Current Events . TechnologyOn September 9, 2008 by Adam

Summary of today’s Apple ‘Let’s Rock’ keynote.

• iTunes is the #1 music software and is getting an update with version 8. There is now HD content (about time) in the store priced decently at $2.99. There is a new way to browse your content in iTunes, which makes it look a lot more like the other Apple software applications (aka iPhoto). Moreover, probably the most interesting improvement is the Genius function. It will make playlists from songs in your library that go together, as well as recommend music that you may like from the store.
• iPod classic reduced to only the thin model at $249 for 120GB (white or black, choose your pick). That is over 30,000 songs! Whatever.
• iPod Nano, redesigned (see the rumored picture here) to make it the smallest iPod ever. The design includes curved aluminum, curved glass, enhanced user interface… They added an accelerometer, which enables some cool futures, like shack the Nano to shuffle to the next song! It is available in a “nano-chromatic” colors and starts at $149 for the 8GB and $199 for the 16GB.
• Apple introduced new headphones the include inline controls and a microphone.
• iPod Touch has been redesigned as well. In now includes integrated volume controls as well as a built-in speaker (it is about time). Both the iPod Nano and the Touch include the Genius Playlist creation. The new Touch is also Nike + iPod compatible (whatever). The price has dropped (still not cheap enough) to $229 for the 8GB, $299 for the 16GB and $399 for the 32GB (wow, solid state drives are expensive).
• Lastly, 2.1 software update was introduced, which includes the famous Apple ‘bug fixes’!

Well there you have it, some of the rumors were true and some things we can keep wishing for, like the subscription music service. There is always next time Apple!