Pocket Universe

The best live coverage of Apple’s “The Beat Goes On” special event can be seen at Engadget. So far they have announced 99 cent ringtones, new Shuffle colors, and a new iPod Nano.

Update: Other announcements were the renamed iPod Classic in 80GB ($249) and 160GB ($349) models; the iPod Touch, which is basically an iPhone without the phone, with 8GB ($299) and 16GB ($399) models; and an iPhone price drop from $599 to $399.

Three hundred and ninety nine. Dollars.

They’re going to sell a million of these things. Excuse me…ANOTHER million.

No, not the game…apparently director Joseph Kosinski is slated to direct the sequel to the 1982 film “TRON”, described by some as one of the best movies ever made. The script for the new movie will be written by Eddie Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, two writers for “Lost.” Since many current animators were inspired by “TRON” (including John Lasseter of Pixar), I am excited to see what they come up with for the new movie. I will be disappointed if Bruce Boxleitner doesn’t at least get a cameo.