Apple live streamed their September Media event today and we picked up the important tidbits and provided here in a digest format.
iOS 4.1 Features
- High Dynamic Range photos (HDR photography)
- Game Center has landed – challenge friends to multiplayer games
- iOS 4.1 coming to us as a free update next week
- iOS 4.2 for Apple iPad coming soon
iPods
- All new iPod – new design for every single iPod model
iPod Shuffle
- Smaller than last one
- Has buttons
- Voiceover playlists
- Has the clip
- Genius mixes
- Voiceover – tells you the song, artist
- 15 hours of music
- 5 different colors
- Sells for $49
iPod Nano
- Multi-touch iPod Nano!
- 46% smaller and 40% lighter
- Has clips
- Volume buttons
- FM Radio
- Voiceover
- 24 hour battery life
- Nike+, Pedometer
- Comes in 6 colors
- Sells for $149 for 8GB, $179 $16GB
iPod Touch
- Most popular iPod surpassing iPod Nano
- #1 gaming device in the world – outsells Nintendo & Sony portable gaming devices
- 1.5 billion games and entertainment titles downloaded to iPod Touch
- Thinner than the previous one!
- Retina display
- Apple A4 chip
- 3-axis Gyro
- iOS 4.1 with Game Center
- Facetime – front facing camera. Between iPhone and iPod Touch
- Rear camera with HD recording
- 3 models $8Gb $229 32GB $299 64GB $399
- All available next week
All new iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle to be available next week. Pre-orders on Apple website today!
iTunes
- iTunes 10 coming! New logo coming
- Social music discovery
- Follow people and be followed. 17,000+ concert listings
- Open to 160 million iTunes users in 23 countries
- iTunes 10 available today as a free download
Apple TV
- 1/4 the size – palm size
- Built-in power
- 1 HDMI port
- Built-in WiFi
- Slim aluminum remote
- Rental model – no storage problem
- Streaming content from computer – no syncing needed
- Stunning photo slideshows
- Silent, cool and small
- First run HD movie rentals for $4.99 from iTunes – the day come out on DVD
- ABC/FOX – $0.99 HD TV show rentals
- Stream Netflix to AppleTV
- Watch Youtube videos
- Photos from Flickr & MobileMe
- Interface integrates Rotten Tomatoes reviews
- Switch playback from iPad or iPhone to AppleTV with AirPlay!
Price of AppleTV was $229. New price for 2nd gen AppleTV is $99!!! Available in 4 weeks and available for pre-order today!
{ images: hat tip to Engadget }
