Apple ‘Showtime’ Announcements

Apple had a busy today. They announced some new iPod Nanos, iPod Shuffle, and also an update iPod that includes text based searching and games. Apple also announced the availability of movies from iTunes. You can now purchase movies for $9.99 from iTunes and watch them on your iPod.

iTunes 7 is supposed to include an automatic iPod updater and if some of your music files are missing album art, iTunes 7 will retrieve those images for you.

In short, Apple has released:

• second generation nano: thinner aluminum case, 5 colors, 40 % brighter display, 24 hour battery
• new iPod shuffle that is smaller and also comes in an aluminum case
• Movies on your iPod
• Free album art for your files
• Slightly new iTunes layout that will group files
• a sneak peek into iTV.