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Apple Reveals New iPod Nano, iTunes Update

9/9/08, 1:54 pm EST

Photo: Sullivan/Getty

Today at Apple’s “Let’s Rock” conference in San Francisco, the company announced a whole slate of new additions for iTunes and iPods. On the iPod front, the non-touch versions will find the 80GB models upgraded to 120GB, but the 160GB model is being discontinued. There’s also a new style iPod nano, an aluminum, monolithic-looking device that was called “the thinnest iPod ever.” You can still load photos and videos, but now you can view them horizontally on the nano in the new “landscape” mode, which also allows it to do the Cover Flow. It’ll be available in a whole rainbow of colors (except white) starting today. On the iTunes front, iTunes 8.0 will be available today, which introduces an in-window sidebar called “Genius,” which is like a smarter Party Shuffle with a hint of On-The-Go and and Pandora thrown in. Also, for fans of NBC, Apple and the network are once again friends, meaning you will once again be able to view your 30 Rock on a seven-centimeter screen soon. And last but not least, Apple have finally altered their in-ear headphones, with two drivers in each bud. Says Steve Jobs: “They finally got it right.”

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Kurt Manson | 9/9/2008, 6:26 pm EST

I have a ipod and love it but I wonder if this is too try and stop the jumps that the Zune is starting to make in the market. I have a freind who has one and they seem awesome.

j Noonan | 9/9/2008, 11:16 pm EST

Zune making a jump in the market??? Where did you hear that?

son my lee | 9/10/2008, 3:23 am EST

Shattergard works great on ipod screens

axll | 9/10/2008, 3:37 am EST

no more pioneering, just refining. let down by apple. ipod is slowly becoming like the cell phone situation. buy this new phone its got a 6 megapixel camera instead of 5

Music Guy | 9/10/2008, 11:26 am EST

Please…Zune hasn’t ever made a jump in anything.

What’s wrong with refining? If we don’t have something new technology-wise every few months we’re unhappy? Give me a break! Why don’t we just enjoy the cool gadgets we do have? Something new will be along soon enough.

Jungleland2 | 9/10/2008, 12:31 pm EST

smart move to take the 80 and 160 and replace them with the 120 gig. That is a perfect size and they will have just the one classic.

Still wish the itouch had a bigger drive. At 80 gig I would buy one today. at 32 gig, it is smaller than my original ipod (40 gig)and that was not enough to store my 55 gig music collection + movies + photos.

guy121 | 9/11/2008, 9:46 am EST

I own both a Zune and iPod. The Zune is ten times better! It has wireless sync, wireless sharing, a huge screen, and it doesn’t scratch! The iPod created the market but the Zune is the best product offered.

Bandeerd | 9/11/2008, 8:18 pm EST

this seems like it will be cool. The thing is i dont have loads of money so i was thinking about getting some money for my old iPod by selling it to Venjuvo.com. they give good money for used electronics.

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