Apple launch news

[Andrew Robinson]

whole iPod range refreshed

Shuffle:
new colours (yawn)

Nano:
tiny, 320x 240 screen, coverflow etc, (as per leaks), shipping now

iPod:
now called iPod classic, thinner, comes in 80 or 160gb versions, 
shipping now

but the big news is...

the iPod touch:
aka the Zunekiller. Has the iPhone touch screen, is 8mm thick, has os x, 
wifi, safari, youtube, facebook, can buy from iTunes store over wifi 
(iPhones will get this ability as an update too), syncs the songs back 
to your home computer. 8Gb $299, 16Gb $399, ships ina few weeks.

once more thing... If you are in Starbucks, your iPod Touch or iPhone 
will tell you what the song playing in the store is, together with a 
'buy it now' button.

one more one more thing...
4Gb iPhone dropped, 8Gb iPhone price cut from $599 to $399, as of now.

ars technica coverage (best live writeup I've found): 
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070905-live-ars-technica-coverage-of-todays-apple-event.html

Apple store US (down at the mo, as usual during launches 
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore )

- Andy_R

damn, no European iPhone lanuch! Grrrr!