Alright, so the overall reaction from my household and from my chair was: meh. Well, okay, Jobs was back! Here are some of the highlights:

• iPod Classic same price at $249, now 160 GB up from 80 GB
• iPod Nano, starting at $149,   same size, now with video camera
• iPod Touch lowered price starting at $199, in 8/32/64 GB capacities, and a 50% speed boost for the 32 and 64GB models
• iTunes 9 : now with iTunes LP, better syncing, sharing media across home network, app home screen organization, kills Palm Pre syncing
• iPhone 3.1 is free, featuring a Genius DJ, refined App and iTunes Store, and bug fixes and minor UI changes. Update via iTunes.

I haven’t had much time to play with the new updates, as I’ve only just gotten iTunes 9 and iPhone 3.1 installed. Here are a few quick impressions, though:

iTunes 9

Definitely looks fancy pants-ier, and it even includes a Welcome video. The buttons are now 3D and the volume slider has a shadow on it. The iTunes Store has really been re-organized and is definitely much easier to navigate, and you’ll spend more time looking at content than waiting for new pages to load. I have also heard about a way to see iPhone apps by revenue, which should help non $0.99 apps get some loving…but I still haven’t found this magical list yet.

I also appreciate the extra syncing options with my iPhone. I can re-organize apps on my home screen from within iTunes now, and music, video, tv shows, and photo syncing have improved as well. They’re all now more compact, but feature more options than before. I like!

iPhone 3.1

There aren’t really any features here that I’m excited about. Voice control can now be called upon via Bluetooth, but I’d really much rather have AVRCP to control iPod volume remotely.  The App Store changed and can now do promo codes and gift cards (but I’ve also been doing this in 3.0 — eh?), and then there’s the ridiculous ringtone price of $1.29 within the iTunes Store app.

I think that this update really missed out in terms of possible updates to Spotlight and Voice Control. Those two features are really missing out on a lot of possibilities. I’d love for Spotlight to let me google things or look up map locations, and Voice Control could really use the ability to play a specific song instead of just an album or artist.

Anyway, those are all the impressions I’ve got for now. I’ll be playing with these updates for a while to come, so I’ll update this post if I see anything more worth mentioning. Chime in in the comments section if you’ve got something to add!

[in the rush to publish, forgot to credit great liveblogs of Engadget and Gdgt for the awesome, easy scrolling coverage]

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