Apple Universe with Daniel Brusilovsky

Wednesday, Sep 05, 2007

Apple Universe Episode #44- Apple Event Recap

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As we all know, Apple had a invite only Media Event. Steve Jobs did not let us down! Here are some of the key releases:

An additional announcement from the "Beat Goes On" media event today - the iPhone will receive a price drop, moving the 8GB model down to $399 from $599 starting immediately. The 4GB iPhone model is being dropped, due to intense consumer concentration on the 8GB model. With the current pricing, the 8GB iPhone is now only $100 more than the new iPod touch model at the same storage capacity. Apple released a new version of iTunes at the "Beat Goes On" special media event today, allowing users to make their own ringtones & sync directly to the iphone for $.99 in addition to the cost of the song. The user is allowed to pick any 30 second selection from a song, with iTunes automatically creating fade-in and -out for the ringtone. After agreeing to your selection, you can click the "buy" button and for 99¢ you have a ringtone. Only select songs are available to create ringtones from, with each usable track displaying a "bell" icon.

Apple also released the iPod Touch today, featuring full, touchscreen controls like the iPhone. Included apps are Calendar, Clock Contacts, Calc, Settings and a few more. Steve Jobs called it "One of the Seven Wonders of the World."

• Thinner than the iPhone - only 8mm
• Same multitouch pinch & spread zooming controls for photos as the iPhone
• Same coverflow as the iPhone
• 3.5" diagonal screen
• Wi-Fi 802.11b & 802.11g - it can save your home network setup
• Home button
• Slide to unlock - same as the iPhone
• Sensor for auto-landscape viewing
• Safari - connect to the internet via WiFi
• YouTube via WiFi
• 22 hours audio, 5 hours video playback
• Shipping worldwide this month - already localized into many languages
• 8GB - $299
• 16GB - $399

Apple released the iPod Classic at the "Beat Goes On" special media event today, revamping what was the current full-size iPod in the lineup. It features a thinner, full metal body. Capacity has been increased to either 80GB or 160GB versions. Specs are as follows:

• 80GB - $249
• 160GB - $349
- 40 hrs music playback, 7 hrs video playback
• Available today

New iPod Classic replaces original iPod

Apple today introduced the new iPod classic, featuring 80GB or 160GB of storage that holds your entire collection of music, photos, video, podcasts and games-up to 40,000 songs or 200 hours of video. Now in its sixth generation, the new iPod classic delivers all the features customers love about their iPods, plus an enhanced user interface featuring Cover Flow and a new all-metal enclosure. iPod classic is priced at US$249 for the 80GB model and $349 for the 160GB model. Both model are available for sale now.

New iPod Nano Released

Apple released a new iPod nano at the "Beat Goes On" special media event held at the Moscone West event hall in San Francisco today. Specs for the new device are as follows:
• Incredibly smaller
• New colors: (RED), silver, light blue, teal & green
• Full Metal design
• New User Interface - includes Cover Flow
• Three games bundled - includes Vortex
• Video-capable
• Cover Flow
• 2" screen, with brigher, QVGA resolution (320x240) - highest pixel density Apple's ever shipped
• 4GB - US$149
• 8GB - US$199
• 24 hours of audio playback, 5 hours video playback
• Shipping Today
• Both models compatible with Nike+ running kit

Updated iPod shuffle Released

Apple released new iPod Shuffles at the "Beat Goes On" special media event, offering a refresh to the current line of Shuffle. It keeps the $79 price point at 1GB storage, and offers these colors: silver, light blue, teal & green. Also in the offering is a Product (RED) version of the shuffle.