Apple's Fall Updates: New iPods and More

Wed Sep 5, 2007 2:07PM EDT

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What, you hadn't heard this was coming? Apple rolled out a lot of new stuff today. Welcome Apple fanboys and haters alike. Here's the gist of what's new with the iPod, iPhone, and iTunes, straight outta Apple!

  • Ringtones Come to iPhone - For an extra dollar you can turn 30 seconds from a song you buy from iTunes into a ringtone for your iPhone. Not every song, mind you, but about 10 percent of the iTunes catalog. Outrageous ripoff or brilliant marketing scheme? You be the judge.
  • iPod Shuffle Available in New Colors - $79 gets you 1GB of screenless music. Now in red, silver, blue, lighter blue, and greenish blue.
  • Redesigned iPod Nano - This is the device that was widely leaked last week. The new Nano is shorter and more squat, but with a larger display. A new UI shows you cover art and extras on the right side of the screen (you can get a sense of this in the pic to the right), but the operation of the Nano is largely the same, with the traditional scrollwheel where you expect it. Still the same capacities: 4GB ($149, silver only) and 8GB ($199, colors available).
  • iPod "Classic" Gets Tweaked - Now known as the "iPod Classic," the old hard-drive-based iPod gets upgraded to 80GB ($249) and 160GB ($349) models, and it's a bit thinner than previous models, too. The 30GB model is gone. Same UI as the Nano.
  • Introducing the iPod Touch - As everyone expected, a new iPod with the iPhone touchscreen interface arrives. It's the iPod Touch, basically an iPhone (almost exactly the same size) without the phone (see the pic above... looks exactly like the iPhone, only it's not). It's also the first iPod with Wi-Fi, which you can use to watch YouTube videos and browse the web. $299 (8GB) and $399 (16GB). (Wait, where's your 16GB iPod Nano?)
  • iTunes Goes Wi-Fi - Now you can give Steve Jobs more of your money, without even having to use a computer. iPod Touch and iPhone users can browse the full iTMS selection wirelessly and purchase music without a PC. No wireless sync from the looks of it.
  • iPhone Price Cut - 8GB model now $399. The 4GB iPhone? Dead! Tried to slip that by us at the end, there, eh Apple? If you paid $599 for your iPhone, let us know how you feel now...

Get additional coverage at Gizmodo.com. Thanks, Giz, for the pics!

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  • 6 Posted by odgls on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:43PM EDT Report Abuse

    Is there an exchange program for everyone who purchased the iPod 2 years ago? Otherwise I really do not see a need to upgrade to another one. The one I purchased was $299.

  • 8 Posted by kathyeversole on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:47PM EDT Report Abuse

    i think i would just get the iphone instead of the ipod touch. seems like you would get more out of the phone than than just the ipod touch. not much a difference besides the calling.

  • 9 Posted by lfanuzzi on Thu Sep 3, 2009 6:50PM EDT Report Abuse

    I agree. 16bg is chump change. Maybe its bc im a computer geek but even 64gb is questionable. Apple is always upgrading anyways so the minute you buy a 64gb, 2 months later they will come out with 120gb. But I must say the ipod touch is very appealing. I'd def get one if the memory was higher.

  • 10 Posted by clev1 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:26PM EDT Report Abuse

    This is awsome now I don't have to buy the iPhone to get the same capabilities. Also it is $200 less than the iPhone sweet.

  • 11 Posted by p.carmina07 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:48PM EDT Report Abuse

    This pretty cool BUT i have to say all this is going on too fast. They are not giving us a chance to enjoy what we have barely bought. It then makes our "new" technology feel old when something better comes along. Then makes us want to go purchase that! But i know.... thats business for ya!

  • 12 Posted by id_theft_not_cool on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:22PM EDT Report Abuse

    Are You Kidding Me???? 16gb for $399????????? Would someone else make the same thing for half the price soon...??!!!! Please...

  • 13 Posted by cshenky on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:31PM EDT Report Abuse

    Why can't they come out with something less than $50 bucks. Not like we're using walkmans anymore!!!

  • 14 Posted by xtacyanne on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:53PM EDT Report Abuse

    I'm still waiting for an IPod shuffle that has 2GB of memory. 1GB isn't enough when you use the Ipod every day.

  • 15 Posted by cougercruiser2000 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:30PM EDT Report Abuse

    hahahaha 32-64gb, seriousley speaking it's a phone, im not doubting the fact it doesnt have other capabilitys too but when you get down to it, its a phone people! keep your intertainment and your communication seperate!

  • 16 Posted by viencc on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:34PM EDT Report Abuse

    My understanding is that the iPod Touch and iPhone both use flash memory. It may take some time for 32 GB and 64 GB memory to come down in price. I was surprized that 16 GB flash could be made so cheaply now. I could be wrong about the flash--maybe it is hard drive.

  • 17 Posted by ibsayeem on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:22PM EDT Report Abuse

    ITS FOR THE SALES, THEY ALWAYS KNOW PEOPLE BUM RUSH APPLE PRODUCTS SO SELL THE 16GB MAKE A TON OF MONEY SLASH THE PRICE BY 1/2 AND COME OUT WITH AN 30GB 6 MONTHS LATERS.. JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE IPHONE NOW YOU CAN GET IT FOR 399 FROM 599 WHEN IT FIRST LAUNCHED LESS THAN 3 MONTHS AGO.

  • 18 Posted by warren8_99 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:40PM EDT Report Abuse

    I didn't expect it but I wanted stereo Bluetooth...to ouse wireless headphones. WC

  • 20 Posted by dj_karizmatik on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:45PM EDT Report Abuse

    Figures I pay $600 for the 8GB iphone and now its cheaper. oh well..i love it!

  • 21 Posted by minchanexcels on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:21PM EDT Report Abuse

    it's all accademic in the end. sure, everything is super flashy NOW, but in six months everything here will be obsolete. and apple knows that. they have their whole next decade of products planned out and in production. why buy into it?

  • 22 Posted by glennii2005 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:10PM EDT Report Abuse

    I'm loving everything that I hear, Apple's continuously moving on up. I will be purchasing one of the new touch-screen iPods when it comes out. (www.myspace.com/glennii2005) - G -

  • 23 Posted by phasedhill on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:09PM EDT Report Abuse

    I would agree, anything less than 20-30 gig for an MP3 player just isn't going to cut it these days.

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