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Why post yesterday’s news today?
Well, you might have been under a rock yesterday, or worse… You could have been in the airports all day yesterday like I was. Just for the record, a 1.5 hour flight with no air conditioning is not fun. Anyhow, it seems that Apple went ahead and came out with some new stuff yesterday and from what I have read today, not many people are really excited about the announcements.

 
New iPod Nano colors and Sizes
As you can see above, there are purdy colors huh? Yep. You can check out the full press release here. Looks like Apple went ahead and matched the Zune’s upgraded 16gb version before Microsoft could get it out of the gates. You can grab an 8GB model for $149 and a 16GB model for $199. In addition to new colors and sizes, the screen has been updated as well. The resolution is better and the size has one upped the Flash Zunes with a 2" screen.

Updated iPod Touch (gen 2)
Apple also brought the iPod Touch some new hardware. The new iPod touch will cost you $229 for the 8GB model, $299 for the 16GB and $399 for the 32 GB model.

Apple today introduced the second generation iPod touch featuring an amazingly thin contoured metal design, a gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen glass display, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi wireless networking, integrated volume control buttons, a built-in speaker for casual listening, a built-in accelerometer and other advanced sensors, and Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface.

If you care about what is new with iTunes 8, read on…

Apple Announces iTunes 8

Apple today announced iTunes 8, the next major release of Apple’s ubiquitous music and video player for Macs and PCs which is seamlessly integrated with the most popular online content store in the world (www.itunes.com). iTunes 8 includes the new breakthrough Genius feature, which lets you automatically create playlists from songs in your music library that go great together—with just one click. Genius helps music fans rediscover favorite songs in their existing music library and suggests related music on the iTunes Store they might want to add to their music collection. iTunes 8 features new ways of viewing your music and video libraries, and adds television programs in stunning high definition for sale on the iTunes Store.

Using Apple’s breakthrough Genius feature is easy—select any song, click the Genius button, and iTunes instantly creates a playlist of songs that go great together from your own library. You can preview the playlist Genius creates, refresh the list to choose different songs and save Genius playlists to enjoy again later. You can even create Genius Playlists on-the-go with the new iPod classic, iPod touch, iPod nano and iPhone. The Genius sidebar appears right in iTunes and recommends music from the iTunes Store that you don’t already have, based on the songs you select.

Click here to download or read more about iTunes 8

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