Wednesday means Apple’s annual iPod event, this time with the slogan ‘It’s only Rock & Roll’ is being promoted. Tweakers.net is in London to present and from 19.00 pm to report via both this blog as well as the Twitter feed.
Wednesday means Apple’s annual iPod event, this time with the slogan ‘It’s only Rock & Roll’ is being promoted. Tweakers.net is in London to present and from 19.00 pm to report via both this blog as well as the Twitter feed.
The annual iPod event takes place in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. For the European press, the company has a meeting in London organised where the presentation via a satellite link. Tweakers.net is present in the chamber and will be from 19.00 hours through updates of this blog page and through our Twitter live report.
Although there is still officially nothing is known about the products that Apple will announce, it is generally assumed that the manufacturer of a new iPod touch and new iPod nano will be present, both feature will be a camera and more memory. There are also rumors that iTunes 9 official blu-ray support. The story that the long-awaited iTablet is announced, seems to us less likely.
The slogan of the event – derived from the title of a song from The Rolling Stones to even more speculation led. There have been going longer rumors that the oeuvre of The Beatles on iTunes will be available, but it is a mystery as to why Apple than to a song title from the Stones would refer to.
It is intended that Tweakers.net in the future more and more often in large-scale events will be present, so that there is direct from the source report can be done. Media like Twitter are ideal for this kind of reporting, as was shown previously with the report from the E3-gamebeurs.
20:15 Steve Jobs closes the presentation. Tweakers.net out from London.
20:05 The 8GB version will cost $ 149, twice the storage capacity goes over the counter for 179 bucks. Steve Jobs is doing a wrap-up of the iPod lineup and announces a live performance by Norah Jones.
20:02 The image quality looks the same on first sight, fine. The Nano will get the voice-over feature of the Shuffle, and Genius. Further, a radio and a pedometer with built-in Nike+ support.
20:00 , And that is not as weird as the video builds in a new type of iPod Nano. A video camera in a device that is just 6 mm thick, it is seriously an amazing achievement.
19:58 one more thing: Apple is coming with a video camera. Anyway, 8 GB of memory, for nothing.
19:56 Furthermore, there are five new colors for the shuffle, the 2GB version is $ 59, the 4GB is 79 dollars. For $ 99 is also a polished stainless steel version available with 4GB of memory and that is quite a nice device.
19:55 There vanuitgaande that the european values are approximately equal is the 32 GB version is a tight deal. the iPod Classic will get 160 GB at the same price.
19:56 There are new 3rd party headphones with the integrated remote control for the iPod Shuffle, and an adapter to allow each set can be used.
19:54 The iPod Touch will have the same processor as the iPhone 3GS. It is not clear whether the 16 GB iPod Touch still will be available.
19:52 The 32 GB version is 299 dollars, and there will be a 64 GB version for 399 dollars.
19:47 iPod Touch price is lowered to $ 199 for the 8 GB version, was 229 dollars.
19:47 Furthermore, NBA Live, Need for Speed Shift, and Command&Conquer.
19:45 EA says that Madden NFL 10 to the appstore.
19:45 The FPS Nova from Gameloft looks actually pretty neat for a handheld game. Including the ability to your iTunes music while you play the game.
19:43 Of the following presented game we make, but no words dirt.
19:40 it is interesting that the iPhone/iPod Touch version at the same time with the consoleversies true.
19:39 of Course, not comparable with the console versions. It looks more like a kind of Streetfighter.
19:38 The producer of Assasins Creed comes out on the stage. Assasins Creed 2 coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch.
19:37 that comparison is true, Apple is really on the chest. Games for the iPod are not comparable with those for the PSP or DSi…with one exception.
19:35 There will now be entered on the Touch as a gaming device. There is a comparison drawn with the PSP and Nintendo DSi.
19:32 Schiller elaborates on why the iPod Touch so amazing is that there are 20 million of them are sold.
19:30 of 220 million iPods sold, almost 74% of the market share in portable music players. There will be a small sneer to Microsoft’s 1%.
19:28 Phil Schiller comes on stage for the iPod presentation.
19:27 And straight afterwards, we get extras in films, such as ‘exclusive content’ in Wall-E. Or iTunes LP, an additional cost has not been told.
19:26 There is tried to estimate the enormous value of iTunes LP to explain but to be honest, is rather disappointing. Compare it with the extras on DVD’s…almost no one looks at them actually.
19:21 , And of course the inevitable Twitter and Facebook integration.
19:21 Home Sharing doesn’t look too special. Useful if you have multiple library’s have but a little media server that does the same.
19:17 So not only can applications be dragged, but also the order of all the pages can be changed.
19:17 We now get a demo of iTunes 9. In iTunes, organizing apps looks like a major improvement over the current method.
19:16 iTunes LP introduces rich content for artists and albums: discografieen, videos, etc.
19:15 Home Sharing feature makes it possible the iTunes library to share with and copy it to up to 5 computers in your house.
19:12 Sync with iPods and iPhones is improved; it is possible to make selections of what needs to be synchronized on the basis of artist, genre, etc. Also the organizing and organizing of applications is possible in iTunes.
19:11 Genius can now also create mixes from various songs in your library.
19:09 iTunes 9 will be announced, with the new interface.
19:06 And, as expected, are ringtones added to the iTunes store. Price is $1.29 per piece. For the change is 3.1 free for the Touch.
19:05 More than 75,000 apps in the appstore, a total of 1.8 billion downloads (excluding updates). iPhone OS 3.1 is announced,Genius technology comes to the iPhone, but for apps to recommend in the appstore, on the basis of what you have already downloaded.
19:04 of Jobs says that there are 30 million iPhones have been sold in the past 2 years.
18:58 Steve Jobs doing the presentation: interesting. standing ovation from the audience – in San Francisco, here everyone remains sitting.
18:58 The broadcast from San Francisco begins.