Apple Announces New iPods, iTunes

Hot off the September 12 keynote, Steve Jobs has just dropped the new bag and annouced redesigned and renovated iPod Nanos, the new iPod Shuffle, an upgraded iPod and new iTunes 7.

The new iPod Nano pays homage to the iPod Mini that it replaced, by now having aluminum shells in different colors. The new iPod Nano is thinner than the previous Nano! But it still bumps up the capacity to 8 GB, letting you store almost 2,000 to 2,500 songs. The screen is now supposedly 40% brighter, and yet the battery life has been upped to around 24 hours. The new charger is also around 40% smaller in size.



The new iPod Shuffle also has a silver/gray alumunim casing and is even smaller! Now roughly the size of a matchbox (only thinner), the player still holds in 1 GB of space. It also comes with a clip that you can use to latch the Shuffle on to your jeans pocket, shirt, bag or whatever.



The regular video iPod was also upgraded, though only internally. The new one is a mighty 80 GB large! One of the most interesting features is gapless playback, so if you listen to live sessions into split up tracks pretty often, the new iPod won't break your flow. The search feature has been enhanced to imitate Spotlight on the Mac, with what is essentially an on-screen keyboard appearing right below the search box to facilitate the process. Not as effective as a touch screen iPod would have been, but this is still better than before. The new iPod also does games that are all designed to be played with the wheel, like Zuma, Pac-Man, Mini Golf, Cubis, Tetris etc., but they will be sold separately for $4.99 each. Speaking of prices, the 30 GB iPod retails for $249 while the 80 GB iPod retails for $349. No word on Indian pricing just yet.