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!

Want to see how they compare to each other?  Here's the complete lineup:

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  • 66 Posted by meli7993 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:15PM EDT Report Abuse

    You still cannot send and receive pictures from other phones.....on the Iphone.

  • 69 Posted by jonsarik on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:40PM EDT Report Abuse

    I'm so disappointed. I've waited this long for a wide screen ipod only to get thwarted by small storage. My 40 GB 4th gen ipod is almost full and was hoping to make a widescreen ipod as my next purchase. Guess I will have to wait another year or so...

  • 70 Posted by bangbeatrhythm on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:02PM EDT Report Abuse

    New iPods and more! In the UK we still can't get the iPhone. http://www.iphone-prices.co.uk/

  • 71 Posted by iber_3 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:22PM EDT Report Abuse

    I have just bought an 80 GB Ipod Classic on Monday. First ever MP3 for me , I feel ripped off.

  • 73 Posted by soccerstyle13 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:31PM EDT Report Abuse

    what happened to AAPL stock? Anyone else notice that it peeked right at unveiling and then has steadily dropped since?

  • 74 Posted by matoro1989 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:11PM EDT Report Abuse

    I have a new macbook pro and the free nano that came with the student discount, and I do like them (though I still like the software available for PC) but mac stuff is way overpriced in my opinion...

  • 76 Posted by nohomo99 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:40PM EDT Report Abuse

    ----- this new technology ----- , bring back my cd player

  • 77 Posted by caford_vsu on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:16PM EDT Report Abuse

    Well Companies have to stay in business with being innovative. Ipods are becoming like cars, you buy one and than a new model comes out that looks completely different. Looks nice though !!!

  • 78 Posted by jdlehman23 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:31PM EDT Report Abuse

    Touchpod 17GB? Makes the seemingness seem a little longer than otherwise widely or wildly, as the case may be, reported. Me thinks the lads protest too much. Amen.

  • 79 Posted by secrettangerine on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:12PM EDT Report Abuse

    Heh, I am still not impressed with Apple yet. I can wait until they decide they can sell things at a cheaper price.

  • 80 Posted by joeld627 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:38PM EDT Report Abuse

    It doesn't matte how big the darn harddrive is if Apple keeps limiting the amount of music you can put on who cares. You have what should be limitless storage and are capped at some stupid protocol number.

  • 81 Posted by tim.monkeyballs on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:10PM EDT Report Abuse

    Why do Apple products become obsolete so fast? (Don't answer because I know it's for the $$$$) They fooled me once, but won't fool me again. Screw the Ifart, or whatever they comeout with next week.........

  • 82 Posted by yeshav624 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:56PM EDT Report Abuse

    I agree it not worth it at all........too much for to little. its a total rip off......

  • 83 Posted by iber_3 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:22PM EDT Report Abuse

    I have just bought an 80 GB Classic Ipod on Monday, and I feel ripped off !

  • 84 Posted by donnellchenry on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:46PM EDT Report Abuse

    Im done with ipods...the nano is my last, Ill find a better mp3 maker that wont short change us with the intent of making a better model to buy every year or so.

  • 85 Posted by redchocobo42189 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:33PM EDT Report Abuse

    Wow!!! Apple really screwed up this generation of iPods. The new touch screen and WiFi are awesome features but 16 gigs isn't enough to put anything on the darn machine. That's like enough room for 3 songs, 5 pictures and a movie trailer.

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