About the new iPods

[Nostromo]

Plenty of news about the new iPods

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/live-from-the-steve-jobs-keynote-its-showtime/

The iPods are now cheaper, have better screens, better battery life, come with better earbuds and now supports gapless playback

About the Nano:

Now, let's take a look at the iPod nano. It is the most popular MP3 player in the world. So today, we're going to introduce an all new nano. It's made out of aluminum, and it's even thinner than the previous ipod nano
Maybe the most obvious feature is we're bringing back colors: Blue, Pink, Green, Silver, and Black. Battery life: 24 hours.

So, second generation nano: thinner alumninum case, 5 colors, 40 % brighter display, 24 hour battery.

2GB (aluminum only) $149
4GB colors $199
8GB (black only) $249

Here's the new Shuffle



About iTunes 7:

"We've added a View switch, a 3-position swtch. we've added a 2nd view called album view, so you can scroll through your music library and look at it by album. what if you ripped your CDs and don't have the covers? Today wer'e announcing free missing album cover art for all the music in your library if you have an iTunes acct. iTunes will automatically download it for free."
"But there's something even better. That's the third view, it's called Cover Flow view."

[LOOKS LIKE FLIPPLING THROUGH YOUR CD RACK]

And they'll compete with Media center PC's with something called iTV

[Tingkai]

f-ck,f-ck, f-ck

I just bought a 60gb ipod last night.

f-ck, f-ck, f-ck

[Asher]

The new regular iPods aren't really different. They have a brighter screen but that doesn't matter much.

The 60GB iPods get the same software as the new one.

[Verto]

Nice, solid improvements to iTunes. I know gapless playback has been something a lot of people wanted. I was surprised the rumors of a true, widescreen video iPod didn't come true. I guess Apple could be waiting for a couple more pieces to fall into place before announcing, or don't want to take the iPod in that direction. Time will tell. Sucks for my roommate though, he bought a Nano two days ago.

The iTV looks promising, but I'm not too excited about the movies in iTunes, and how they've done them. I'd like to much rather have the option of renting movies, either on an individual basis, or paying a flat fee of X a month - especially for TV series. Sometimes I get a hankering to watch a certain episode of a show, without paying 2 bucks for it. A rental service like that, plus the iTV, would be awesome - like Netflix, only without the physical media.

[Nostromo]

The new regular iPods aren't really different.

A nice upgrade, though. Support for gapless playback is big, IMO. Better battery life, too. And, I'm not sure, but I think it has more horsepower to run those games.

Its funny they stole the album view thing from the new Windows Media Player But its a good thing.

[Asher]

Gapless playlist support is included on the "original" 5G iPods. I know because I have one and just upgraded.

The games also run just fine on the 5G iPod. The internals are the same -- the only difference is the battery and brighter screen.

[Tingkai]

Luckily, I've got a connection (through an ex-girlfriend) with the store where I bought my iPod so I'll be able to return it, get the newer model, and get a refund on the price difference.

The downside is the new model comes in next week so I'll have to wait until after my vacation to get it.

[Gatekeeper]

Originally posted by Tingkai
f-ck,f-ck, f-ck

I just bought a 60gb ipod last night.

f-ck, f-ck, f-ck

I feel your pain. I purchased a top-of-the-line Intel iMac (2GHZ, 2GB RAM, 256MB VRAM) two months ago, only to learn late last week that Apple is now shipping its Intel iMacs with Core Duo 2 chipsets.

ARGH! Oh, well. My new iMac still does what I want it to do, but I'd hoped it would be king of the mountain for at least six months.

Gatekeeper

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[Gatekeeper]

[DRoseDARs]

Wait, so the next Shuffle is the size of a large stamp? Brilliant idea...

Edit: Shuffle, not Nano

[Tingkai]

The concept of iTV, a box hooked to a flat screen with wireless connection to a computer, is a good idea, but $299 is steep. Any other companies making a similar product?

[DRoseDARs]

Was that in reference to my post or the OP?

[Tingkai]

Just a general comment. I'd like to hook up my computer to my flat screen, but they're in different rooms. The iTv would be perfect for me, but the price seem steep.

[Dinner]

The music phones are getting so good now I can't see why anyone would want a nano. Sure their small but everyone carries a phone anyway.