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Old 09-12-2006, 02:54 PM
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09/12/06 Apple Media Event - 3 new iPods released today!

Big day in the world of iPods.

As rumored, 3 new iPods were released today, a larger 80G full size and a facelifted nano as well as a new Shuffle (in Oct '06).

Other features to note:

Video content is now 640x480, upgraded from 320x240
iPod Nano is now features an aluminum casing, with colors
DVD Movies are now available as a download from iTunes
Gapless Playback between tracks
Games now downloadable from iTunes
iTunes 7 was released - free album art for iTunes account holders that are missing album art

Apple: http://www.apple.com/ipod/ipod.html
MacRumors: http://www.macrumorslive.com/

Keynote transcript:

Live Updates

11:18 am Get Ready, Get Set, Go! Apple's has been updated to reflect today's announcements.
11:16 am Aside from John Legend's performance, it appears as though the event is over.

11:15 am Engadget: So we'll see you all soon. Oh, we do have one more thing!
All this technology is amazing, but it all comes down to artists because otherwise we don't have anything to listen to or watch.
We like to remind ourselves of that. So today we have a great artist here to perform for us. his name is John Legend. He was nominated for 8 Grammy awards and won 3.
He's got a new album coming out next month called Once Again, so I would like it if you would please joing me in welcoming John Legend
[Legend appears at a full-size piano to sing an acoustic version of Save "Room"]
11:14 am MacCentral: Jobs closed the event with a live performance by Grammy-winning musician John Legend.
11:11 am iLounge: John Legend has a new album next month (Legend slides on sage via moving platform)
11:10 am iLounge: It all comes down to the artists
11:10 am iLounge: One More Thing (again)
11:09 am iLounge: Steve says: Apple is now in your den, living room, car, pocket
11:06 am iLounge: works with iTunes on PC or Mac. price will be $299
11:02 am Engadget: [Steve finds and plays The Incredibles. it's not 640x480, it's HDTV]
11:01 am iLounge: iTV lets you get access to trailers and itunes store selected content from internet
11:01 am MacCentral: The software features 3D animated graphics with a menu on the right and graphics on the left. Jobs demonstrated it, going into the Movies menu and scrolling through floating artwork on the left-hand side.
10:59 am iLounge: Video looks very close to DVD quality even on a huge theater sized projector
10:58 am iLounge: Video access is instantaneous, looks like watching a DVD
10:57 am Engadget: It looks like this {a flatter Mini} it's called iTV. That's a codeword. we need to come up with a better name.
10:57 am iLounge: Interface is like next gen front row
10:56 am iLounge: 1/2 size of Mac Mini, built-in power supply, USB, Ethernet, 802.11 "wireless component video", optical audio and HDMI ports, plus old RCA stereo audio ports. Works with Apple Remote
10:54 am iLounge: Like a Mac Mini... iTV is its name (not final).
10:53 am iLounge: Apple is releasing its long-rumored set-top box in Q1 2007. It will be Wireless
10:52 am iLounge: You can take content to computer or iPod, but now... TV
10:52 am iLounge: Q1 2007 "Completes the story"
10:51 am iLounge: One last thing, an unusual sneak peek
10:51 am iLounge: Steve is wrapping up. Thanks to engineering and other departments.
10:50 am MacCentral: Iger called Disney and Apple's first partnership to bring TV shows to the iTunes Store last year "a breakthrough," and added that "the marriage of great content and great technology -- and of great user interface -- is truly a killer application."
10:47 am iLounge: Bob Iger of Disney takes stage, and recaps what Jobs has already said
10:45 am MacCentral: we HOPE to take this international in 2007. (see the difference?)
10:42 am Engadget: So: Movies
near DVD image quality
Dolby surround audio
Same day as DVD
Pre-order with one click
Usage rights = same as TV shows
Parental controls extended to include MPAA ratings
International in 2007
10:42 am Engadget: iTunes 7 is available today as a free download from apple.com
10:41 am iLounge: iPod boxes now show Pirates of the Carribbean
10:41 am iLounge: U.S. now, International in 2007.
10:41 am iLounge: Dolby surround audio in videos
10:40 am iLounge: Near DVD quality. Same encoding as TV shows at 640x480. If you have a 5mb/s broadband connection, it will take approximately 30 minutes to download a movie
10:38 am iLounge: most titles will be 9.99
10:38 am iLounge: New releases 12.99 preorders and first week, after that up to 14.99
10:38 am iLounge: 75 films online today, more every week and month
10:37 am iLounge: Today, films from Walt Disney, Pixar, Touchstone, Miramax. (all Disney owned)
10:37 am iLounge: Tv shows - started with 1 network, 5 shows.
10:36 am iLounge: movies
10:36 am iLounge: "one more thing..."
10:34 am iLounge: Video on screen now markedly higher resolution
10:33 am correction: it appears as though the nano's packaging is 52% smaller, not the nano itself.
10:31 am iLounge: Demo of iTunes 7
10:31 am 10:27AM Engadget: You can update your iPod from right inside iTunes now, you don't need to go to Preferences. You can say, "I want to sync the 10 most recent unwatched episides of all my TV shows."
10:30 am Engadget: Now, all of this video is encoded with the best encoding in the world, H.264. We've been distributing it at 320x240. Today, we're going to take that up a notch to 640x480. That's 4x the resolution. iTunes 7 also has seamless playback for video.
10:30 am iLounge: you can now sync between multiple computers using an iPod, as long as both are authorized on the same account
10:28 am Engadget: Today we're introducing the biggest single enhancement: iTunes 7
You say "it looks the same," but it isn't
[the left nav is more cleanly organized without being radically different]
We've added a View switch, a 3-position switch. we've added a 2nd view called album view, so you can scroll through your music library and look at it by album. what if you ripped your CDs and don't have the covers? Today we're announcing free missing album cover art for all the music in your library if you have an itune acct. itunes will automatically download it for free
but there's something even better. that's the third view. it's called Cover Flow view. [LOOKS LIKE FLIPPLING THROUGH YOUR CD RACK]
10:28 am iLounge: TV shows are now encoded at 640x480 (h264), up from 320x240
10:27 am iLounge: iPod updater appears to be now integrated into iTunes
10:26 am iLounge: 3 different views of iTunes, list view, album view (with art and tracks), then "cover flow view" lets you rapidly find what you want by album cover
10:25 am iLounge: iTunes will give you cover art for free if you are missing cover art (thanks Steve)
10:24 am iLounge: Store now has own section, devices have their own sections, playlists too
10:24 am iLounge: Source list now includes library with sep libraries for all forms of media
10:23 am iLounge: iTunes 7 today
10:22 am Engadget: (for nano) $149 2GB ipod is aluminum only, $199 4GB has colors, $249 8GB is black only
10:21 am iLounge: metal body, 1 model (1GB), $79, ships in october.
10:18 am iLounge: iPod Shuffle is now 2nd generationl size of iPod Radio Remote
10:17 am iLounge: All models are 52% smaller in volume than previous nano. new charger, new armband, new lanyard
10:16 am iLounge: 8GB is $249 in all colors
10:16 am iLounge: 4GB is $199 in all colors but black
10:16 am iLounge: 2GB is $149 in silver only
10:16 am iLounge: 3 models, but with double storage capacity at each model (and varying colors available)
10:15 am iLounge: New software just like standard iPod
10:14 am iLounge: 24 hour batter life
10:14 am iLounge: Green silver black blue pink
10:12 am iLounge: Nano is now, as rumored, Aluminum and in colors
10:12 am iLounge: 249 and 349 with 60GB and 80GB capacity
10:10 am iLounge: games will work on 5G ipods
10:09 am iLounge: games for sale off iTunes for $4.99
10:08 am iLounge: new iPod software features: instant searching, new games (Bejeweled, Cubis 2, Mahjong, Mini golf, pac man, tetris, texas holdem, vortex, and zuma)
10:07 am iLounge: iPod is getting enhanced today. 60% brighter with brighness control, 3.5 hours video playback (up from 2 hrs... big version goes to 6.5 hours), new headphones, gapless playback
10:06 am iLounge: iPods. 3 iPods: iPod, Nano, and Shuffle
10:05 am iLounge: talks about iPod sports kit. Foot Locker is blown away by sales. 450,000 sales in 90 days
10:04 am the event appears to have begun
10:03 am iLounge: theater is filled to capacity (755 person theater). Podium on the right, a computer setup on the left of the stage (looks like an iMac)
9:52 am iLounge: Folks are crowding to get up-front seats. (wonder why?)
9:51 am iLounge: Griffin Technology, Belkin, Incase and Nike are in attendance.


We have the new units arriving this week for testing and will report our results with the DICE and Video Source Module kits.
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Old 09-13-2006, 04:13 PM
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Our nano tester arrived from Apple today, testing is currently underway:

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Good news. Thanks, Tom.
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Old 09-18-2006, 08:16 PM
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Our 80G arrived over the weekend:



Testing has been confirmed on both the 2nd Generation nano and 5.5 Generation Video iPods to be 100% compatible with the DICE.
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