The new Apple iPod touch, announced today, includes the retina display from the iPhone 4, an Apple A4 core, 3-axis gyroscope, and FaceTime support thanks to the addition of a front cam.
Apple is streaming it live. Engadget has live coverage (below).
The rear cam is capable of HD video — but it will cost you: $229 for 8GB, $299 for 32GB. They’re available next week. The iPod nano is even smaller and has a tiny screen, for $149 for 8GB or $179 for 16GB. The new iPod shuffle will sell for just $49 and comes in five different colors.
In iTunes 10, Apple announced Ping — a social network for music. Ping is for social music discovery. You can follow people and you can be followed.
The new AppleTV box is small — a 4th of the size of the current ATV.
It’s got HDMI, USB, optical audio and Ethernet. “It’s all rentals and you don’t store anything on it — you just rent them.” TV shows are $.99.
In addition to renting, you can also stream Netflix or watch anything on YouTube. You can get photos from Flickr and MobileMe. And you can stream content from your computer. You can also push the video you’re watching from your iPad to your TV.
It’s just $99 and will be available in 4 weeks.
Among other things, Apple will compete with Roku, which just dropped the prices across the board, with the base model now costing $59. The 802.11n-equipped Roku HD-XR is $99, while the same model sans the wireless is only $69. Roku has hundreds of channels with over 50,000 choices — from movies, TV shows and sports, including everything from Netflix, Amazon Video On Demand, and MLB.com. Google TV is expected to add its own box by the end of the year.
