Archive: September 2008 — page 3
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New iPod touch Introduced
Apple today introduced the second generation iPod touch featuring an amazingly thin contoured metal design, a gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen glass display, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi wireless networking, integrated volume control buttons, a built-in speaker for casual listening, a built-in accelerometer and other advanced sensors, and Apple’s…
Apple Intros 4th Generation iPod nano
At today's media event Apple introduced a brand new iPod nano with a curved aluminum and glass enclosure, in nine vibrant colours. The new iPod nano incorporates Apple’s breakthrough Genius technology which automatically creates playlists from songs in your music library that go great together…
Gallery: 2nd Generation iPod touch
Photos of the 2nd generation iPod touch introduced at Apple's Let's Rock event on September 9 2008. View the gallery.
Gallery: 4th Generation iPod nano
Photos of the 4th generation iPod nano introduced at Apple's Let's Rock event on September 9 2008. View the gallery.
Live Coverage of "Let's Rock" Event
World of Apple is at hand to offer live coverage of today's special event being held in San Francisco later today. Live coverage will begin over at http://live.worldofapple.com at: 07:00AM - Hawaii 10:00AM - Pacific 11:00AM - Mountain 12:00PM - Central 01:00PM - Eastern 06:00PM…
16GB iPod nano in Many Colours?
Mac Rumors has some last minute info to hand about today's media event being held by Apple. According to the rumour sites sources, Apple will refresh the entire iPod line. The iPod nano is expected to receive a capacity bump from 4/8GB to 8/16GB and…
iTunes 8 Mockup, Recap of Rumours
Kevin Rose has once again posted to his personal blog , this time the post includes a mockup of what he believes iTunes 8 will look like. The mockup shows an iPhoto-like grid view which will be made up of album covers which Rose describes…
Steve Jobs' Appearance Taking Centre Stage [Updated]
After WWDC in June the subject of Steve Jobs' health was a highly discussed point ; at the time many believed that the Apple CEO was ill, causing detrimental effects on the stock price as well as investor confidence. The rumours of an ill Jobs…
iTunes 8 Download Leaked, Promptly Pulled
AppleInsider is reporting that multiple users are claiming that Apple accidentally released a download link to iTunes 8 on Sunday evening. The link which was promptly removed reportedly contained a download for a pre-release copy of iTunes 8. The download link and file in question…
Apple Begins Preparations for September 9 Event
On Tuesday Apple will be holding a special media only event at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, Andrew Mager has posted a photo of Apple making some preparations to the exterior of the building. The banner that has been put up shows an…
iPhone 2.1 at September 9 Event, iTunes 8 Likely
Ars Technica originally had some doubts on the likeliness of iTunes 8 making an appearance at next Tuesday's media event but now believes that iTunes 8 is expected to be released at the event. In addition to the release of iTunes 8, Ars also believes…
Photo of 4G iPod nano Leaked?
Engadget has posted of a purported photo of the fourth generation iPod nano which is expected to be released at next Tuesday's special event . The photo is consistent with rumours that the new iPod nano would return to the long thin form factor and…
New iTunes 8 Visualisation Revealed? [Update]
It is being speculated that the new visualisation which is meant to be making its way to iTunes 8 could be based on Flight404's Magnetosphere . Kevin Rose described the new visualiser in iTunes 8 as "trippy" and Magnetosphere certainly fits the bill. Magnetosphere was…
Apple Stores Set to Open in Switzerland, Australia
This week saw the opening of another Apple Store in the UK, on Thursday Apple held the grand opening for the Highcross Apple Store in Leicester . Apple is also set to extend its presence in Australia, just three month ago the first Apple store…
Analyst Warns of "underwhelming" Apple Event
Despite next weeks Apple event being penned as "a very big deal" Shaw Wu has today warned clients that the September 9 event could be "underwhelming". In the same note the analyst for American Technology Research noted that MacBook Pro and MacBook refreshes are not…
Microsoft's Seinfeld - Gates Ad
Now, I know we're supposed to be all enamored with the Get A Mac ads, but I think credit should be given where credit is due. Microsoft's new ad doesn't even really have anything to do with computers. The only computer related bit in the…
Photo of New iPod nano Revealed?
Alibaba the world's largest B2B marketplace has posted a photo of what appears to be a 4th generation iPod nano. The image corresponds with rumours and other imagery that has been making the rounds over the last week. On September 9th, Apple will be holding…
New iPod Dimensions Revealed?
iLounge has published what it claims are the dimensions of the new iPod nano and iPod touch which are expected to be released next week at the September 9th Special event . The diagrams suggest that the iPod nano will return to the longer design…
iTunes 8 to Feature 'Genius' Recommendations, New Visualisations
Last week Kevin Rose pinpointed September 9 as the date on which Apple would unveil new iPods as well a "big update" to iTunes. Apple has now officially confirmed next weeks Special Event and with that news Kevin Rose has spoke further on iTunes 8…
Sept. 9th Event: a "Very Big Deal"
Apple usually tries to keep the down low on releases, but when they've got something they think is really special, they want to make sure everybody who isn't living under a rock with their ears filled with concrete hears about it. According to Cult of…