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Apple Announces New iPods, iTunes 10, Social Network, AppleTV

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-isn't-that-special dept.

Steve Jobs gave his iPod keynote this morning. He started with iOS 4.1 and Game Center which will be coming out next week. iOS 4.2 will add printing to the iPad and will be out in November. The new iPod Shuffle has buttons again, and costs $49. The new iPod Nano has a tiny multi-touch screen, and an FM radio, and starts at $149. The new (thinner) Touch has the iPhone 4 screen, an A4 chip, and FaceTime over WiFi, starting at $229 for 8GB. They all ship next week. iTunes 10 looks the same, but adds a social network called "Ping," which basically looks like Last.fm integrated, and should be out today. AppleTV is updating: 1/4th the size, no purchases — only rentals. 99 cents for TV rentals (ABC & Fox), Netflix on Demand built in, and for $99.

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  1. Re:I am prob one of the only people here with an by luiss · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can stream from your computer.

  2. Re:Market Dominance by kdogg73 · · Score: 4, Informative

    OT:

    "Going to war without the French is like going deer hunting without your accordion." ~General Norman Schwarzkopf

    I liked that quote so much, I had to look it up. According to Snopes, Jed Babbin said that.

    Carry on.

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  3. Re:why no AM as well? by WMD_88 · · Score: 5, Informative

    AM radio requires a special ferrite bar antenna, which won't fit inside a small device (and give decent reception). With FM, they can just use the headphone cable as an antenna.

  4. Re:OSX or IOS only by Phleg · · Score: 5, Informative

    Anyone with VLC could have watched the keynote. Apple was using standard RFC-standard HTTP video streaming. Microsoft hasn't implemented it on Windows yet — what do you want them to do?

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  5. Re:What's with the coverage on this? by timster · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Apple TV hasn't ever done 1080p. Anyone who cares already knows that. And very few people have the bandwidth to stream 1080p anyway, so who cares?

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