New ipods
There was a big apple conference today announcing new iPods and a new iTunes which lets you download movies. It doesn’t work in Canada yet but it’s coming in Q1 2007. Anyways, here is the summary of the conference:
- 75 movies are available to download now from iTunes, at an initial cost of $12.99 for the first week and $14.99 after that. Preordered titles will be $12.99 and older movies will be $9.99.
- Future releases will be available the same day that DVDs are released.
- Downloads will take about 30 minutes but can be watched during file transfer.
- Image resolution is 640 x 480.
- The movies will only be available in the US until 2007.
- DRM for movies is the same as it has been for iTunes TV shows.
- A wireless set top box for TV, tentatively called iTV, will launch in the first quarter of 2007. It will be half the size of a Mac Mini, it will include USB, ethernet, 802.11b/g, component video, optical audio and HDMI. It will be controlled by the Apple remote.
- iPod announcements included $4 games for the iPod, longer battery life and brighter screens and an 80GB model with prices starting at $249.
- The new Nanos will come in 5 new colors, have a 24 hour battery life and up to 8GB capacity.
- The Shuffle has been completely redesigned, now comes with an aluminum case and costs $79.
Check out apple’s site for more info.