Hey all WAMUG. :o) Just a few notes from the Apple "music" event which ran today/tonight.
* iTunes 8 available for download:- Accessibility (voice over), New Browsing, Genius Scan through albums and "Scrub" over them, like in iPhoto. Genius sidebar makes recommendations based on your music. iPod Updates - iPod Classic goes to 120GB. (80Gb and 160GB discontinued.) - iPod accounts for 73.4% of market, SanDisk 8.6%, Microsoft 2.6%, other 15.4% - New iPod nano. Thinnest iPod ever.Enhanced user interface plus an Accelerometer. Curved Aluminium and curved glass. Has a voice recording feature when it detects a microphone. "Shake" to "shuffle". Jobs says it¹s the ³cleanest² most ³toxic free² iPods they¹ve ever made. - More colours. Black, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, violet - 8Gb and 16GB. US pricing $149 8GB and $199 16GB New headphones and armband accessories. One has a microphone built on the back which works with the recording feature. Redesigned iPod Touch The Touch now is thinner, with a contoured steel design. Same features - 3.5-inch display, accelerometer, 802.11b/g and the app store. New features - An integrated volume control on the side, a speaker, and Genius playlist creation. Also has Nike+ iPod built in. New games for iPod touch. Spores Origin, Real Soccer 2009, Need for Speed:Undercover. (Game overlays a D control pad and A & B buttons on bottom of screen). Games come in November for iPhone and iPod Touch. 8Gb is USD$229, 16GB is USD$299 and 32GB is USD$399. 2.1 software update free for version2 owners. Earlier version update is USD$9.95. iPhone owners get a 2.1 software update that ³fixes lots of bugs.² Significantly improved battery life, fewer call drops, crashing problems, increased speed for iTunes backups and various other fixes. Update is free and should be available this Friday. More updates and info I'm sure will be up on most Mac websites /Apple Site /Apple Online store,....so have a look if you're interested,... ;o) And on that note,..I called it a night and went to bed,... (apologies for any spelling mistakes or grammar,...it's late,...) :o) Enjoy! Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
