Apple Launches New iPods

Apple announced the launch of new iPod models and iTunes 9 on Wednesday, September 9, at a press conference in San Francisco, CA.

New iPod Nano
The new iPod nano features a built-in video camera with mic and speaker, a larger 2.2-inch color display, built-in FM radio and pedometer. The Nano comes in two configurations 8GB ($149) or 16 GB ($179) in nine different colors: silver, black, purple, blue, green, orange, yellow, (PRODUCT) RED and pink. Available now.

New iPod Touch Lineup
Apple's iPod touch 8GB is now $199 and two new touch models: a 32GB model for $299 and 64GB model for $399. The 32GB and 64GB feature a new, faster processor.

New iPod Shuffle Lineup
Apple's iPod shuffle is now available with 2GB ($59) or 4GB ($79) in five colors: silver, black, pink, blue and green.

iTunes 9
iTunes® 9 (available now as a free download at itunes.com) includes a redesigned store, improved syncing, iTunes LP, Home Sharing and Genius Mixes.

iTunes LP delivers expanded visual features like live performance videos, lyrics, artwork, liner notes, interviews, photos, album credits and more. The new iTunes Extras provides a similar experience for movies on iTunes with features including documentaries, deleted scenes, interviews and interactive galleries.

Home Sharing, which lets you easily transfer music, movies and TV shows among up to five authorized computers in your home. Family members can now view up to five iTunes libraries on their home network, see only the portion of these libraries they don’t already have, import their favorite content directly to their own libraries, and automatically add new purchases from other computers into their library.

The new Genius Mixes feature is like having a “Genius” DJ that automatically generates up to 12 endless mixes of songs from your iTunes library that go great together.

Also, the iTunes Store on iPhone now features precut ringtone downloads with over 20,000 ringtones priced at just $1.29.