Today, Apple added the much anticipated 27 inch LED Cinema Display to the Apple Store online. This new size of LED Cinema Display has an amazing 2560-by-1440 resolution. Plus it’s IPS, just like iPhone 4, so off angle viewing and color accuracy are top notch. It also comes with an iSight, a microphone, 2.1 speaker system, and 3 USB ports built in. Basically, it’s a 27 inch iMac without the computer part. You can order one today for $999 and hopefully get it in a week or two.

Today, Apple quietly discontinued the 23 inch Cinema Display. This was expected considering it’s basically being replaced by the new 24 inch Cinema Display. The Apple Online Store lists the display’s shipping status as Discontinued. On a more positive note, the shipping is still free. The newer 24 inch Cinema Display has the new Display more »

The new LED Cinema Display is a great product, integrating an external display with a camera, microphone, and speakers. The one huge flaw with it is that it uses Apple’s Mini Display Port connector, something no computer except the new MacBook family has. What about all of us with “old” (read: really recent) MacBooks and MacBook Pros that lust after this device?

I sent off an e-mail to Steve Jobs asking this very thing. My e-mail and Apple’s response after the break.

Apple cranked out some new products today, but unfortunately, they seem to have done it in a really shoddy way. After the jump, I outline what I think are the strong points and the weaknesses of Apple’s product announcements today.