Apple: You magnificent bastard!

Apple released its latest iPod today, complete with many of the features that made its iPhone the must have device of the summer. The iPod Touch is definitely drool-worthy.
The 8 and 16 gig models are audio and video ready, and are Wi Fi enabled. So you can surf the web, and buy music from the iTunes music store, wherever there is Wi-Fi access (which is just about every coffee shop in the world nowadays).
The iPod Nano also got an upgrade, with a smaller size and can now play video … d’oh!
I don’t have much on the tech specs on the Touch or new Nano, they were just announced a couple of hours ago, but man, I was thinking I need to get an iPhone, now iPod Touch seems to be the right thing for me. And I don’t think I’m going to be alone. So, lets all march to the Apple Store! The revolution will be podcast!




More including a guided tour HERE!


UPDATE! New iPod Touch will ship by Sept. 28 through the Apple Store. The 8 gig model sells for $299 and the 16 gig model sells for $399. AND, they will be available for both Mac and PC.

UPDATE2! Apple will also phase out the 4 gig iPhone and drop the price of the 8 gig iPhone to $399. Apple also announced a WiFi partnership with Starbucks. According to an AP article, "Starting in October, the Starbucks icon will light up on the iPod Touch whenever a user nears a Starbucks coffee shop that has Wi-Fi access. Users can then download the song that's playing overhead or get a list of the 10 most recent songs played. The Starbucks partnership — which executives at both companies have been working on for two years — begins at 600 stores in New York and Seattle on Oct. 2. In November, it will be available at 350 stores in the San Francisco Bay Area, and by the end of next year it will be in all Starbucks with Wi-Fi nationwide." Apple will also start selling ringtones for $0.99 later this month.

UPDATE3! The "Classic" iPod is being beefed up as well. The iPod will come in 80 gig ($249) and 160 gig ($349) versions. Double the sizes of some of its predecessors.

UPDATE4! Microsoft announced it would cut the cost of the Zune by $50 bucks. Just in case you didn't notice that new tidbit because you are currently running around the room screaming "Oh My God. Oh My God. The New iPod is soooooo sweeeeeet!"