The world wide web is all about new Apple announcements. Is a new iPhone here? Is Skynet a reality? Are Apple and Google merging to create it? An announcement from Apple was scheduled for today, and Apple aficionados began to speculate. Now we know that the iPod touch 4g is coming out from Apple. Apple has also taken it upon itself to challenge the groups Facebook and Myspace. A social network may soon be available through iTunes.
iPod Touch 2010 from Apple
Instead of addressing a minor flaw in the iPhone 4.0, this Announcement from Apple had a host of news of upcoming improvements. The big news, of course, is about the iPod touch. The new iPod Touch 2010 edition is basically an iPhone, except you can’t make calls with it. The New York Times explains the smallest you could get costs $ 229 with 8GB of memory. The new iPod Nano has a touch screen rather than the familiar wheel, and the iPod shuffle has gone down to an affordable $ 49.
There is, of course, more
Steve Jobs said more. News is nevertheless coming. Apple has also unveiled a new feature for iTunes, called Ping. The music centered social networking site could be called Ping. This is according to The Telegraph. Everyone who uses it can be able to follow each other, along with bands, and get many updates with conversation. There is also a new version of iOS, the operating system that iPods and iPhones use. Apple TV, which downloads movies and television episodes straight to a TV for a small fee, has also been updated. It costs $ 99 to get an Apple TV which syncs with any iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or other Apple device.
Apple products for everyone
Apple doesn’t rest on its laurels which were shown in the Announcement from Apple. The newest version of iTunes, iTunes 10, has arrived. Apple can likely expect to sell lots of these, as many purchase Apple products as back to school items and Christmas gifts.
Additional reading
The Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7976210/Apple-event-September-2010-New-Apple-TV-iPods-and-Ping-social-network-unveiled.html
NY Times
nytimes.com/2010/09/02/technology/02apple.html
