Apple “Let’s Rock” event info
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New iPods
If you missed the news of Apple’s big announcement on Tuesday, here you go. Apple released a new revision of the ipod nano and touch line. The new Nano, as seen above, is the thinnest ipod Apple has made so far. The new iPod Touch probably comes in as second or 3rd thinnest. The Nano has a built in chip that detects movement like shaking. Because of this chip, if you shake the Nano, it automatically shuffles through your songs, and when you turn it sideways, it goes into Coverflow. The new Nano goes for $149 for the starting 8GB model. The new Touch has new differences at all compared the the old Touch except for the fact that it has a new curved back like the iPhone 3G, and it has a built in speaker. The Touch also has the nifty built in Nike+ feature that used to ipod nano exclusive. The Touch goes for $229 at starting price. The iPod Classic also now only comes in 120GB for $249. New ipod shuffle colors weren’t announced at the event, they are also official.
New version of iTunes
Apple also came out with iTunes 8. This new version has a very smart feature that conveniently can make Apple money. The new feature is called the Genius. Genius, when activated, goes through your library, and goes into itunes selecting songs that would go with the songs in the library. NBC shows are also coming back to iTunes after a lot of arguments between NBC and Apple over the year and a half.
iphone/ ipod Touch Software updates.
The iPhone and iPod Touch also got software updates from 2.0 to 2.1. 2.1 improves all the bugs and crashes the Touch and iPhone had. The 2.1 update is 10 dollars for iPod Touch owners who didn’t update to 2.0 before.