Thoughts about the "Let's Rock" Apple Special Event

Just finished watching the Apple Special Event, where lots of new iPods and accessories are introduced. TUAW and Engadget have great coverage, and you can watch the Keynote Address at Apple’s site.

Here are the announcements I  liked:

• NBC is coming back to iTunes! It means I can get my fix of the new season of Heroes and Eureka. 
  
  
• Genius feature in iTunes – Steve Jobs explains it as a feature that can “automatically make play lists from songs in your library that go great together – with just one click” I played around with this feature a bit already, and it worked pretty good. I could see myself using this feature quite a lot. 
  
  
• The Genius side bar – It recommends music to complement your library and playlists. Seems like a great way to discover new music.
   
  

Thoughts about some of the announcements:

• Genius playlist creation in iPod Touch 
  It seems like a great feature, but the thing is I keep videos on the iPod Touch, which takes up space. Naturally, I don’t have much space for my music collection anymore. So without a big music collection on my Touch, I’m not sure if the value of Genius playlist creation will be maximized here. 
  
  
• New earphones, but...
  One of the thing with the Touch was you had to use the iPod Touch itself for play and volume controls. They finally come out with a pair earphone that has a remote and mic EXCEPT it doesn’t work with the previous iPod Touch. Bummer.
  
  
• Nike+ in iPod Touch
  This seemed like a feature that should be for the Nano. Personally, I don't think the Touch is really suitable for a sport accessory due to its size. 
  
  
• No white models!!!
  Oh yeah, and no white models of iPods. 

Source:

• TUAW
  
• Engadget
  
• Apple Special Event Keynote