffle has regained its buttons but kept its voice control features and will begin at €49. The nano has moved to a multi-touch interface that can rotate 180
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