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Apple’s “It’s Only Rock and Roll” Event

September 9th, 2009 in Apple, Updates, iPhone

First, Steve Jobs is back! He’s up-front directing the show and, as has been the case previously, letting others handle the detailed demos and some of the presentations.

NOTE: Some of the links for additional information may not yet reflect these updates.

SPOILER: Sorry, no Beatles in the iTunes Store just yet!

iPhone OS 3.1

  • App Store genius to recommend other apps you might like
  • 30,000 ringtones from all 4 major labels
  • FREE for iPhone, $4.95 for iPod touch, available today!
  • more

iTunes 9

Major update to iTunes:

  • Genius DJ mixes – endless mixes of songs that go together
  • Improved syncing options
  • iPhone/iPod touch app manager built-in
  • Home sharing: copy songs, TV shows, etc. with up to 5 computers in your house
  • Redesigned cleaner looking iTunes Store
  • iTunes LP: albums resurrected in digital form
  • FREE DOWNLOAD, available today!
  • more

iPods

  • Madden NFL 2010 is coming to iPhone/iPod touch
  • New iPod touch models feature upgraded OpenGL 2.0 graphics chip
  • iPod touch 8GB: $199, iPod touch 32GB: $299, iPod touch 64GB: $399
  • iPod classic: thinner, 160GB of storage, still $249
  • iPod shuffle: new colors, 2GB for $59, 4GB for $79, special edition
  • more

iPod nano

  • Built-in video camera, microphone and speaker
  • Send video directly to YouTube
  • Pedometer, syncs with Nike
  • FM radio
  • more

Blow-by-blow transcripts of the event are also available at: