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News: Apple?s 2010 Music Event: The Big Picture Summary
by Jeremy Horwitz
1 Sep 2010 at 6:34pm
Apple?s 2010 Music Event is over, and as expected, it brought new iPod models, a new Apple TV, and a new version of iTunes?plus information on iOS versions 4.1 and 4.2. Here?s a quick summary of the key announcements, with a convenient gallery of photographs. Fourth-Generation iPod shuffle: $49 (2GB). After the huge flop of the third-generation shuffle, Apple has switched the body completely, with a new design that preserves all?
First Looks: NOCS NS200 Earphones With Remote and Mic for iPad, iPhone + iPod
by Jeremy Horwitz
2 Sep 2010 at 6:16pm
Designed in Sweden as the first officially-branded "Made for iPad" earphones we've received, NOCS' NS200 Earphones with Remote and Mic ($TBD) are a sequel to a same-named but different-looking, different-featured product released two years ago. The new NS200 combines metal canalphones with a three-button in-line remote dangling from the right cord. NS200's earphone housings are made from machined aluminum with silicone rubber tips -- four sets are?
First Looks: XtremeMac InCharge Duo for iPad
by Jeremy Horwitz
2 Sep 2010 at 6:03pm
Quite possibly the most exciting XtremeMac accessory we've seen in a long while, InCharge Duo for iPad ($60) is a dual-device charging station capable of simultaneously refueling an iPad and either an iPhone or an iPod, with a swappable top plate that converts the unit to charge two iPhones or two iPods at once instead. Due to the shape of the top mold, InCharge Duo has enough give to let you recharge bare iPads and ones inside of some cases, while?
First Looks: XtremeMac InCharge Auto for iPad
by Jeremy Horwitz
2 Sep 2010 at 5:58pm
The latest version of XtremeMac's InCharge Auto car charger is called InCharge Auto for iPad ($25), adding 2.1-Amp charging capabilities to a previously iPod- and iPhone-only charging design. Featuring a single straight power cable rather than the coiled ones that have appeared in some past XtremeMac car chargers, the new InCharge Auto is made with black and gray plastics, features a small, slim Dock Connector, and has a LED power indicator and safety?
News: iTunes Ping loses Facebook Connect after release (images)
by Jeremy Horwitz
2 Sep 2010 at 4:46pm
As noted when iTunes 10 launched yesterday with Apple?s new music social network Ping, the official release of the software came roughly eight hours after its announcement?considerably later than had originally been expected. Reports have suggested that the delay may have been the result of a last-minute contractual problem between Apple and Facebook, which reportedly proposed ?onerous terms,? leading Apple to remove a promised?
News: Apple quietly nixes ?Free iPod touch? promo for new iPods
by Jeremy Horwitz
2 Sep 2010 at 4:11pm
In an unexpected change to its ?Buy a Mac, get a free iPod? promotion for educational customers, which runs through September 7 of this year, Apple will not offer students rebates on iPod models announced yesterday, a limitation snuck into a just-updated Terms and Conditions PDF on its Apple Store web site. Since late May, Apple?s web site has promised students and educators a free 8GB iPod touch or less expensive iPod model with?
Backstage: On iPod touch 4G?s Low-Resolution Rear Camera + Rear Mic
by Jeremy Horwitz
2 Sep 2010 at 3:28pm
When Apple released the iPhone 4, praise for the phone?s redesigned rear camera system was universal: the company had made the wise choice to focus on pixel quality rather than quantity, including improved low-light capabilities and color rendition, resulting in nearly point-and-shoot camera-quality pictures and videos. It seemed like a foregone conclusion that the rear camera on the fourth-generation iPod touch would be similarly powerful,?
News: AKG outs Quincy Jones Signature Line of headphones
by Charles Starrett
2 Sep 2010 at 3:01pm
AKG, a brand of Harman, has introduced a new line of Quincy Jones Signature headphones. The lineup includes the Q701 ?reference-class? over-the-ear headphones featuring a flat-wire voice coil, a Varimotion two-layer diaphragm, and neodymium drivers, the Q460 portable on-ear mini headphones featuring a folding design, a detachable cable, and an iPhone-compatible in-line microphone and remote, and the Q350 in-ear headphones with three included?
News: Apple posts new iPod touch, iPod nano TV ads
by Charles Starrett
2 Sep 2010 at 2:36pm
Apple has posted its first TV advertisements for the fourth-generation iPod touch and sixth-generation iPod nano online. The fourth-generation touch commercial is similar to past spots for the device, showing off its video-recording, gaming, and FaceTime features against a white background, set the to song ?Come Home? by Chappo. The sixth-generation iPod nano commercial is also shot against a white background, and is shown being clipped?
News: Apple CEO Jobs talks apps on TV, Facebook + Ping
by Charles Starrett
2 Sep 2010 at 2:23pm
In separate interviews with Bloomberg Businessweek and AllThingsD, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has provided some insight into yesterday?s announcements. Jobs told Bloomberg that Apple could open an App Store for the TV when the time is right. When asked if the iPad could evolve into the TV of the future, Jobs said, ?That?s how I do most of my TV watching today.? Discussing Apple?s new Ping social networking service, Jobs told?
News: Apple posts stream, podcast of Fall 2010 iPod event
by Charles Starrett
2 Sep 2010 at 1:45pm
Apple has posted a stream of yesterday?s Fall 2010 iPod event on its website, as well as a downloadable version on its Apple Keynotes podcast. During the event, Apple announced iOS 4.1 and 4.2, new models of the iPod shuffle, iPod nano, and iPod touch, iTunes 10 with the new Ping social networking service, and a new cheaper streaming-based Apple TV. For more information on the event, see our summary article, our complete transcript, and our?
News: Twitter releases official iPad app
by Jesse David Hollington
2 Sep 2010 at 11:16am
Twitter has released a universal update, adding iPad support to its official Twitter app for iOS devices. Earlier this year, Twitter acquired Tweetie for the iPhone and iPod touch for it to become the company?s official Twitter app. As part of the acquisition, Tweetie developer Loren Brichter was brought onto Twitter?s staff to continue further development of the app including work on developing an iPad-native version. Now released as?
News: iTunes Ping goes live on iOS 4, not yet iPad
by Jeremy Horwitz
2 Sep 2010 at 3:59am
In addition to the release of iTunes 10 for Mac and PC earlier this evening, Apple has brought the Ping social music networking feature to the free iTunes application for iPhone and iPod touch. Rather than offering Ping as a standalone application, the company has integrated most of its features into a button that?s now found at the bottom of iTunes, using button-style tabs to let you switch between a timeline of Activity, lists of People you?
News: iTunes 10 now available for download, new Ping notes
by Jeremy Horwitz
2 Sep 2010 at 1:38am
Eight hours after announcing iTunes 10, Apple has released the latest version of its digital media management software for free download from Apple.com and iTunes.com. As discussed more fully in our earlier iTunes 10 story, the software adds a new Ping social networking feature, a Hybrid View of songs with album art, and a collection of small refinements to the user interface, as well as promising performance improvements. Grab it from iTunes.com?
Backstage: iPod touch 4G?s Battery Is Bigger, But Is It Better?
by Jeremy Horwitz
2 Sep 2010 at 1:08am
When Apple introduced the second-generation iPod touch in 2008, it promised 36 hours of run time when playing back audio and doing nothing else?a claim both it and its 2009 third-generation sequel surpassed by nearly four hours. They used 2.92 Watt-Hour batteries at 3.7 volts, or roughly 789mAh. The fourth-generation iPod touch has just been revealed in photographs inside and out by the FCC, and surprise, there?s a 3.44 Watt-Hour battery?

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