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Highlights From Appleв s Live Event - Apple TV, New Ipods, Itunes 10

2010-09-01 14:15
Apple held their traditional September Stevenote this afternoon.In the something different department, Apple decided to live-stream the event online. In a suprising move, you had to be tuning in using an Apple device to see the live stream. Windows users were SOL unless they found some kind of geeky workaround. The theory was that this was a move to test out Apple 8217;s HUGE new data center in North Carolina.Being that I am a Mac user, I was able to tune in. And here are the details, noted on the fly as the event was going...It begins with Steve showing some of Apple 8217;s newest stores in areas around the world. He then goes right into iOS.120 million iOS devices shipped so far. Includes Ipod Touch, Iphones and Ipads. About 230,000 iOS devices activated per day.6.5 billion apps downloaded from the App Store. 250K apps in the store. 25K of them are Ipad.iOS 4.1 released. Fixes a bunch of bugs.High Dynamic Range photos. Automatic combines photos of different exposure levels to create a composite photo which is much better in terms of exposure. Really impressive stuff, actually.HD video upload over wifi.TV shows rentals.Game Center debut. Basically creating a social network of gamers. Play people remotely. Will auto-match you with other players if you don 8217;t pick people directly.Sneak peak at iOS 4.2. For the Ipad. Brings all the iOS 4.x stuff to Ipad (finally). Coming later this year.Wireless printing.AirPlay. AirTunes changing name. Be able to stream music and video over wifi.Release in November. Free update.They 8217;ve sold 275 million Ipods. Wow.All new Ipod designs for all models.iPod Shuffle. The buttons come back. Smaller, but has voiceover, buttons and playlists. More square looking now. Very small. 15 hours of music. Availability in 5 colors. Sells for $49.iPod Nano. Has multi-touch. Looks kinda like iOS (it probably is iOS). Very small. Pretty much all screen. Steve calls it cute. $149 for 8GB, $179 16GB.iPod Touch. The most popular model of iPod. 1 portable game player in the world. Outsells Nintendo and Sony players combined.Thinner design. Retina display. Apple A4 processor (same as Iphone 4). iOS 4.1. Front-facing camera and Facetime. Rear camera with HD video recording. 40 hours of music playback. 8GB for $229. 32GB for $299. 64GB for $399.All devices shipping next week.He shows some of Apple 8217;s new TV ads. Very well produced as usual. Apple has always excelled when it comes to marketing.He extols the virtues of iTunes. 1 online media store in the world.iTunes 10.Looks better. In his opinion, anyway.New iTunes logo and icon. Most reactions in real-time on Twitter were negative.Ping. A social network about music. Find out what your friends are downloading and listening to. Kinda reminds me of Last.FM. Twitter mixed with music, in a way. If Myspace wasn 8217;t dead already, it is now. Myspace was clinging to life with the musicians. Apple just killed it.Ping also available on the iOS devices.One More Thing... Apple TV.Nev...
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