Apple’s New iPod Nano, iTunes 8

At the "Let’s Rock" event in San Francisco, Apple and Steve Jobs revealed an updated line up of iPods along with several new announcements. Two of the iPods that were significantly updated are iPod Nano and iPod Touch. To start with, the new 4G iPod Nano looks exactly like the rumored images which leaked few weeks back. Apple has gone back to the tall and thin form factor, dumping its 3G fat and short look. It has an oval aluminum design, with a longer display. Guess what? Jobs claims that 4G iPod Nano is the "Thinnest iPod we’ve ever made".

ipod nano

4G iPod Nano will be sold in what Apple calls as "nano-chromatic colors" (silver, gunmetal, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red and pink). They’ve stuffed in an accelerometer into the device, which lets it function just like iPod Touch. You can rotate the device for watching widescreen videos, photos or for the cover flow interface. The accelerometer can also be used to change between songs just by shaking the device. It can hold up to 24 hours of music, or 4 hours of video. The device is priced at $149 for 8GB and $199 for 16GB.

Coming to iPod Touch, Apple is trying to market iPod Touch not just as a music player, but also as a gaming platform. 2G iPod Touch features sleek rounded metal body with integrated volume controls and built-in speakers. Nike+ connectivity is also packed straight inside the new iPod Touch. 16GB iPod Touch is priced at $299, whereas the 32GB version will sell for $399.

iTunes 8 with Genius Playlist

views20080909 Apple has released iTunes 8 which offers a nifty feature called Genius Playlist. What it does is, whenever you play any song from your library, it smartly pulls other songs from your library which go along with the song which you are playing. This way, you’ll discover new favorites which you never knew you had! iTunes 8 is available as a free download.

This post was published by on September 10, 2008

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  • Tech Roach

    Boy, Apple sure knows how to piss people off. I was a day away from getting a new Nano. Sigh….

    Why do they change these things every now and then ? Apple is early-adopters’ nightmare.

    This makes me nervous about the iPhone. Thilak, what would you say ? Is this the right time for me to get an iPhone ?

  • http://www.netage.co.za Marketing

    The iPod 4G look great and the price tag is much less than I expected. We will see once it hit the shelves whether it really is the thinnest they’ve made.

  • http://www.greatpriceshere.com Nicole Price

    You simply can’t beat Apple for innovation and being one up in the industry. A consistent innovator who has demonstrated the old Marketing formula that one strategy will do the trick for you. New products, constant obsolescence and technological research has helped Apple to be unbeatable. No wonder that in this modern world they have such a huge and loyal following for both their computers and the iPods.

  • http://in-ess.net/ div^

    Wow the new Ipod Touch price is very low compared to the old version.

    A friend of me already complained that he got his 8gb for 299 now its 219€ and even with speakers…

  • http://logesh.co.in Logesh

    I am still waiting for the Next version of Apple iPod Touch. I hope they will launch it soon :)

  • http://www.benjaminpatton.com Big Ben Patton

    I am beginning to doubt the ability of anyone being able to topple the ipod from the top. This is a great accessory for life!

  • http://www.zombiedistrict.com BB

    Man, I love the new red ipod nano. Looks sweet.

  • http://technologycurrent.com Julian @ Technology Current

    You know I have never in my life owned an iPod!?!? Crazy right… I do have a Zune tho…

  • http://www.evawhite.com Eva White

    That is good news. If the prices keep coming down globally I might be able to think of affording one.

  • http://technologycurrent.com Julian @ Technology Current

    The new iPods are nice… I blogged about a video on the new features… and they compare it to the up and coming Zune also. The new ipods had some cool new features and games. You can see them here http://technologycurrent.com/zune-and-ipod-updates-zune-closes-the-gap

  • Devicepedia

    I will wait for the next Apple iPod. Hope it will b launched soon.

  • http://EdwardKhoo.com Edward

    Looks like a nice deal, but will wait for few more months & buy it when the price drop, dun wanna regret for buying too early~

  • http://www.gadgets4nowt.co.uk/ Wii

    Yeah, the new iPods certainly do look nice, and Apple have a knack for winning the day when it come to style. I will keep playing music on my iPhone for now though.

  • http://www.netage.co.za Marketing

    Apple always manages to be on top of their game. It’s one of the companies that have seen great growth this year regardless of the world’s bad economy decline. Now that’s an invincible force.

  • http://www.christmas.bg/ Christmas BG

    I wish to express my gratitude to Apple for releasing such a great feature. iTunes 8 with offered Genius Playlist is just pleasure to use anytime any place. I hope this is just the beginning of many forthcoming innovations and discovers.

  • Tech Roach

    Boy, Apple sure knows how to piss people off. I was a day away from getting a new Nano. Sigh….

    Why do they change these things every now and then ? Apple is early-adopters' nightmare.

    This makes me nervous about the iPhone. Thilak, what would you say ? Is this the right time for me to get an iPhone ?