Time to say goodbye to the white one...

No more White iPod nanos..


The old one look better then the second generation nano.. but the back is really easy to be scratched..

Musics, Videos, Podcast, Photos ... and Movies

Apple CEO Steve Jobs today unveiled revamped video iPods as well as iPod nanos, brought back the iPod shuffle in an aluminum case, re-introduced colors to the iPod family, unveiled new earbuds for iPods, introduced iTunes 7 with support for full-length movies, and added full-length feature films to the iTunes Music Store. All new products are available from the Apple Store, and iTunes 7 is featured as a free download. Apple will kick off the revamped iTunes Music Store with movies from Disney, Pixar, Touchstone, and Miramax. The company is making more than 70 films available online today, including Pirates of the Caribbean. New movies will be released the same day they come out on DVD, according to Jobs, and are priced at $13 if pre-ordered or purchased during the first week. Other movies are available for $10, and the movie store is integrated into iTunes allowing users to preview new releases in the software's new album cover flow mode. Movies are also available at 640x480 resolution, and the average download time for movies will span roughly 30 minutes with a broadband connection, according to Jobs.
Usage rights for movies purchased from the iTunes Music Store are the same as those of TV shows, and parental controls are extended to include MPAA ratings.

Apple's chief also announced that 70 percent of new cars sold in the U.S. offer iPod connectivity as an option, and that the company has shipped more than 65 million iPods as of June. Apple also sold more than 450,000 Nike+iPod Sport Kits in less than 90 days, according to Jobs.

New iPods

The new iPod models support gapless playback for songs encoded with MP3, AAC, and Apple Lossless compression. The new models feature instant searching similar to Mac OS X's Spotlight technology, incorporating faster scrolling while displaying the alphabetical section as an overlay on the screen.

New iPods support games designed specifically for the clickwheel priced at $4.99 each from the iTunes Music Store, which include Zuma, Texas Holden, Mini Golf, Cubis 2, PacMan, Tetris!, Mah-jong, and more.

Video iPods

New video iPod models feature 75 percent longer battery life, and are capable of playing back six and a half hours of video on one charge. The company has lowered the price of its 30GB video iPod model to $249, and introduced a whopping 80GB model capable of storing 20,000 songs or 100 hours of video for $349.

Revamped iPod nano

The revamped iPod nano is constructed from aluminum, is thinner than the previous Nano, and is available in blue, pink, green, silver, and black. The new Nano boasts 24 hours of battery life, and ships in 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB capacities (8GB model is available in black only). Apple also mentioned new packaging for its iPod nanos, resulting in 52 percent less volume which reduces the amount of fuel burned to ship the devices to customers. Apple also introduced a new charger for its iPod players that is 40 percent smaller than the company's previous charger.

iPod shuffle makes a comeback

The new second-generation iPod shuffle features an aluminum housing, offering a built-in clip and switches on the bottom to turn the device off and on as well as shuffle linearly. The new Shuffle comes with a small dock, plugs into Macs as well as PCs, and is the smallest MP3 player in the world, according to Jobs. Apple's new low-end iPod is available in just one model with 1GB of storage and new packaging.

iTunes 7

Apple's iTunes software has an 88 percent share for legal U.S. downloads, and has sold more than 1.5 billion songs. This ranks iTunes as the fifth largest legal reseller of music in the U.S., and Apple expects to surpass Amazon to become no. 4 in January of 2007. Outside the U.S., iTunes claims the no. 1 spot in all 21 countries.

iTunes 7 features "Album Cover Flow," which merges the effect of the size-changing Dock icons with iChat's black reflective surface, according to Engadget.

Disney

Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger took the stage at Apple's special event in San Francisco, speaking on the addition of its full-length movies to the iTunes Music Store.

"Deep down we knew the marriage of great content with great technology is truly a killer application. Today we're going to take the next step in moving movies to new media platforms," Iger said. "People love to watch movies at theaters, when the curtain comes up and there's pirates or cars. People also like to watch movies at home, with their wife or a date. Now, we're provding a way to watch movies on this new platform."

"We're confident that movies are going to work as well as TV on iTunes."

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iMacs get new 24" model, faster Core 2 Duo

Apple today announced that its entire iMac line now features the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor in every model, delivering up to 50 percent faster performance than the previous iMac. The company also launched a new 24-inch iMac with a 24-inch widescreen display--in addition to its 17- and 20-inch models. iMacs are now available starting at $1000. Apple's iMacs include a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing out-of-the-box; Apple's Front Row media experience; and iLife '06, the next generation of Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications. "Every iMac-from the $999 model up through the new dazzling 24-inch widescreen model now features blazing Core 2 Duo performance," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "And the new 24-inch widescreen iMac is the fastest, biggest and brightest iMac we've ever made." The 24-inch iMac also includes FireWire 800 port.
The new iMac lineup includes four models: a 1.83 GHz and a 2.0 GHz 17-inch, a 2.16 GHz 20-inch and the all-new 2.16 GHz 24-inch iMac, and features the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor which delivers up to 50 percent faster performance than the previous 20-inch iMac running industry standard benchmarks, according to Apple.

The 24-inch iMac features a 24-inch widescreen LCD display with a 1920-by-1200 pixel resolution that offers 30 percent more screen real estate than the 20-inch model and a brighter display. It features a 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB of shared L2 cache, 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory, a 250GB Serial ATA hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics with 128MB of GDDR3 memory and a SuperDrive for burning professional-quality DVDs. Delivering greater customization for performance and expansion needs, users can configure the new 24-inch iMac with a 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, up to 3GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory, a 500GB Serial ATA hard drive and the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory for graphics performance.

The new iMac line is shipping today and will be available through the Apple Store.

Feat. Core Duo

As expected following reports of delays to bulk orders, Apple today also increased processor speeds on both models of the Mac mini, delivering dual-core performance across the line at no additional cost. Both models now feature the dual-core Core Duo processor. The $799 model now includes a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, up from 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo processor, and the $599 model now includes a 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo processor, up from a 1.5 GHz Intel Core Solo processor. The Apple Store offers a 1-2 day ship times on the new Mac minis.

September 12, Suprise!

Apple today confirmed that it will hold a special event on September 12th to introduce new products and services. The company issued an invitation with the words "It's Showtime" with Hollywood movie premiere spotlights crisscrossing over and around the white Apple logo on a dark blue background. The event is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. local time at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, California. Apple is expected to launch its new digital media strategy at the special event with a new 23-inch iMac, a widescreen video iPod, an iTunes Movie offering, and "one more thing," according to AppleInsider. - www.macnn.com