Apple's New iPods

Here are the gadgets Apple dropped yesterday:

Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs took pleasure in introducing the iPod Touch. This new iPod has the touch screen feature and WiFi of the iPhone. Essentially, it is an iPhone with no calling feature. Unfortunately it only comes in 8GB and 16GB. Watch him introduce it here.

Steve Jobs had many announcements for journalist on September 5th, like the price cut on the 8 GB iPhone from US $599 to 399. He also announced Apple will stop producing the 4GB iPhone, because .

Apple presented another version of the iPod Nano. This iPod has a bigger screen and it plays videos. It is available in 4 $G and 8GB.

The other product Apple introduced yesterday is the iPod Classic. This product is very similar to the iPod Video, but comes with an enormous 80GB or 160GB (40,000 songs)storage.

For more take a look at these pictures :
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News : Apple, new iPod, RIM.

This is a speculation among many others of what the next iPod will look like. Here

- Watch out for Apple next week. Apple has scheduled a press conference for September 5th. Lots of speculators say Apple will reveal an upgrade to its iPod line. Apple's shares rose over 5% because of this expectation. Apparently the shares have not been affected by various people taking Apple to court for defective iPhone batteries (which can not be replaced by consumers but by a specialist). Anyways, the new iPod will use a Mac OS and will have a full or wide screen.
Another redesigned iPod shuffle is to be released. Some of these rumors come from Goldman Sachs, promoting Apple's shares.
Others speculate Apple will reveal its European Network partners. Various European giants like Orange (France), Deutsche Telekom (Germany), or O2 in the U.K. cant wait to distribute the iPhone. Steve Job's company keeps coming up with cool devices, and a new one is coming out any time soon, especially as its September. One thing for sure is, all this information will be released in time for holiday season. Time will tell.

- Rumor has it RIM (Research in motion) will be bought by Microsoft. This produced a rise in share value of RIM. RIM makes blackberries. I find it interesting that Microsoft is not starting its phone line, but will be able to compare or challenge Apple's iPhone through the blackberry line. Who knows what this combination could produce?

- Finally I'm still waiting to hear more on Google's phone or the gPhone !!!

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New iMac, on time for school

Here comes another gadget from Apple. Apple's C.E.O, Steve Jobs unveiled the new iMacs last week not too long after releasing the iPhone. This computer appeared greener (environmentally friendlier).
A slightly new design which comprises mainly of a 20" or 24" 'monitor' with an integrated motherboard behind it. The iMacs have a glossy wide screen display with a panoramic resolution of 1920 by 1200. The monitor's casing is made out of glass and Aluminum.It also comes with a redesigned flat keyboard.

So, whats in this box? Lets talk about the top line iMac. It contains a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo Intel processor which you can upgrade to a 2.8GHz Intel Core Extreme processor. An 800MHz system bus and 4MB of shared L2 cache. For graphics you have an ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB of GDDR3 dedicated video memory. Storage goes up to 1TB ( 1028GB). It also comes with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a built-in camera.

Jobs also stressed on some improved applications like iLife and iWorks. For more specs, check out the new iMac. The cheapest iMac costs CA $1299 (U.S. $1199).

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