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Random thoughts on today’s Apple Event:

• I loved how Steve handled (yet did not handle) the health question at the outset. Masterful.
• For me personally, the biggest news is that iPhone backups are getting faster and hopefully the dropped calls issue is being put to bed. Both cause ongoing pain. Can’t wait for the 2.1 release on Friday!
  
• I like revisions to the Nano and Touch a lot and they make for a compelling Christmas lineup along with iPhone. I hadn’t heard the accelerometer was coming to the Nano and am pleasantly surprised. Being able to shake in order to shuffle your songs is awesome!
• Glad HD TV shows are on iTunes and that NBC is back. This will make the Apple TV a stronger competitor against Netflix and Amazon/TiVo.
• $2.99 for one TV episode in HD feels pricey to me, but perhaps I just need to adjust.
• The iPod Classic is rapidly becoming the fruitcake that’s somehow always around at Christmas, yet few seem to want to eat. I give it one more year tops.
• I will have to play with the Genius feature in iTunes 8 before I know if I like it. Last.fm and Pandora have never been great at finding or pairing music for me.