MacWorld Keynote HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT for me

Sorry but I knew going into it that a iPhone no matter how awesome just wouldn't be up my ally.  I was watching for the sole intent of awaiting the news of a new iPod Video that played widescreen.

I feel that we are step closer as the iPhone plays video widescreen.  But the drawbacks are it's integrated with the phone, it only has 8GB tops for storage space and it's $500 starting price with two year contract with Cingular (an AT&T company whom which I'll never do business again).

I'll admit though the phone features are nice...but I am not interested.  In Rochester, NY we are not that dependant on mobile technologies.  I don't depend on a mobile phone 98% of the time.  I live by e-mail and IM and I am always close to it.

For me the thrill of having a Widescreen iPod video was intense.  After getting a Shuffle for Christmas I was getting even more excited to get a full iPod so I can watch my video podcasts and shows.  MacRumorsLive.com totally set me up for a depressing day by literally saying in one line "Widescreen iPod".  I flipped out.  Then I learned later that it was integrated into the phone.  Total let down.

Paul Thurrot bashed Apple for not even mentioning the Macs or Leopard. He said "Why not call it iPodWorld?"

I agree Paul especially with no new iPod announcement, heh. 

But what is with the totally irrelavent Microsoft digs.  One being a three year old quote from Paul Alchine about how he would buy a mac...but failed to stated the context it was in.  It was an e-mail to Steve Balmer and Bill Gates about how they needed to go in a new direction in Vista because they weren't being innovative enough.  They listened and started rebuilding Vista from the ground up.

Also, what was the deal with the graphic of how the sales of Zune were doing?  Just to rub it in.  Then I wonder were Apple fanboys get the pretentious attitudes from.  They have a great role model.

On a final note Apple annouced Apple TV, basically a dumb terminal to your iTunes collection so that you can STREAM it to your TV.  $299. Eh...uninspired...I'll get an Xbox 360 that similarly does all that and is coming out with IPTV.