It's Showtime

posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at 7:43 PM by Mathew Preziotte
Steve Jobs took stage again in a very iPod-focused conference titled, "It's Showtime." After boasting that 450,000 Nike + iPod Sport Kits were sold in under three months, they quickly got down to business.
    iPod
  • 60 percent brighter
  • Increasing the battery life from 4 hours to 6.5 hours of video playback
  • New earphones will come standard
  • Instant Searching lets you search playlists by letter
  • Games have been added to the iTunes store, and will work with all iPods with video. They will all work using the scroll wheel and will cost $4.99 (Zuma, Texas Hold'em, Bejewled)
  • 30GB, 7,500 songs, 40 hrs video, $249
  • 80GB, 20,000 songs, 100 hrs video, $349

    iPod Nano
  • Blue, Pink, Green, Silver, and Black
  • Aluminum case, similar to the iPod mini, will reduce scratches
  • 24 hour battery life
  • 2GB model comes in silver only -- $149
  • 4GB model comes in every color except black -- $199
  • 8GB model comes exclusively in black -- $249
  • New smaller packaging
  • 40 percent smaller charger
  • New lanyard and earbuds
  • Check out the new ad here
    iPod Shuffle
  • Also features an aluminum case
  • Built-in clip
  • A switch to turn it on/off and a switch to shuffle the songs is on the bottom
  • Comes with a very small dock
  • Only one model - 1GB, $79
  • Comes out in October, you can pre-order it now
    iTunes 7
  • Free album art for every song you own if you have an iTunes acount
  • A new Cover Flow view lets you browse through your songs using the album art. It's like flipping through a stack of CDs
  • New icon features a blue musical note rather than a green one
  • Adding the entire 2006 NFL season highlights to iTunes -- $1.99 per game or $24.99 for a season pass
  • Resolution on every show upgraded to 640x480
  • Integrated ipod updater
  • Gapless playback
  • A new cleaner layout that reorganized the left nav bar
  • Films from Disney, Pixar, Touchstone, and Miramax -- over 70 movies -- are now available online today
  • New movies will be $12.99, old ones are $9.99
    iTV (codename)
  • This is a rare sneak peek of a product that will be formally announced in early 2007
  • Connects to your TV and allows you to play content over the internet and media on your computer wirelessly
  • Built-in power supply
  • HDMI port
  • Controled with the current Apple remote
  • Uses a next-gen front row interface


Comments

Blank: The new iTunes is quite ugly. Intergrated CoverFlow is pretty cool, though. As for iTV, no thanks, I think I'll stick with my 360 or mod my Xbox.

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