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In early 2007, the recently-announced Apple iTV will debut but right now we’re able to have a look at it and time to think what we will with it!
In short, could the iTV be considered just like a well-grown-up version of the Airport Express, in terms of streaming (video) content wirelessly from iTunes?
Check out for yourself: as far as it concerns myself, I’m looking forward for some smart hacking of this cool device.

Click here to watch the CNET first look video on Apple’s iTV

Among all news and new products introduced yesterday, I’d like to highlight iTunes 7 since it features a really nice interface.

iTunes 7

Complete support for new media and contents (more on this later), some interface redesigns along with a new, blueish icon, and a brand new way of browsing through your albums.

We often hear complaints from people missing their album collection and the pleasure of browsing through CD covers: no longer should they complain about it!

iTunes 7 allows Mac and PC users to visually browse like nothing else through their albums with stunning graphics.

This FrontRow-style interface comes from a previous iTunes 6 plug-in from the guys at Steelskies: CoverFlow, the name of this plug-in has been incorporated into iTunes 7; check SteelSkies for more details on CoverFlow.

Check full article about new iPod and iTunes on iPodPalace.com

As always, great rumors and many fakes.
The truth about today’s Apple announcement is: Mac mini shifts to Intel and iPod HiFi, a three-way speaker box.

The new Mac mini with Intel processors, both Core Duo running @ 1,66 GHz or Core Solo running @ 1,5 GHz.
This is the first time ever for a Intel Core Solo processor, as far as we know.

Featuring Front Row and its remote, up to 120 GB hard drive and an Intel GMA950 GPU, the new Mac mini is the second Intel-based move in less than 60 days: quite a fast shift, even for Steve’s company.

Good job!

Looking at the box, there’s almost nothing different from the previous model, apart from the back sporting different ports and connectors.

The only ‘dark’ spot is the GMA950-based graphics card and its performance, opposed to ATI and nVidia chipsets, but in the next days plenty of benchmarks will be published about this topic.
The iPod HiFi is a speaker-boombox featuring the universal dock connector and three big speakers with a design that may be so trendy and so 70’s; remote command included.

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BusinessWeek Online reports on what may be more than just a rumor: Oct. 12th may be a great announcement day for Apple.

Apple Computer has summoned journalists and analysts far and wide to an unveiling of “just one more thing.” The e-mailed invitation includes a curtain that looks suspiciously like those found in movie houses, fueling speculation that the Oct. 12 event concerns a souped-up version of the iPod that can play movies.

Read more here.

Read from Apple here and watch the webcast video where Steve introduces the new products here

Available now for Mac OS X users, iTunes 5.01 updates iTunes 5 and may fix the problems macswitching.com has reported about.

Read here on Apple discussion forums and here too.

An article that makes a lot things more clear about Steve, his past and his future.
At least for those who didn’t know a thing about it…

Read here the full article, or here a short preview.

BusinessWeek published an article speculating on video iPod, ipodpalace.com reports on this.

A video iPod has been under investigation for a long time, Apple iPod nano announcement looked the right chance but… not this time, it seems.

Read more here.

iPodPalace.com reports about some problems encountered by several users using the new iTunes 5.

Check here to know more…

iPodpalace.com has published a hands-on review on the new iPod nano and the Motorola ROKR iTunes-enables phone.

The article features some early pictures too of the iPod nano, the ROKR and some new accessories and some comments on Apple’s recent announcements.

Read the article on iPodpalace.com and stay tuned for more…

There’s too much news to talk about!
The iPod nano has taken the place of the iPod mini (farewell, my dear…), it’s incredibily small and is completely skip free!

A really nice flash-based model, 2- or 4 Gigabytes of memory and a color LCD.

The Motorola ROKR iTunes-enabled Phone holds about 100 songs, just like an iPod shuffle.

iTunes 5 has been announced too: it features a quite new interface, a new search feature and playlist folders.

Available for Mac … and Windows too here.

Read more here.

Griffin Technology Inc. announces iFM, a device which will allow iPods to be used in new and unique ways.

iFM integrates FM radio tuning, recording and remote control functionality to the iPod, all in a tiny aluminum enclosure.

With the flip of a switch users can now switch seamlessly between controlling their music library and listening to their favorite FM radio programming.

Use the iFM as an inline remote to control the iPod’s transport controls, great for workouts, biking or hiking.

iFM is also a recording device, with a built in microphone to record voice, or change modes to capture live FM radio directly to the iPod!

The integrated white backlit LCD shows the operating mode of the iFM at a glance.

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