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First Take: ITunes 9

New button in the interface to act as the top drop-down menu so you can drill down to view Web pages.

(Credit: Screenshot Jason Parker / CNET)

ITunes 9, it was announced today at the annual music event this year from Apple. Title “It’s Only Rock And Roll event,” Apple does not disappoint with the return of Steve Jobs, modernization (and cheaper) IPOD Nanos and Shuffles, and a host of new demonstrations iPhone App from third-party developers. As many predicted, ITunes 9 (Mac or Windows) was also included in the agenda, and he received a number of interesting improvements opportunity to make navigation easier and synchronization with devices easier. ITunes 9 is available today, but has not yet been added to the update service software Apple.

ITunes 9 has been cleared to facilitate navigation, changed with the new format and a new tab black-menu system at the top of the ITunes Store interface. These new tabs to replace the old left-hand navigation to choose between categories like music, applications, movies, and podcasts. Model of the new content in ITunes Store has been improved, as well as with more viewing content in each category.

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Along with enhancements ITunes Store Interface, Apple announced new packaged digital content is called “plate”. According to Apple, buy the full album to provide you with new material, such as the extras on the DVD. You can show the lyrics with the songs, to study the bonus content, as well as to additional content created by the musicians themselves. In addition, you get the same new material for movies, with additions, bonus content, chapter selection, character details, and much more.

How do you interact with applications on the iPhone and IPod Touch has also been improved. Now your main screen you can interact with the visual, right in the box, ITunes, allowing you to drag Apps, where you want to synchronize with the device. Services can be drawn from page to page and the pages, and when you finish you can apply changes to synchronize with your device. iPhone synchronization has been improved, as well as the possibility of selective Sync specific artists or playlists, or synchronize your photos or albums to a specific person.

Steve Jobs also announced that ITunes offers Home Access. This new feature allows you to share purchased songs via your home network. While all computers on the network are in the same ITunes account, you can drag to copy the songs to other computers. ITunes 9 also will automatically sync new purchases on the computers.

In general, the new interface improvements ITunes Store, the best way to organize applications on your iPhone or Ipod Touch, and improvements in synchronization, the new ITunes update offers many improvements for users of ITunes. As a free update ITunes 9 represents no danger to those who use the program.

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Video Roundup: Jobs, new Ipods come on stage Apple

Our cameras were rolling Wednesday morning in San Francisco, Apple’s press conference, as the company played up to 9 ITunes, Ipod lower prices, games for Touch, a video camera for Ipod Nano, and much more.

But the real focus was on Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who made his first public appearance after returning from medical leave after receiving a liver transplant earlier this year.

Here’s Roundup of our videotaped, beginning with the work of standing ovations and opening remarks.

Steve Jobs is back
For the first time in almost a year and five months after liver transplantation, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took a central place in 2009, the company musical event a product launch. Job thanks apple community and encourages all to register to become organ donors.

Ipod Nano will get a video camera
Apple CEO Steve Jobs shows the next generation of Ipod Nano. New features include video, voice recorder, FM radio, and pedometer.

From Apple ITunes 9
Jeff Robbin, VP Apple ’s consumer applications, demonstrates the latest ITunes Store and home exchange feature that allows up to five authorized computers in one house to the lot of music, TV programs and applications.

Madden NFL 10 comes to the iPhone, Ipod Touch
Travis Boatman from Electronic Arts shows Off Madden NFL 10, the first game in the popular franchise will be sold in the Apple App Store.

From Apple ITunes LP
Jeff Robbin, vice president of Apple’s consumer applications, shows from 9 ITunes new features LP. Purchased albums come with many Extras, including album art, lyrics, photos and video.

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Live blog: Apple updates Ipods, Jobs takes stage

11:16 am: he thanked all for coming. That’s the end, guys. We have to continuing coverage, including reviews of new devices coming later today from Donald Bell CNET and numerous video and further analysis with CNET News. Thank you for your help!

11:15 am: Norah Jones concludes her performance. Lights backup and Steve on stage.

11:11 am: Jones said: “Thanks to Steve Jobs for us. Happy to see that he is doing well. Now we get a preliminary song from her future album is called” young blood “.

11:06 am: Jobs is now talking music. “This is the main reason why we do it.” A live performance further. This is Norah Jones.

People clap, but it seems that a sizeable disappointment for those expecting the Beatles and Coldplay, who were one of the rumors. It begins with “Come Away With Me”.

11:04 am: We Get a preview of a new era, which emphasizes the function of video and color Nano - with a cutesy song as back-pop, of course.

11:04 am: It comes in various colors: pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, silver, black. 8GB for $ 159 and 16 GB for $ 179, as will be available today.

11:02 am: voice-over function of the Ipod Shuffle will also be in the nano, as well as Genius mixtures, which were discussed earlier. Nano will also be FM-radio, voice recorder application, and pedometer. Pedometer will sync online with Nike Plus.

11:00 am: he says that this is just fine, as before, and shows a quick demo video from the camera device. Will synchronize video on your IPhoto or YouTube, the touch of a button (another feature of the camera Flip Video).

10:59 am: “Video has risen sharply over the past few years,” he says. All these flows come from a solid state video cameras. It shows a picture Flip Video and 4GB $ 149 price. “We want to get into this,” he says. There will be cameras in the back of each Ipod Nano. There is also a microphone and speaker inside.

10:58 am: Steve backup. One more thing … camera.

10:57 am: Ipod Shuffle gets its turn. Now it comes in more colors. Pink, green and blue in addition to silver and black. Also, now $ 59 for 2 GB and $ 79 for 4GB. There is also a special edition in stainless steel for $ 99.

10:54 am: Now, Schiller discussed the Ipod Classic. Now it will be 160GB for $ 249, that compared to 120GB.

10:53 am: OpenGL ES 2.0 is also on the IPod Touch is now, so the game quickly - except for the $ 199 version, which will not have it.

10:52 am: “$ 199 is the magic price point in the IPod market,” said Schiller. As of today, IPod Touch is $ 199 for 8 GB and $ 299 for 32 GB. At the present time also goes to the 64GB model for $ 399.

10:49 am: You can draw directly on the screen plays, which attracts a lot of applause from the audience. Madden 10 is available today in the App Store, Boatman said.

10:47 am: just one game developer, Schiller promises. It Travis Boatman from Electronic Arts. He said Madden NFL 10, which is coming to App Store for the first time.

10:44 am: Mark Hickey from Gameloft, one of the most prolific bodies of App Store games, expired. It shows a new first-person shooter called Nova, where you have to protect humanity from alien attack in space.

10:42 am: Now, Bart Decrem, founder of Tapulous (Tap Tap Revolution producer) has expired. Riddim tape to build a new game, especially for the iPhone and IPod Touch “. This is a game where you race down the rhythm of DJ songs, Guitar Hero-style. You can remix the songs of different directions is the key “tape.”

10:37 am: Several developers of those games are going to come on the scene now. Ubisoft is the first. Ben Mattes from Ubisoft talk about Creed Assassin’s II, and as he comes to App Store. He will be out November 11.

Schiller fun, not a corporation Dell-small pocket PC.

(Credit: Stephen Shankland / CNET) 10:35 am: He says IPod Touch is a better gaming platform than the PSP or Nintendo DS. He points to the $ 30 games on these devices and buying experience as “too expensive” and “not very fun.” He said that there are 21178 “games and entertainment” titles on the iPhone OS, compared with 3600 on Nintendo, and 600 on the Sony.

10:33 am: Now talking computational aspects Ipod Touch, a Wi-Fi, Web browsing, safari, email, etc. “It’s in your pocket. Not all of Schiller can say that,” he said. And it shows the image on the screen Dell laptop computer. More giggles from the audience.

10:29 am: First of Schiller’s talk sales. 220 million Ipods sold to date, “he says. He said that 73.8 percent of the market, with Microsoft pulling up the rear with 1.1 percent. ” There are a few giggles.

Twenty million of them are sold Ipod Touch, he says. 

10:28 am: Jobs is back on the scene. He says, ITunes 9 is free and ready to download today. Phil Schiller will come to Ipods to talk now.

10:27 am: There is also something called ITunes Extras. Using the movie “WALL-E”, it shows there are additional features such as short videos and navigation head in this movie.

10:25 am: There are also videos that he says are extremely ITunes LP. For example, Ray Manzarek says about how they decided to call the band The Doors.

10:24 am: Now Jeff shows us ITunes LP. He takes a Doors album. You can see all the songs, all songs, and lots of photos.

You can see the songs from the album in ITunes Watch 9. Shown here Dave Matthews song.

(Credit: Stephen Shankland)
10:22 am: can also preview songs right in the top of the Charts. When viewed in a store, you can click the “I” for a preview of the songs on the album, which will enable quick to listen, not going to the actual artist, or album page. You can also post Twitter data and Facebook about the songs that you find in the ITunes Store.

10:21 am: There’s a new navigation bar at the ITunes Store shows: music, movies, television, podcasts, audiobooks, etc.

10:19 am: He also shows us how the main exchange activities. You can drag a song or a series of songs with other authorized computers in their own library. You can sort the songs that others that you do not, and can configure it so that when others buy new content from ITunes, it can be automatically transferred into your library.

10:17 am: Jeff Robbin, vice president of consumer applications and a leading designer of software for ITunes, now demonstrating the new ITunes. He shows how to drag the Service in ITunes, to change the order as they appear on your IPod Touch or iPhone. You can check and remove it games or applications you want from the device.

10:15 am: Another new feature: ITunes LP. “Some of us are old enough to have bought the plate,” says Steve. You can get the album art, videos, Liner Notes, credits, etc. This is undoubtedly the “Cocktail”, we hear about. Artists and Label can now have access to additional addition to their albums now.

10:14 am: ITunes Store also gets a new look, along with the improvement of artists, film, TV and pages - “clean” layout, the work says.

10:13 am: and something called home access. Use it to copy music, movies, TV shows for up to five authorized computers in your home. Can see that in all other authorized computers right from your ITunes.

10:12 am: he says, synchronization will be better, too. When you synchronize playlists, you can also synchronize particular genres or individual artists. Furthermore, specific photo albums or a particular person from IPhoto, as well as specific movies from ITunes. You can also manage applications of synchronization in ITunes.

10:11 am: In ITunes 9: Genius mixture. How playlists Genius, Genius is a mix like a DJ, who plays a mix of songs that go along with your own library. Makes up to 12 mixtures simultaneously.

10:09 am: Today, 9 out ITunes. New look. Cleaner-looking, better navigation.

10:08 am: Now go to ITunes: Steve says ITunes is number 1 seller of music in the world. 8.5 billion songs have been purchased and there are 100 million accounts.

10:08 am: iPhone OS 3.1 is free for the iPhone and IPod Touch users who have 3.0. This will be made available today. Update 2:58 pm: It was reported earlier that it would cost IPod Touch users $ 4.95. Updating only costs money, for those who have not yet upgraded their IPod Touch to 3.0 or higher.

10:07 am: Also: Greg Sandoval, as previously reported, will ringtones sold for $ 1.29 each. You can buy them as you buy music.

10:06 am: Today: iPhone OS 3.1. Some bug fixes and new features are coming. Technology Genius playlist will now work for applications in the App Store. It will recommend applications for you on applications you already have. Recommendations will be better as people say what they like and buy, “he says.

10:05 am: in the past year, the reason lies in the App Store, he says. There are 75000 applications. 1,8 billion services downloaded by users, he says. This does not include updates, however.

10:04 am: Today we are talking about music. Phil Schiller and Jeff Robben will join him. First, iPhone Stuff. “Movingly told that within two years we have sold 30 million IPHONES”.

10:03 am: “I am very happy to be here with you all,” he says. “As you know I had a liver transplant. I have the liver in the mid-20S person who died in a car accident. Without this, I would not be here without the generosity of the man.”

He encourages everyone to be organ donors, and extends heartfelt gratitude to the community of Apple. In addition, Tim Cook: “He is very ably led the company during this time.” “I returned to Apple, and loving every day about it,” he says.

10:02 am: people still clapping.

10:01 am: Steve Jobs leaves. Standing.

9:59 am: Now Playing “It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll” on the Rolling Stones, as well as the title of the event for the invitation. It seems that we will be starting immediately.

9:55 am PDT: Good morning. We are inside and sit, just waiting for a chance to start. There quite a crowd here with some notable names have already appeared. Greg Grunberg of “Heroes television series” sitting directly behind us, and Herbie Hancock and Google’s Eric Schmidt has also been observed.

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Altec Lansing announces Inmotion Classic

Inmotion classical works as a portable speaker for iPhone and iPod.

(Credit: Altec Lansing)
We strongly crew to make an impression when it comes to IPod speaker docks. Fortunately, the last sentence of Altec Lansing’s, Inmotion Classic ($ 149), has more than a few things going for it.

First, this thing iPhone certified, so do not worry about the compatibility of annoying messages every time your iPhone dock. It is also portable, with design, folds, and uses internal batteries for up to five hours Unplugged music. Add to this built-in FM-radio with station, remote control, AUX input, and stylish design, and now you have us excited.

Of course, the true test of any speaker system as it sounds. Stay with us for some practical photography and first impressions later than Tuesday. Those who already buy this beauty corner Boombox will have to wait until September to go into one.

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Practical with classical Inmotion Altec Lansing’s

Altec Lansing has a long history of production of some stellar systems built around the speaker’s little iPod. Their latest portable speaker, Inmotion Classic, continues the tradition of the company to deliver quality sound in a compact and stylish design.

I considered a number of speakers IPod Altec Lansing, including Inmotion last year, Max and im600, so I thought it quite well what to expect from a seemingly basic, $ 149 speaker dock. I was wrong.

While my first impressions of Inmotion Classic are excellent. The budget-minded laptops Parliament, which is only 4 inches tall and measures only 2 inches thick, this thing cranks. Конечно, он не такой тонкий, как im600, или, как солидный как Inmotion Макс, но инженеры соком двух 3-дюймовых выступавшие на Классическом все они стоят.

Altec Lansing Inmotion iMT620 Classic - Photos
       
There is no equalizer settings for classical, but in general it is a clear sound with a surprising amount of meat on the low end compared with other foldable speakers we’ve tested from Logitech and Griffin. “Broader sound stage” Setting records is to give little extra oomph to stereo, but that’s what it is only a trick audio involved here.

Volume step to move from 1-40, with full blast to be loud enough to shout, subject, saying, drawing its power from the wall. Off its internal rechargeable battery (good for five hours), Classic is a little softer, but it still cranks loud enough to drown out a cell phone, wake you up out of bed, or otherwise you will dance like an idiot in your kitchen.

Other subtleties offered at Inmotion Classic are the AUX input, Certified iPhone Dock (speakers are protected from interference, cell a) and FM radio, which had no problems collecting the local stations, with 2-tion extendable antenna. You also get a candy bar sized remote control, which includes controls for playback, volume, stations, and even some of the buttons to navigate the menu IPod.

I’ll try to work up a full review in the near future, when all the IPod hype subsides. Inmotion Classic will not be hitting the shops later this month, anyway. Until then, take a look though our hands on the photo gallery.

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