Mobile z Talk

At the “Let’s Rock” event in San Francisco, Apple and Steve Jobs revealed an updated line up of iPods along with several new announcements. Two of the iPods that were significantly updated are iPod Nano and iPod Touch. To start with, the new 4G iPod Nano looks exactly like the rumored images which leaked few weeks back. Apple has gone back to the tall and thin form factor, dumping its 3G fat and short look. It has an oval aluminum design, with a longer display. Guess what? Jobs claims that 4G iPod Nano is the “Thinnest iPod we’ve ever made”.

ipod nano

4G iPod Nano will be sold in what Apple calls as “nano-chromatic colors” (silver, gunmetal, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red and pink). They’ve stuffed in an accelerometer into the device, which lets it function just like iPod Touch. You can rotate the device for watching widescreen videos, photos or for the cover flow interface. The accelerometer can also be used to change between songs just by shaking the device. It can hold up to 24 hours of music, or 4 hours of video. The device is priced at $149 for 8GB and $199 for 16GB.

Coming to iPod Touch, Apple is trying to market iPod Touch not just as a music player, but also as a gaming platform. 2G iPod Touch features sleek rounded metal body with integrated volume controls and built-in speakers. Nike+ connectivity is also packed straight inside the new iPod Touch. 16GB iPod Touch is priced at $299, whereas the 32GB version will sell for $399.

New Add-Ons in Ipod Nano 4G:

Its built in accelerometer allows for both portrait and landscape view of photos, videos, and Coverflow.

Shake to Shuffle - A great new feature. To activate shuffle, just shake the ipod and you will be ready to listen to a shuffled iPod.

Height:3.6 inches (90.7 mm)
Width:1.5 inches (38.7 mm)
Depth:0.24 inch (6.2 mm)
Weight:1.3 ounces (36.8 grams)

A new Battery

* Music playback time: Up to 24 hours when fully charged
* Video playback time: Up to 4 hours when fully charged

Prices:

8GB: 2,000 songs / 8 hours of video $149.00
16GB: 16GB1: 4,000 songs / 16 hours of video $199.00

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