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Phones Review: Apple iTunes 8 available now with a touch of Genius
Krunker: Apple introduces 4th gen iPod nano, 2nd gen iPod touch, iTunes 8, and announces OS X 2.1 for iPod touch/iPhone
I4U News: 200M TV Shows Sold on iTunes
textually.org: Apple names 2008's most popular iPhone apps
CrunchGear: New iTunes features include 3G downloads, tiered pricing, and no more DRM
Apple iTunes 8 available now with a touch of Genius
Phones Review —
... tiles-based representation of all your media. The feature we all want to know about is “Genius”.
Genius basically allows you to make playlists of music that should go together well, and you can do this automatically, it will also show-up recommendations of similar music available from iTunes store.
Not forgetting HD within iTunes, now you can see HDTV quality TV for $2.99 each, which is a bargain considering the quality.
What you waiting for, go download your iTunes 8 right here.
Apple’s Press Release
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Apple introduces 4th gen iPod nano, 2nd gen iPod touch, iTunes 8, and announces OS X 2.1 for iPod touch/iPhone
Krunker —
... Since we’re on the software front, there’s a new version of iTunes out called iTunes 8. iTunes 8 comes with that new Genius technology feature which automatically creates playlists from songs in your music library. All you need to do is select any song in your library, click on the Genius button, and watch iTunes create a playlist of songs that go well together from your library. There’s a Genius Sidebar which also provides song recommendations from the iTunes Store. Genius works by learning from music tastes from all the iTunes users out there (all anonymous ...
200M TV Shows Sold on iTunes
I4U News —
... the living room. The service is a great way to catch up on episodes you miss or avoid having to DVR so many programs. "We've got an incredible Fall 2008 TV lineup with over 70 primetime comedies and dramas, including many of the most popular shows on TV in stunning HD," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of Internet Services. "With over 200 million episodes sold, iTunes customers have proven they love watching television on their computer, iPod, iPhone and TV with Apple TV." Via Apple Posted on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:14:51 CDT | by Shane McGlaun ...
Apple names 2008's most popular iPhone apps
textually.org —
According to Apple' Best of 2008, games dominate the top 10 premium iPhone apps. As for the free iPhone applications, the list includes two social networking apps--Facebook and AOL's AIM--as well as two travel apps, Google Earth and Urbanspoon.
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New iTunes features include 3G downloads, tiered pricing, and no more DRM
CrunchGear —
We sure did have some fun at the MacWorld keynote today, huh? Apple announced a slew of updates, Peter yelled at Coldplay, and we learned about some changes to how iTunes is going to work from here on out.
Good changes, too — not like the day I showed up for eighth grade and found that my pant legs were about five inches from my shoes and my voice sounded like Yoko Ono warbling.
Anyway, here’s what’s happening with iTunes:
1. Apple’s finally going the tiered pricing route. Coming in April, ...
Apple iTunes 8.1 released
SlashGear —
Apple have released a new version of iTunes, v8.1, which adds support for the new iPod Shuffle 4GB (the 3rd generation). The update also brings with it improved overall performance and the ability to rip CDs at the same 256 kbps AAC quality as iTunes Plus tracks.
Other changes include adding the Genius sidebar to Movies and TV Show displays, improving iTunes Plus download performance and offering AutoFill for those users manually managing their iPods. Apple have also given friends the ability to request songs for iTunes ...
iTunes price hike starts today
DVICE Atom Feed —
... this all, competitor Amazon.com still sells high-quality 256kbps DRM-free MP3 files, compatible with almost every player around, for $0.89. You have to ask if iTunes, which had successfully changed the way people stole bought music, is now shooting the legal music business in the foot. By charging more for popular songs, you're just tempting people to find ways to avoid those noticeably higher fees.
For now, I'm going shopping at Amazon.com.
Via iTunes
Apple Introduces iTunes 9, Includes App Rearranging, Improved Store, Genius Features, More!
iPhone Alley - RSS —
... At Apple's "It's only Rock and Roll" event today in San Francisco, CEO Steve Jobs introduced iTunes 9. This latest version now includes the ability to add, remove, and rearrange applications on the iPhone and iPod touch. This now makes it easier than ever to load up your iPhone with apps and quickly arrange them the way you want. Additionally, iTunes 9 now sports improvements to syncing. ...
iTunes 9 Goes Live on Apple.com Site
GEARFUSE —
itunes-9 At least graphically. The download is coming soon. Stay tuned. Click here to get it!
Apple Reimagines iPod Nano With Video Camera
iPhone Savior —
... Apple has created a luscious temptation for flesh eating Nano zombies by pricing their 16GB Nano at $179, realizing that $30 is a cheap way to double device capacity. Jobs also introduced a feature rich iTunes 9, plus a cheaper, faster and higher capacity iPod touch. Also of note was the announcement of iPhone OS 3.1 software (available for download now) and a Special Edition, 4GB iPod shuffle for $99. ...
Which Apple Announcement Are You the Most Excited About?
GeekSugar —
... It was a busy day in SF yesterday with all eyes on the "It's Only Rock and Roll" event. Not only did Steve Jobs made his triumphant, black turtlenecked return to the keynote stage after taking time off for his health, but iTunes 9 was introduced, and then there were the iPods. Oh, the video and FM tuner enabled iPods. Plus, who could forget the monster capacity bump to 160GB on the iPod Classic and new candy-colored iPod Shuffles? My head is spinning.
Personally, I'm pretty excited about the iPod Nano's video ...
