Yup, those rumors were correct. The next generation iPod Touch has gotten a rather major and overdue upgrade.

The iPod Touch has gotten:

• 326ppi Retina display (Same as iPhone 4)
• Apple A4 Processor (Same as iPhone 4 and iPad)
• 3-axis gyroscope (Same as iPhone 4)
• Rear facing camera, which can record HD video (Again, same as iPhone 4)
• Front facing camera, can be used with FaceTime
• FaceTime, obviously

Battery life?

• Up to 40 hours when fully charged of music playback
• Up to 7 hours when fully charged of video playback

Pretty darn nice battery lifes, however, your millage may vary compared to Apple’s.

The iPod touch will cost $229 for the 8 GB model, $299 for 32 GB, and $399 for 64 GB. and ships within 1 Week according to Apple’s shipping time estimate.

I wonder how long till this iPod Touch gets a jailbreak.

- source: apple.com

Apple, today at the keynote event announced iTunes 10. iTunes 10 introduces yet another social networking centre to the world called Ping — iTunes 10 also features a streamlined interface and a new more modern icon, whoopie!

Apple today introduced iTunes 10 with Ping, a new music-oriented social network for following your favorite artists and friends to discover what music they’re talking about, listening to and downloading. iTunes Ping lets you post your thoughts and opinions, your favorite albums and songs, the music you’ve downloaded from iTunes, plus view concert listings and tell your friends which concerts you plan to attend. iTunes 10 also features HD TV show rentals for just 99 cents an episode and AirPlay wireless music playback.

iTunes 10 will be available later on today for free at apple.com (source link below).

- source: apple.com

In addition to iOS 4.1, Apple also announced iOS 4.2 for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch which is going to make most people even happier with their iPad devices as well as their iPhone/iPod Touch.

iOS 4.2 features include:

• iOS 4.x support for iPad (Multitasking, Folders, etc)
• Apple Game Center
• Airplay support (Former AirTunes)
• Wireless Printing

iOS 4.2 will, apparently, be compatible with iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch and will be releasing in coming November.

Steve Jobs, today, took stage and announced iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch. iOS 4.1 includes many bug fixes as well as new features.

• Bug fixes: Proximity sensor, Bluetooth, and iPhone 3G performances issues

New features include:

• High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos
• HD video upload over Wi-Fi
• TV show rentals
• Apple’s Game Center

iOS 4.1 will be available next week for iPhone and iPod Touch for free.

For awhile Apple iPad shipping window estimates have been in the , for a lack of a better word, shiter. Now, Apple has vastly improved those estimates, which ranged from 7-10 business days, down to ‘Within 24 hours.’

Now, you’ll be able to order that iPad and expect to ship out and get to your front doorstep faster than a few weeks ago. We have to wait till the iPhone 4 as well as the iPhone 3GS get out of the shiter and ship out within 24 hours.

- source: apple.com

Hotmail / Windows Live have recently updated their mobile experience to include such features as push notification on emails and syncing calendars and contacts with Exchange ActiveSync.  Here are the basic settings:

Field	Setting
Server / URL	m.hotmail.com
Username	Enter full email address, for example: someone@example.com
Domain	Leave this blank
SSL	Enable this
Certificate	Accept the SSL certificate when prompted

For full iPhone instructions click read more…

-source Microsoft

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Sweet! Originally the Netflix application only supported the iPad. Now, with the most recent update, you can enjoy Netflix on your iPhone and iPod Touch, and of course your iPad too.

Get Netflix on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Just download this free app and you can instantly watch TV shows & movies streaming from Netflix.

• It’s part of your Netflix unlimited membership. Not a Netflix member? Start your FREE trial today.
• Watch as often as you want
• Resume watching where you left off on your TV or computer
• Browse movies and manage your instant Queue right from your device

This does require you to have a Netflix subscription, which starts at $8.99USD/month. Reports claim video streaming using this application works on both WiFi and 3G. Your millage may vary.

Let us know how it works out for you!

iPhone Dev Team noted that there will be no jailbreak for iOS 4.0.2 (iPhone/iPod) or iOS 3.2.2 (iPad) — JailbreakMe 2.0 Star was a huge success and it was able to jailbreak mostly all firmwares with a PDF exploit found in MobileSafari, but Apple fixed that quickly on iOS 4.0.2/3.2.2.

Now it’s a few weeks later, and Apple has closed the jailbreakme.com hole. They’re shipping devices with FW 4.0.2/3.2.2, impervious to this particular jailbreak. So now, people will begin to ask: will there be a jailbreak for devices that shipped with 4.0.2/3.2.2, out of the box?

No, there won’t be. FW 4.0.2/3.2.2 was *only* released to fix the jailbreakme hole. With FW 4.1 still in its beta stages, it makes no sense to escalate the “cat & mouse” with Apple for FW updates that only fix the jailbreak holes. To quote WOPR, “the only winning move is not to play”.

Those of you who backed up your SHSH Blobs for 4.0/4.0.1/3.2.1 — you’re safe and you’ll always be able to use JailbreakMe 2.0.

- source: blog.iphone-dev

Engadget reports that Apple sent out media invitations for a special event to be held on Wednesday, September 1st in San Francisco. The event is scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM Pacific Time and will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the usual location for Apple’s fall media events.

Of course, judging from the Media Event invitation, this will be about Music.. presumably the iPod product lineup. Apple is expected to refresh the iPod lineup, new iPod, perhaps an iPod Touch with dual-camera for FaceTime and a Retina Display. It’s also rumored that Apple will be introducing a significantly redesigned $99 Apple TV device, possibly renamed “iTV”, as well as 99-cent TV show rentals.

Stay tuned!

- source: engadget.com

Everyone I know with an iPhone 3G is eagerly waiting for this iOS 4 update to release so they can finally enjoy their iPhone 3G and not want to throw it across the room. Mostly everyone knows what’s going on.. if you don’t watch the following video:

Anyway, a frustrated customer emailed Steve Jobs with the following:

I’ve waited patiently through 4.0.1 and 4.0.2, looking for a fix that will make my phone work again. I’ve read the forums that advise me to jailbreak my phone or use some other method so I can downgrade back to a version of iPhone 3, however I’m not prepared to use a method that is not supported by Apple.

Steve Jobs then replied:

Software update coming soon.

Sent from my iPhone

No mention on when exactly this will be released but it shall be releasing soon.

Stay tuned!