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iPod nano, iTunes 5, iTunes Phone

Posted by Zonk on from the lots-of-apple-to-chew dept.

adpowers writes "Lots of updates today on the Apple front. First we have the iPod nano, which is an iPod photo-esque replacement for the iPod mini. It comes in 2 and 4 gig varieties and is half the thickness of the mini it replaces. A new iTunes is release as well, which looks similar to Mail.app. I'm not sure I like the cosmetic changes. It also touts an improved search bar, but I can't find an explanation of what that means. Finally, Apple, Motorola, and Cingular announced the ROKR E1, which has the iTunes on a cellular phone. (Theorized last week.) It syncs with iTunes just like an iPod." Coverage of the Apple news extravaganza available at The NYT, Forbes, Gizmodo, Mobiledia, and Macworld.

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  1. but does it run... by fredrickleo · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...well it just might :)

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    1. Re:but does it run... by hunterx11 · · Score: 5, Funny
      Sorry, nope.

      It doesn't run x86 OS X.

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  2. iHuh? by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 5, Funny

    "ROKR E1"? Why didn't they call it an iPhone, probably the best name among all of Apple's products? Maybe they let Motorola, which usually prefers unpronouncable alphanumeric soup, pick the name.

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    1. Re:iHuh? by bmeteor · · Score: 5, Funny

      MOTO has a bit of a BRND IMGE now with TKNG five or six LTTR WRDS, removing a VOWL or two, capitalizing it and GTNG a PRDCT name. Obviously referring to the halo model, the RAZR.

      Seriously though, I'd expect a ROKR E2 soon, in a RAZR design. That'd be sweet.

    2. Re:iHuh? by x136 · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, it's pronounced "Roker" as in "Al Roker." Rokerphone. Free weather updates on the hour, every hour. Oh, and something about music. WEATHER!

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    3. Re:iHuh? by karnal · · Score: 4, Funny

      PRDCT

      That's 5. You can't have five and work for the allmighty MOTO.

      You're fired.

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    4. Re:iHuh? by koehn · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, it's pronounced "Roker" as in "Al Roker." Rokerphone. Free weather updates on the hour, every hour. Oh, and something about music. WEATHER!

      And I suppose we can expect the phones we buy today to be half the thickness and half the weight in a few years?

    5. Re:iHuh? by bmeteor · · Score: 4, Funny

      Um sir, its YURE FIRD.

      I'll be cleaning my desk out now :-)

  3. just ordered on in black by OctoberSky · · Score: 5, Funny

    No I am not a apple whore, I get the education discount (which they didn't ask for?). I was going to order a regular 20gig last week but knew something was coming out today so I looked, liked, liked price, and ordered.

    Free engraving on back...

    RIAA v OctberSky
    Exhibit: A

  4. Obligatory Strongbad Plug by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 3, Funny

    iPod nano, which is an iPod photo-esque replacement for the iPod mini

    I can see strongbad promoting these now. "It's not just photo-esque. It's danger-esque."

  5. iPod nano by game+kid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thick as a pencil and much more fun.1

    1 Do not nervously bite iPod nano.

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    1. Re:iPod nano by Ubergrendle · · Score: 3, Funny

      Its not even as good as the iPod Flea.

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  6. iPod nano by mfender9 · · Score: 4, Funny

    No video. Thicker than a human hair. Lame.

  7. Theorized? by pipegeek · · Score: 3, Funny
    (Theorized last week.)

    It's been theorized? Awesome! I've been waiting for one of these that could play Ogg...

  8. Thank God by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I was glad Apple chose to give us the iPod nano. The prototype iPod Emacs and iPod vi just didn't look as slick.

  9. Re:On first look, quite nice by jellomizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    That iPod nano looks ridiculously slick.

    Apple marketing department wants you to say. "That iPod nano looks impossibly slick."

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  10. Thank goodness! by ChePibe · · Score: 3, Funny

    My iPod Mini is just so large, bulky, and thick! It's about time Apple did something to make audio players small and portable!

  11. iTunes Linux Support by bosewicht · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Apple wants to be really shocking they should start supporting Linux. There is a growing market out there that they are just ignoring.

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    1. Re:iTunes Linux Support by bedouin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Right, a growing market of people who don't like paying for things.

  12. GARGH! by th3space · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damnit...I just got my stupid Shuffle. Now they come out with this for not much more money? I feel inadequate all of a sudden. :(

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  13. Re:Quicktime 7 for Win by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And with iTunes 5 for the Mac comes a Windows-like reboot. Why?!?!?

  14. Sports? Features? Has? by sanctimonius+hypocrt · · Score: 5, Funny
    It also touts an improved search bar, but I can't find an explanation of what that means.

    Open a console and type

    dict tout
  15. Re:On first look, quite nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apple could make a device with more features, like the Archos, but that would cost too much money for them. Why toy with a winning formula?

    If nobody had ever toyed with a winning formula, we would still be using horses and sailing ships for all our transport needs.

    It's called "progress".

    And I can't help but note that all these new iPod variants could be described as "toying with a winning formula"...

  16. DalmatiAn? by acariquara · · Score: 2, Funny


    That Apple, they think of everything. Now I'm going to go back to waiting for my Dalmation iPod nano tube.

    It's called a Dogcow. Moof.

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  17. Re:??? by JonKatzIsAnIdiot · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sorry, but was that a comment or a press release? It's a little hard to judge from here.

    Not that I'd be one to accuse the indefectible Apple of astroturfing, no, nothing like that.

  18. Re:Re-releasing the same products... by Anm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Speaking of which, shouldn't the iPod Nano be called the iPod Micro? I mean they just skipped a SI measurement didn't they?

    Are you suggesting there is such thing as a mini-meter or a mini-gram?

    Anm

  19. Re:On first look, quite nice by jaypaulw · · Score: 3, Funny

    *I could care less about the color screen.*

    how much less could you care about it?

  20. Can You Put People on Hold with Your Music? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just always wanted to do that.

  21. Re:On first look, quite nice by billimad · · Score: 3, Funny

    Jobs would have said "insanely slick" I think.

  22. Weak. by yardbird · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm holding out for the Femto.

    iPod Femto: the first MP3 player to be injected directly into your bloodstream!

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  23. Mac Nano Next? by Kelson · · Score: 2, Funny

    First Apple released the iPod, then the iPod Mini. Now there's the iPod Nano.

    And last year, Apple introduced the Mac Mini.

    <joke>Does this mean we should expect the Mac Nano sometime next year?</joke>

    1. Re:Mac Nano Next? by Distinguished+Hero · · Score: 3, Funny

      Only if you think a Mac Shuffle will be released before it.

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  24. but .... by daevux · · Score: 4, Funny

    .... but does the phone support music on hold? :)

  25. Re:ROKR questions by itcomesinwaves · · Score: 3, Funny

    So... you admit that it would be totally EXTREME!!

  26. Re:On first look, quite nice by danaris · · Score: 2, Funny

    2000 called, they want their BS anti-Apple complaint back.

    Dan Aris

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