<![CDATA[Gizmodo: new ipod touch]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: new ipod touch]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/newipodtouch http://gizmodo.com/tag/newipodtouch <![CDATA[Apple Roundup: iPod Nano Review, iTunes 9 Walkthrough, Jobs on Stage]]> ...And iPod Touch gets screwed! Yesterday Apple unveiled a few new toys. Best of the lot was the new Nano, now with built-in camcorder, and iTunes 9, with media sharing, iPhone app management and a store makeover.

• iTunes 9: Everything You Need To Know

iPod Nano 5th Gen Review

• More on new iPod Nano: Full Story, Hands On and First Video Samples

• iPod Touch Update--and What It Is Missing (Spoiler: A Camera)

New Colors, Sizes for iPod Shuffle and Classic

• The Best Surprise of All: Steve Jobs' return to the stage; here's the video

Missing anything? Here's the full coverage of Apple's Only Rock and Roll event.

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<![CDATA[Hands On: The iPod Nano Video Interface Is Smooooooth]]> It's cheap and it's small. But how does the new iPod nano's video actually work? Check out our interface clip here.

I'll admit, the UI performance is impressive. The loading animation scales at a very high framerate, and then four video filters can be previewed at once—in real time. Sure, X-ray and Cyborg footage is too hokey for most of us to ever actually shoot with, but Apple's certainly made the experience painless enough...you know, other than on your eyes.

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<![CDATA[The New iPod Nano Shoots Video, Plays Radio]]> As well-documented by the "word on the street," the fifth generation iPod nano is also a video camera...and radio and a pedometer and a voice recorder too...and it's available today. Details:

• Video camera (640x480)
• NO STILL CAMERA
• Integrated mic
• Integrated speaker
• FM Radio!!!!! That you can pause!! And iTunes tag!
• One-click YouTube uploads (through your computer)
• Voice Over like Shuffle
• Pedometer with Nike+ syncing online
• Voice Recorder
• 2.2-inch screen that's .2 inches larger than last model

Starting today, the 8GB nano will cost $150 while the 16GB comes in at $180. (So why buy the 8?) What's the biggest surprise here? The camera we knew about. But the radio? The video support? The total lack of still camera support? I do have to admit, however, if it's this or a Flip, the nano is certainly more tempting.

Apple Introduces New iPod nano With Built-in Video Camera

World's Most Popular Music Player Now Available in Nine Brilliant Colors

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today introduced the new iPod nano®, adding a video camera, mic and speaker to the world's most popular music player. Music lovers can now shoot video wherever they are, view it on their iPod nano and use their computers to easily transfer their videos to YouTube. The new iPod nano features an ultra-thin and sleek design with a larger 2.2-inch color display and gorgeous polished aluminum and glass enclosure. iPod nano also features a built-in FM radio with live pause and iTunes® Tagging, as well as a built-in pedometer. The new iPod nano is available today in an 8GB model for $149 and a 16GB model for $179, and comes in nine brilliant colors including silver, black, purple, blue, green, orange, yellow, (PRODUCT) RED and pink.

"iPod nano is the world's most popular music player with over 100 million sold," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "And now we've added a video camera to its incredibly thin design, without any additional cost to the user."

iPod nano features a larger 2.2-inch display for easier navigating, enjoying album art, or shooting and viewing video clips. iPod nano is ultra-portable so users can shoot video wherever they are, in either portrait or landscape. iPod nano customers can share videos instantly with friends using its display and speaker, or sync with a Mac® or PC and share them on YouTube, MobileMe(TM), Facebook or via email.* iPod nano can even shoot videos with fun real-time effects such as Thermal, Film Grain, Kaleido and X-Ray.

iPod nano now has a built-in FM radio with live pause and iTunes Tagging. Live pause lets iPod nano users pause and resume playing their favorite FM radio shows. iTunes Tagging is great when users hear a song they like, they can simply tag it, and then preview and purchase that song when they sync to iTunes.** iPod nano also features Genius Mixes, which automatically creates up to 12 endless mixes of songs from your iTunes library that go great together.

iPod nano is also now an even better workout companion with the new built-in pedometer. iPod nano can keep track of your steps taken and calories burned, helping you meet your short and long-term fitness goals.

iPod nano provides up to 24 hours of music playback or five hours of video playback on a single charge. The 8GB model holds up to 2,000 songs, 7,000 photos, eight hours of video and seven hours of captured video; and the 16GB model holds up to 4,000 songs, 14,000 photos, 16 hours of video and 14 hours of captured video.***

iPod® is the world's most popular family of digital music players with over 220 million sold. Apple's new holiday lineup includes iPod shuffle® in five great colors starting at just $59; iPod classic® in a new 160GB model holding up to 40,000 songs for $249; the new iPod nano with a video camera available in nine brilliant polished aluminum colors starting at $149; and the revolutionary iPod touch® now starting at the breakthrough price of just $199.

Pricing & Availability

The new iPod nano is available immediately for a suggested price of $149 (US) for the 8GB model and $179 (US) for the 16GB model in silver, black, purple, blue, green, orange and pink through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. The 8GB and 16GB iPod nano in yellow and (PRODUCT) RED are available through the Apple Store (www.apple.com) and Apple's retail stores. iPod nano requires a Mac with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS® X v10.4.11 or later and iTunes 9; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 3) or later and iTunes 9.

*MobileMe is available to persons 13 and older. Annual membership fee and Internet access required. Terms apply.

**Currently available only in the US on radio stations that support iTunes Tagging.

***Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information. Music capacity is based on four minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; photo capacity is based on iPod-viewable photos transferred from iTunes; and video capacity is based on H.264 1.5 Mbps video at 640-by-480 resolution.

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<![CDATA[iPod Classic Gets More Storage, Shuffle Gets Colors and a Special Edition]]> The iPod Classic just got bumped up to 160GB for the old price of $250. The Shuffles are now at $59 for 2GB, $79 for 4GB and come in black, silver, pink, green and blue. They're all shipping today. Updated

The Special Edition version comes only in 4GB, and it being polished stainless steel, weights a bit more. Phil Schiller, in an interview with Brian, said that the process for doing the special edition in stainless steel was different than the aluminum models. It costs $20 more. The heft of the special edition makes it feel more special, said Brian. But I'm not sure if it's $20 more special.

Apple's iPod shuffle Now Starts at Just $59

World's Smallest Music Player Now in Five Great Colors

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today announced that iPod shuffle®, the world's smallest music player and the first music player to talk to you, is now available starting at just $59 in five great colors. iPod shuffle's intuitive controls are conveniently located on the headphone cord, letting you navigate and enjoy music without even looking. With the press of a button, you can play, pause, adjust volume and switch playlists, plus the VoiceOver feature lets iPod shuffle speak song titles, artists and playlist names. The iPod shuffle is available worldwide today in a new 2GB model for just $59 and a 4GB model for $79, and both models come in silver, black, pink, blue and green.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090909/SF72800)

"iPod shuffle is the world's smallest music player and now comes in five great colors starting at just $59," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "iPod shuffle is so small that you almost forget it's there, yet remarkably, it holds up to 1,000 songs and talks to you."

iPod shuffle is based on Apple's incredibly popular shuffle feature, which randomly selects songs from your music library. iPod shuffle features a sleek and ultra-wearable design with a built-in stainless steel clip. iPod shuffle users can easily clip it to almost anything and take it everywhere.

In addition to the Apple Earphones and Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote, third party manufacturers including Sony, V-MODA, Klipsch and Scosche are supporting built-in headphone controls and Belkin and Scosche offer built-in headphone adapters allowing users to enjoy iPod shuffle with their own headphones.

iPod® is the world's most popular family of digital music players with over 220 million sold. Apple's new holiday lineup includes iPod shuffle in five great colors starting at just $59; iPod classic® in a new 160GB model holding up to 40,000 songs for $249; the incredible new iPod nano® with a video camera available in nine brilliant polished aluminum colors starting at $149; and the revolutionary iPod touch® starting at the breakthrough price of just $199.

Pricing & Availability

The third generation iPod shuffle is available immediately for a suggested price of $59 (US) for the 2GB model and $79 (US) for the 4GB model in silver, black, pink, blue and green through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. A 4GB special edition polished stainless steel model is available in a 4GB model for $99 (US) through the Apple Store (www.apple.com) and Apple's retail stores. iPod shuffle comes with the Apple Earphones with Remote and the iPod shuffle USB cable. iPod shuffle requires a Mac® with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS® X v10.4.11 or later and iTunes® 9 or later; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista, Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 3) or later.

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<![CDATA[iPod Touch Third Generation: Now Up to 64GB]]> As expected, the iPod touch third generation is here. It comes in 8, 32, and 64 GB—for $199, $299, and $399. The new 32 and 64GB version has a faster processor, 50% faster. Just like the iPhone 3GS.

Also like the iPhone 3GS, the graphics processor in the new iPod touch has OpenGL ES 2.0 capability. No wonder they are pushing so much on the gaming front.

No sight of the rumored camera. A lot of case manufacturers are going to spend a lot of time fixing holes.

Do you wonder where the camera went? Here you have some answers.

Apple Introduces New iPod touch Lineup

New Breakthrough Price of $199

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today announced the new iPod touch® lineup starting at the breakthrough price of just $199, giving users a great iPod®, a great pocket computer, a great game player and access to Apple's revolutionary App Store with over 75,000 applications. iPod touch features Apple's revolutionary Multi-Touch(TM) user interface, a gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen glass display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a built-in accelerometer and speaker - all in an amazingly thin metal design that slips easily into your pocket. The 8GB iPod touch is now available for just $199, along with new models which deliver twice the capacity for the same price, with the iPod touch 32GB model for $299 and 64GB model for $399.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090909/SF72778)

"At just $199 the iPod touch is the most affordable gateway to Apple's revolutionary App Store with more than 75,000 applications that you can wirelessly download right into your iPod touch," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "You get a great iPod, a great pocket computer with the industry's best mobile web browser and a great game player, all in this super-thin beautiful enclosure."

iPod touch is a great iPod for enjoying music, television shows, movies and podcasts. iPod touch has incredible features for music fans such as Cover Flow®, Shake to Shuffle(TM), and access to the legendary iTunes® Store. And now, the new iPod touch supports Genius Mixes, which automatically creates up to 12 endless mixes of songs from your iTunes library that go great together. Movies and television shows look great on the gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen display. iPod touch customers have the entire iTunes Store catalog at their fingertips, giving them instant access to the world's largest catalog of over 11 million songs, TV shows and Hollywood movies to purchase and download directly to their iPod touch.

iPod touch is a great game player with its built-in accelerometer, revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface, its amazing graphics performance and the over 20,000 game and entertainment titles available on the App Store. With support for peer-to-peer connections, the new iPod touch gives users the ability to play multi-player games with people next to them or around the world. iPod touch customers can add new game titles from the App Store over Wi-Fi anytime and anywhere.

iPod touch is a great pocket computer, letting users surf the web, do email, manage their calendars, organize contacts, and use social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. With its award-winning Safari® web browser, iPod touch users can experience the Internet like no other pocket-size device. iPod touch comes with the latest iPhone(TM) 3.1 software including: Cut, Copy and Paste; Spotlight® Search to search across iPod touch or within Mail, Contacts, Calendar and iPod; landscape keyboard for Mail, Notes and Safari; remote lock for MobileMe(TM) and anti-phishing features.

Apple's App Store is a phenomenal success with a selection of over 75,000 apps available and customer downloads topping a staggering 1.8 billion apps. iPhone and iPod touch customers in 77 countries can choose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories, including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. The App Store works with iPod touch over Wi-Fi so users can discover, purchase and download apps wirelessly and start using them instantly.

iPod touch features up to 30 hours of music playback or six hours of video playback on a single charge. The 8GB model holds up to 1,750 songs, 10,000 photos and 10 hours of video; the 32GB model holds up to 7,000 songs, 40,000 photos or 40 hours of video; and the 64GB model holds up to 14,000 songs, 90,000 photos or 80 hours of video.* The 32GB and 64GB models also include up to 50 percent faster performance and support for even better graphics with Open GL ES 2.0.

iPod is the world's most popular family of digital music players with over 220 million sold. Apple's new holiday lineup includes iPod shuffle® in five great colors starting at just $59; iPod classic® in a new 160GB model holding up to 40,000 songs for $249; the incredible new iPod nano® with a video camera available in nine brilliant polished aluminum colors starting at $149; and the revolutionary iPod touch starting at the breakthrough price of just $199.

Pricing & Availability
The new iPod touch is available immediately for a suggested price of $199 (US) for the 8GB model, $299 (US) for the 32GB model and $399 (US) for the 64GB model through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. iPod touch requires a Mac® with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS® X v10.4.11 or later and iTunes 9; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 3) or later and iTunes 9. Existing iPod touch users can update to the latest 3.1 software for just $4.95 (US) to enjoy new features including Genius Mixes and Genius for Apps. iPod touch owners who already have the 3.0 software get the 3.1 software update for free. Simply download the latest version of iTunes onto your Mac or PC, and purchase the 3.1 software update via iTunes.

*Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information. Music capacity is based on four minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; photo capacity is based on iPod-viewable photos transferred from iTunes; and video capacity is based on H.264 1.5 Mbps video at 640-by-480 resolution.

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<![CDATA[Apple It's Only Rock And Roll Liveblog: Now Live]]> Oh Hello! Apple's iPod event starts at 10AM PST. We've got our autorefreshing liveblog and a new livepoll so you can share your thoughts with us. So, what do you think will happen today? Update: Fixed technical problems. [live.gizmodo.com]

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<![CDATA[Apple Part Numbers Confirm New iPod Classic, Nano, and Shuffles In Colors]]> AppleInsider is claiming that these are the part numbers for the new iPod line up. There's no mention of the iPod touch. Otherwise it will be an even more boring event than expected.

MC027LL/A - IPOD NANO 8GB - SILVER
MC031LL/A - IPOD NANO 8GB - BLACK
MC034LL/A - IPOD NANO 8GB - PURPLE
MC037LL/A - IPOD NANO 8GB - BLUE
MC040LL/A - IPOD NANO 8GB - GREEN
MC043LL/A - IPOD NANO 8GB - YELLOW
MC046LL/A - IPOD NANO 8GB - ORANGE
MC049LL/A - IPOD NANO 8GB - RED
MC050LL/A - IPOD NANO 8GB - PINK
MC060LL/A - IPOD NANO 16GB - SILVER
MC062LL/A - IPOD NANO 16GB - BLACK
MC064LL/A - IPOD NANO 16GB - PURPLE
MC066LL/A - IPOD NANO 16GB - BLUE
MC068LL/A - IPOD NANO 16GB - GREEN
MC070LL/A - IPOD NANO 16GB - YELLOW
MC072LL/A - IPOD NANO 16GB - ORANGE
MC074LL/A - IPOD NANO 16GB - RED
MC075LL/A - IPOD NANO 16GB - PINK
MC293LL/A - IPOD CLASSIC 160GB - SILVER
MC297LL/A - IPOD CLASSIC 160GB - BLACK
MC306LL/A - IPOD SHUFFLE 2GB - SILVER
MC307LL/A - IPOD SHUFFLE 4GB - GREEN
MC323LL/A - IPOD SHUFFLE 2GB - BLACK
MC328LL/A- IPOD SHUFFLE 4GB - BLUE
MC331LL/A - IPOD SHUFFLE 4GB - PINK
MC381LL/A - IPOD SHUFFLE 2GB - GREEN
MC384LL/A - IPOD SHUFFLE 2GB - BLUE
MC387LL/A - IPOD SHUFFLE 2GB - PINK

The good news of iPod classic lovers: It's still alive at 160GB. And the shuffles come in colors now. Wheeee! Or something like that. Tune in to our liveblog. We are there already!

[AppleInsider]

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<![CDATA[Cheaper iPods Briefly Appear Before Apple Event]]> Update: New iPod touch 64GB is $399. 32GB touch moves to $299, 8GB is $199. The iPod Classic has been bumped up to 160GB for $250. And the Nano? Well, it's got a shiny new camera.

See above for links to our latest Apple coverage.

The actual new prices differ to what we saw earlier today. Maybe Apple's Web guys didn't get the memo...

At about 8am EST this morning, the Apple Store had listed the following prices:
The 32GB touch is now $279 (down from $399), the 16GB is $249 (was $299), and the 8GB model is $189 instead of $229. Could a 64GB model arrive at Apple's event today?

At about 8:30am:
The nano has now also been slashed. It's now at $129 (8GB) and $149 (16GB), while the Classic is down to $229 (was $249).

At about 10am:
Apple store down ahead of today's event. [Apple Store] Thanks Max, and @Galaxius.

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<![CDATA[Apple Event Liveblog: It's Only Rock and Roll]]> Tomorrow—September 9, 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific time—Apple is starting up the day with a new round of iPods. And perhaps something else. Come early to Gizmodo's Apple liveblog, and enjoy the new realtime poll system under your thumb.

The new poll system—developed using Wordpress and Polldaddy by our friends at Mekanism--will allow you to give instant feedback about your gut reaction to the keynote. Jason and Brian will be inside the Yerba Buena Center to give you live photos and commentary. And while the show starts at 10am, they will tell you about the latest developments live from the entrance.

Click here to access the liveblog.

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<![CDATA[All the Apple Event Rumors: Is It Only Rock and Roll?]]> This Wednesday Apple is having an event titled It's Only Rock and Roll, but we like it. I'm sucker for the Stones, but only rock and roll? Here is the complete guide to all the rumors and midnight ramblings:

Most likely

New iPod touch: All iPod models have been discontinued in the stock databases, so new units are a given, even if they arrive to the shops later than expected. The only question is the feature set. Would it have a new camera? Looks very likely, as new cases pop absolutely everywhere. New storage capacities? It is a very strong possibility. A new processor, once again leapfrogging the iPhone? Perhaps new materials? We will see about that.

• New iPod nano: Like the iPod touch, the nano will see an update, adding a camera to it. We still don't know if anything physical will change, but it's not likely, looking at the multiple cases.

• New album features: This one was confirmed by the record labels—although Apple always has the last word on what goes into each release. It seems they have been jointly developing new interactive features to encourage the purchase of full albums. The project is called Cocktail, and it's aimed to "reproduce the album experience." It may be new glorified PDF-like documents, or some interactive stuff. I don't know about you, but if it's something I can't touch, I can't get no satisfaction.

Likely

• New iPhone OS update: Knowing that a new iPod touch is coming, and about the new features in Cocktail, a new iPhone OS 3.1 update will probably be a must too.

• The end of the classic iPod: Looking at the sinking sales of the big honky tonk iPods, this may be their end, hopefully getting replaced by a 64GB iPod touch. As much as I loved it—had every single model until the iPhone came—it's time to leave them in the memory motel.

Unlikely

• Apple tablet: We had high hopes for this one, but unless Apple decides to pull a rabbit out of their magic hat at the last second, it looks like the the fabled Apple tablet is not going to happen this time. You can't always get what you want, but you can get what you need.

• Beatles remastered: As much as I want this to happen—and even while tomorrow The Beatles Remastered box sets will be released—I don't think the Beatles on iTunes is on the cards. This rumor comes again and again, every single year, and it never gets realized. This year, look at the invitation. There is no way that Apple would have used the Rolling Stones if the Beatles were coming to the iTunes Music Store. In fact, if sounds like Steve's way of saying: "Fuck it, we need no bloody Beatles, innit?"

The One More Thing

• You know us and our sympathy for the devil: We are all still holding our breaths to see Steve back in the show and tell game. If he doesn't, we are going to pass out. So let's spend the day together, Mr. Jobs.

Photo by Brad Immanuel

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<![CDATA[iPod Touch Second Generation Rocks Our Socks Off]]>

The new iPod touch is out. It has a new design: chrome rim, with a tapered back similar to the iPhone, but thinner. It now includes external volume controls as well. It also has Nike+ integrated with no transmitter needed (you still need the in-shoe transmitter, but it has an RFID receiver built-in) as well as on-the-fly genius playlist creation, all included in the new iPhone 2.1 software. It also comes with new prices, available today: $229 for the 8GB, $299 for the 16GB, and $399 for the 32GB. That's $100 cheaper than before. Here are all the features:

• 3.5-inch display.
• Volume controls.
• Accelerometer.
• 802.11 b/g wireless.
• Built-in speaker.

But the most important things are:

• The Nike+ is now built-in, with a matching application and without the need of transmitter with the in-shoe RF transmitter on sale separately (as it always has been) for $19. It doesn't require a receiver however, as it comes with it built-in. Looks like the leaked shots.

• The Genius playlist. There's an atom icon up, below the play/pause icon on the Now Playing screen. If you click it, it will create a Genius Playlist of songs that you may like based on the currently playing song.

Apple Introduces New iPod touch

The Funnest iPod Ever - Perfect for Music, Movies & Games

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple(R) today introduced the second generation iPod(R) touch featuring an amazingly thin contoured metal design, a gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen glass display, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi wireless networking, integrated volume control buttons, a built-in speaker for casual listening, a built-in accelerometer and other advanced sensors, and Apple's revolutionary Multi-Touch(TM) user interface. iPod touch, now available for just $229 for the 8GB model, is perfect for playing music, movies and games, with millions of songs, thousands of Hollywood movies and hundreds of games available on the iTunes(R) Store.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080909/AQTU545)

"iPod touch is the funnest iPod we've ever created," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "Users can listen to millions of songs, watch thousands of Hollywood movies and now, thanks to the App Store, download and play hundreds of great games on their iPod touch."

The new iPod touch is smaller and lighter than the original, with a sleek new design that features a contoured metal enclosure with integrated volume control buttons and a brilliant 3.5-inch widescreen glass display. With its rounded edges, flush display and curved, more compact design, the new iPod touch is more comfortable to hold and more portable than ever.

iPod touch users can choose from hundreds of exciting game titles such as "Spore Origins" and "Scrabble" from Electronic Arts, and "Real Football 2009" from Gameloft available on iTunes or directly through the App Store application on the iPod touch. The revolutionary App Store works over Wi-Fi, enabling users to browse, purchase and wirelessly download applications directly onto their iPod touch and start using them instantly. The App Store features an incredible array of applications in a wide variety of categories, including games, travel, entertainment, social networking, sports and much more.

iPod touch works seamlessly with iTunes so you can import, manage, and then easily auto-sync your favorite content. With up to 36 hours of music playback or six hours of video playback on a single charge, the new iPod touch is the ultra-portable way to enjoy your favorite music, TV shows, movies and games on the go. The 32GB model holds up to 7,000 songs, 25,000 photos or 40 hours of video; the 16GB model holds up to 3,500 songs, 20,000 photos or 20 hours of video, and the 8GB model holds up to 1,750 songs, 10,000 photos and 10 hours of video.*

The new iPod touch works with the new iTunes 8 Genius feature, allowing customers to automatically create playlists while on the go. Users can preview the playlist Genius creates, refresh the list to choose different songs and save Genius playlists to enjoy again later.

The new iPod touch also features built-in Nike + iPod support making it an incredible workout companion. Users simply place the optional Nike + iPod sensor ($19 US) in their Nike + shoe to seamlessly connect with the new iPod touch to track miles run or sync with the latest generation gym equipment.

The iPod is the world's most popular family of digital music players with over 160 million sold. Apple's incredible new lineup includes the iPod shuffle in four vivid new colors starting at just $49; the iPod classic in one slimline model with 50 percent more capacity for the same great price — 120GB of storage for just $249; the fourth generation iPod nano featuring a gorgeous curved metal and curved glass enclosure, in nine vibrant colors starting at $149; and the second generation iPod touch now starting at just $229. iPod owners can choose from a vast ecosystem of accessories with over 5,000 products made specifically for the iPod including speaker systems, fitness accessories, fashionable cases and iPod connectivity available in over 90 percent of new car models sold in the US.

Pricing & Availability

The new iPod touch is available immediately for a suggested price of $229 (US) for the 8GB model, $299 (US) for the 16GB and $399 (US) for the 32 GB model through the Apple Store(R) (http://www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. iPod touch requires a Mac(R) with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS(R) X v10.4.10 or later and iTunes 8; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 2) or later and iTunes 8. Existing iPod touch users can update to the latest 2.1 software for just $9.95 to add the new Genius feature. iPod touch owners who already have the 2.0 software get the 2.1 software update for free. Simply download the latest version of iTunes onto your Mac or PC, and purchase the 2.1 software update via iTunes.

*Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See http://www.apple.com/batteries for more information. Music capacity is based on four minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; photo capacity is based on iPod-viewable photos transferred from iTunes; and video capacity is based on H.264 1.5-Mbps video at 640-by-480 resolution.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its
award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.

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<![CDATA[Apple Let's Rock Liveblog]]> Jason Chen:
You guys all see the last minute rumors? 7:05 am ON Sep 9 2008

B. Lam:
Good morning. Chen and I had a sleep over. We're eating shakes and Hong Kong milk tea. Just thought I'd tell you that. Wait, is this my Twitter window? 7:13 am ON Sep 9 2008

B. Lam:
testes testes 1,2,3

Jason Chen:
The line is surprisingly short for T-minus 2 hours or so to an Apple event. Smaller arena = smaller audience = not as many people. Still see the same old faces though.

B. Lam:
Testing testing la la la. 8:20 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
It's cold and dreary, even for SF standards. It's as if Zeus already knows that the announcements are going to be disappointing. Suck it Zeus. 8:35 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
Oh and please post your comments here. Go go!

Jason Chen:


Jason Chen:
We are such dorks. 8:42 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
We're inside the cordoned-off area, where we're again lining up to go inside. 70 minutes left. I'm hungry. 8:49 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
Oh yeah and thanks to Brian for letting me sleep and drool on his couch last night. Much better than trying to drive in here from Fremont at 6 AM.

Jason Chen:
Oh, and post your obligatory &#8220;what do you expect to see today&#8221; over in the comments. 8:54 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
9:04 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
Is it me, or are the people in line slightly better looking than usual? Here's to you, guy who looks like that guy on Season 4 of Buffy, who Buffy dated and then killed (?) or was cut from the show. 9:09 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
Note to Jesus: stop sending me stories of your European conquests when I am trying to type here.

Jason Chen:
Seriously though, where is John Mayer? Is John Mayer here? I really want to see John Mayer here. I'm going to be inconsolable if he doesn't show. 9:17 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
I wonder how Steve Jobs prepares for these things. Rehearsing? Making an underling rehearse for him? Staying up all night watching random collegehumor videos? Ironing his jeans? Ironing his underwear? Ironing his skin? Eating three bags of Doritos? Trying on pants suits? Shadow boxing? Re-installing Office 2008? Renewing his subscription to Field & Stream? Baking a cake? Baking an erotic cake? Shooting silver nano-particles into his bloodstream? Yelling at his neighbors? Driving to 7-11 in a riding lawnmower? Punching a dog in the face? Punching a baby in the face? Punching a baby dog in the face? 9:26 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:


Jason Chen:
From right to left, guys who are decreasingly happy that their picture is being taken by a little Chinese guy. 9:31 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
Has anybody else noticed that Fake Steve Jobs looks JUST LIKE Adam Frucci + 30 years? 9:32 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
Guy in foreground: Mark McClusky from Wired. Guy in background: unidentified guy practicing his O-face for the event.

Jason Chen:
Right: Adrian Covert concentrating intently on something or other. Left: Me, losing my hair in real time.

Jason Chen:
I think it's time. Back in a bit.

Jason Chen:
False alarm. Everyone is just clumping at the entrance. Some jerks next to me are making fun of Palm OS. 9:38 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
We're inside. Prime location. Right in the middle.

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
The music is definitely more &#8220;rock&#8221; than last time. No one's throwing up the horns yet, as far as I know. 9:49 am ON Sep 9 2008

B. Lam:
Nikon rig is a GO. Rolling stones are playing, Hendrix was playing &#8212; start up music's a lot more&#8230;rock-y.

B. Lam:
Without fail, every apple liveblog triggers a urinary response of great urgency to those who attend. So I hear.

Jason Chen:
If someone handed me a plastic guitar, I could totally four-and-a-half star this song in Rock Band. 9:54 am ON Sep 9 2008

B. Lam:

Liveblog nerds at the ready.

Jason Chen:
If Jesus Diaz Blanco were here, all the females in attendance wouldn't just be immediately impregnated, they would be immediately in their second trimester. That's how fertile this man is. I, on the other hand, have just made all of them sterile. Sorry ladies.

Jason Chen:
Two black iMacs are on stage, as they often are. Looks like there's going to be a software portion of this show. Some lady is filming me with a huge ass camera. Hey lady, I see you.

Jason Chen:
Lights are dimming! SAX SOLO ALMOST DONE!

Jason Chen:
Steve Jobs is strolling out on stage; skinny, but energetic. 10:00 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
Music is going to be the main topic today. First up is iTunes.

Jason Chen:
The store has 8.5 million songs, 125k podcasts, 30k episodes of TV shows, 2.6k Hollywood movies and 3k applications for iPhone and iPod touch. The crowd claps, inexplicably. Do these people have stock?

Jason Chen:
iTunes is now the #1 music distributor in any format, ahead of Wal-Mart and Best Buy.

B. Lam:


B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
Today they're adding HD TV Shows. $2.99 for HD shows, $1.99 for regular SD shows. You can watch them on Apple TV and your computer.

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
NBC is coming back to iTunes! Monk, The Office, Battlestar Galactica, 30 Rock, Heroes and some more.

Jason Chen:
All these shows will be in high def as well as standard def.

Jason Chen:
Also coming today: iTunes 8!

Jason Chen:
What's new? Accessibility (voice over), New Browsing, Genius (like the rumors said). 10:05 am ON Sep 9 2008

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
in iTunes 8, you can now browse albums by albums cover, and toggle Albums, Artists, Genres and Composers in the tabs at the top. Ex: for any artist, you can scan through all their albums if you scrub over their icon, just like in iPhoto.

B. Lam:



Jason Chen:
Genius: &#8220;Automatically make playlists from songs in your library that go great together - with just one click.&#8221; Essentially the rumor that we had before, with iTunes automatically making a playlist based on what music you already listen to.

Jason Chen:
The Genius sidebar also makes recommendations from the iTunes store, which shows you songs from the store (some from other artists) that &#8220;go great&#8221; with your current songs.

B. Lam:



Jason Chen:
Genius information gets sent up to the cloud, to iTunes, to feed them your musical tastes. It's sent anonymously, plus it's opt-in. Nobody will link you with your crappy taste in music.

B. Lam:



Jason Chen:
The combined info of you and other iTunes users will combine and be analyzed by Apple, and generate results to tailor your music library every week.

Jason Chen:
Now a demo of browsing. Jobs is choosing an Aretha song—Respect, natch—and then going over to browsing albums by Genres and Composer. This also works for movies and TV shows. 10:10 am ON Sep 9 2008

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
JOHN MAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!`1`1`

Jason Chen:
OMFG JOHN MAYER!!!!!! HE IS PLAYING JOHN MAYER GRAVITY OMG ALJA;SLDKFJALS;DJFKLAS;JDFKL;ASDFJKL;SADFJ

B. Lam:

Journalists groan at the mention of JM.

Jason Chen:
Sorry. Ahem. Jobs was demonstrating the Genius feature. Pick a song, make a Genius playlist out of it, then look at all the songs that are just like it in that playlist. It's Pandora, essentially.

Jason Chen:
I think Jobs played that John Mayer just for us.

Jason Chen:
iTunes 8 is available today at Apple.com.

Jason Chen:
Now we're moving on to the iPod. In July, the iPod has a 73.4% marketshare in the US.

Jason Chen:
Sandisk has 8.6%, Microsoft has 2.6%, and &#8220;Other&#8221; is 15.4%. Not too bad, Microsoft.

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
Steve Jobs talks about third-party manufacturers &#8220;announcing products before we even want them to.&#8221; &#8220;It's not funny.&#8221; 10:15 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
iPod Classic: currently, it's being offered in thin and thick: 80GB and 160GB. The 80GB is being upgraded to 120GB, and the 160GB is being discontinued. Same as the Zune.

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
The 120GB can fit 30,000 songs. Moving on!

Jason Chen:
The iPod nano is next. They're going through the generations of iPod nano, saying that the 2nd gen (tall and silver) was much beloved. But the third had video.

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
The new nano: it's exactly what we've seen. Skinny, rounded, and a lot like the 2nd gen Nanos. Portrait aspect ratio plus the exact same resolution display. It's oval, and just as tall as the iPod Nano 2G.

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
The display takes up almost exactly half the front. Jobs is holding it up to the camera for a closeup. He's got a nice looking wedding ring too.

Jason Chen:
The front is curved glass, it's the &#8220;thinnest iPod ever&#8221;, has an enhanced user interface plus an Accelerometer. The body is curved aluminum. You can create Genius playlists directly on the nano.

B. Lam:




Jason Chen:
The new UI has longer menus, icons next to songs and full sized album art. Photos and video can be displayed in landscape mode. If you push and hold the center button, you get a pop-up menu with Genius, add to on-the-go, browse album and browse artist. Similar to the scheme you have in the iPod Touch/iPhone now.

Jason Chen:
The iPod nano even has a voice recording feature when it detects a microphone attached.

B. Lam:


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Jason Chen:
While the music is playing, he can rotate the nano sideways to get coverflow mode (like the Touch and iPhone). Apple definitely took a lot of design elements from the two touchscreen devices to make this.

Jason Chen:
New feature! Shake to shuffle. Shake your iPod and it starts shuffling.

Jason Chen:
JOHN MAYER AGAIN OMG SHUFFLE!!!!!

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
Now photo viewing. Thumb through photos with the clickwheel, switch to landscape then back to portrait.

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
Battery life: 24 hours music, 4 hours video. Jobs reiterates that it's the thinnest iPod ever.

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
He's now talking about the environmental concerns that Apple's thinking about. These new nanos are using arsenic-free glass, BFR-free, mercury free, PVC-free and highly recyclable. Jobs says it's the &#8220;cleanest&#8221; most &#8220;toxic free&#8221; iPods they've ever made. 10:25 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
The nanos now come in a whole crapload of colors. Black, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, violet BUT NO WHITE.

Jason Chen:
$149 for the 8GB model, $199 for the 16GB model.

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
8GB should be in stock today, 16GB early next week at the latest (probably this weekend).

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
They're also announcing accessories including headphones and armbands. The headphone, actually, has an in-band control feature to have volume control, playback control (next, prev, play pause) from the button. There's also a microphone on the back that works with the voice recording app. These will be $29 next month.

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
Apple's also announcing a new in-ear headphones, with two drivers each (woofer + tweeter) and will be $79. Jobs says &#8220;they finally got it right this time&#8221;, which is good because the old in-ear ones kind of suck.

Jason Chen:
New iPod nano ad coming up. All the different nano colors flying on screen to arrange the rainbow lineup you saw earlier. Sort of like the New Line movie studio logo, if you remember how that looks.

B. Lam:
10:30 am ON Sep 9 2008

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
The iPod Touch is also being redesigned. The Touch now is thinner, with a contoured steel design. What's the same? a 3.5-inch display, accelerometer, 802.11b/g and the app store. What's different? An integrated volume control on the side, a speaker, and Genius playlist creation.

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
There's Nike+ iPod! Built in to the iPod Touch. BUILT IN to the iPod. The receiver is built-in to the iPod Touch, so no receiver necessary.

Jason Chen:
It's unclear whether the Nike+ hardware is only in the new ones or if the old Touch or the iPhones can do this. Will look out for any info on this.

B. Lam:







Jason Chen:
Now Jobs is demoing the Genius playlist creation directly on the iPod Touch. Pretty much what you'd expect, and the playlist will remain on your iPod for as long as you want.

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
As for the App Store, people have downloaded 100 million apps in 60 days. Not sure how many of these are paid and how many are free.

Jason Chen:
The wireless App Store is available in 62 countries as of now.

Jason Chen:
The Genius button is at the top of the now playlist list, under the scrubber where you can fast forward through the song. Click that and you can make a Genius playlist. 10:35 am ON Sep 9 2008

B. Lam:


B. Lam:
Is Iron man out yet?

Jason Chen:
He's showing Iron Man, and saying that the screen is great to watch movies on. Adrian says David Lynch would disagree.

Jason Chen:
Jobs is now inviting Phil Schiller on stage to demonstrate some unreleased games on the iPod Touch.

Jason Chen:
First up Spore Origins, which we've seen before. Spore, which actually isn't all that much fun. Think flow, on the PS3, but with a really disgusting microbe as your guy.

Jason Chen:
Brian says: &#8220;That's what herpes looks like. Gonorrhea maybe.&#8221; I defer to his expertise.

Jason Chen:
Someone is laughing crazily in the background. He must be watching a different keynote than we are.

Jason Chen:
Schiller says: &#8220;the graphics are incredible, and the game play is just&#8230;&#8221; Yeah, he really likes it. 10:40 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
Now Gameloft's Real Soccer 2009. Shipping today. He's picking US vs. Italy, customizing his uniforms and picking a stadium. Graphics are PS1-level 3D, but the 2D stuff looks nice.

B. Lam:



B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
The game overlays a D-Pad and A/B buttons on screen, so your fat fingers will be all over the bottom of the screen, blocking part of the display.

Jason Chen:
Now Need For Speed: Undercover. Customize your car, deliver a package across town. Not too bad graphics, actually, in terms of 3D. No Maggie Q like on the console version though. :(

B. Lam:





Jason Chen:
Graphics are nice, but the game itself is kind of buggy right now. Comes November to iPhone and iPod Touch.

Jason Chen:
The iPod Touch also works with the new headphones previously announced. Battery life is 36 hours for music, 6 for video.

Jason Chen:
The environmental checklist is the same as the nano (scroll down to check it out). 10:45 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
&#8220;This is the funnest iPod ever.&#8221; – Steve Jobs

Jason Chen:
The 8GB is $229, 16GB is $299 and 32GB is $399. All available starting today. Here's an iPod Touch ad.

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
The ad focuses on games, which includes shaking, gestures and screen pressing. There's also music tacked on there at the end to show that it's still an iPod. &#8220;Funnest iPod ever&#8221; is the catchphrase used.

Jason Chen:
The iPod Touch has software 2.1, which includes Nike+ and Genius playlists. First-gen iPod Touch owners get a free update from 2.0, but if you haven't, it's $9.95 to 2.1 from 1.x. Updates are available today.

B. Lam:

(Forgot to upload this earlier &#8212; this was the first slide Jobs came out to.)

Jason Chen:
iPhone owners get a 2.1 software update that &#8220;fixes lots of bugs.&#8221; Significantly improved battery life, fewer call drops, crashing problems, increased speed for iTunes backups and various other fixes.

Jason Chen:
The iPhone update is free and will be available this Friday.

Jason Chen:
Steve Jobs is kind of wrapping things up, saying that these are the best iPods and iTunes ever. 10:50 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
Jobs says that whenever there is a music event, he wants to remind the customers that they're music-oriented. Is it John Fucking Mayer???!

Jason Chen:
#1 selling male artist in iTunes history. NOOO! Jack Johnson?!?!?

B. Lam:

B. Lam:


Jason Chen:
Yeah, Jack Johnson. I guess he's alright. Not too shabby, but we're still disappointed.

Jason Chen:
Sorry for the lack of updates&#8230;I'm sobbing uncontrollably.

Jason Chen:
10:55 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
John Mayer, if you're reading this. Email me.

B. Lam:
(How about this D300 &#8212; pretty nice shots for a sub $2k Nikon body.)

Jason Chen:
The event's wrapping up, but you should head over to Gizmodo for the rest of the day to see our updates, hands ons and impressions.

Jason Chen:
Jack Johnson's speaking now that his song is done. He says he's used to 20-something year old girls [not balding, overweight businessmen and media]. 11:00 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
JJ's firing up for a second song. Wee!

Jason Chen:
Jack says he's picturing his buddies in front of their computers, watching him sing a love song to his wife. You're alright, Jack. You're alright.

B. Lam:
This is definitely the most romantic liveblog I have ever done with Jason and Adrian.

Jason Chen:
Nice work Jack. Standing ovation, so we can't see anything but a sea of jeans. 11:04 am ON Sep 9 2008

Jason Chen:
It's over! Thanks for reading folks. Stay tuned for our hands-on coverage here. See ya!
Jason Chen:
We've got iPod Touch and iPod Nano impressions over on the site. Hit up the links to get to them. 12:15 pm ON Sep 9 2008

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<![CDATA[Last Minute Apple Leaks on New iPod Nano, Shuffle, Classic and Touch?]]> AppleInsider claims to have two independent sources confirming identical information about upcoming Apple iPod refreshes. The biggest overhaul appears to be on the iPod nano, which would explain all of the rumors we've seen on the device. It will come in nine colors and be the first non-touch iPod to support a motion/orientation sensor.

Shaking the player activates Shuffle Mode and tilting allows scanning of Cover Flow when the nano is held in landscape. The nano's storage will jump to 8GB and 16GB.

Not a lot of information on the iPod classic and iPod shuffle. The classic is said to come in two colors (probably white silver and black) with the shuffle available in five colors.

The iPod touch will have no color choices and retain the same storage options of 8, 16 and 32GB.

Oh, and the last juicy tidbit from the rumors: The new iPods are supposed to be available at Apple stores today. [AppleInsider]

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<![CDATA[What Is Going to Happen at the Apple Let's Rock Event?]]> Hoo-kai. We are almost there. The usual suspects are voicing their last minute, most obvious predictions for what is looking like the most boring event in Apple's history ever. At least, since Gil Amelio decided to give an exclusive interview to The Minnesota Carpets Quarterly Journal on the new flooring at One Infinite Loop. New colors, roomier iPod nano this, updated iPod touch that, flashy iTunes visualizer that other thing... Hereto we present you with the things that we think are going to happen today for sure, straight from our Rumor-a-thing machine. Pick yours and vote in our Special Giz Event "Let's Poll!" Poll:

The Apple Store is still up. Maybe there are going to be no new products today. I can already hear Steve:

Welcome to our Let's Rock event... SUCKAS! Hahahaha. You wanted to rock? Well, big news today! Phil, John and myself are going to form a band with John Mayer! And we are going to call ourselves: THE BEATLES! SUE MY ASS PAUL MCCARTNEY! Hit me on three, Phil!

Too bad that won't happen, because that would have been the best event in Apple history. Ever.

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