As expected, Apple today came through with a few major device updates it will be shipping this fall. It revised its entire iPod line, and gave the iPod Touch many features previously only available on the latest iPhone, such as FaceTime video chat and the highly detailed Retina display. The company also added a social dimension to iTunes called Ping (available today) that will help the music software’s 160 million users share songs and artists.
These announcements touch on many of our GigaOM channels, so we had much of the team contributing. Here’s our full coverage:
- GigaOM: Blow-by-blow live blog by Om
- GigaOM: Akamai Powering Apple Live Stream (And I Can Prove It)
- JKontherun: Half of Macs Sold in Apple Stores to First-Time Buyers
- TheAppleBlog: Apple Challenges Android On the Numbers
- TheAppleBlog: iOS 4.1 Update Next Week, 4.2 in November
- TheAppleBlog: Apple Announces New iPod touch
- TheAppleBlog: iTunes 10: Out With the CD, In With the Social Network
- NewTeeVee: Tiny New Apple TV Costs $ 99, 99-Cent TV Rentals Confirmed
- GigaOM: Why Apple’s FaceTime Is a Huge Opportunity
- NewTeeVee: How Could Cheap iTunes Rentals Change Television Online?
- TheAppleBlog: Apple Updates iPod shuffle, Brings Buttons Back
- TheAppleBlog: The New Nano: Camera for Touchscreen, Good Trade?
- NewTeeVee: Comparison: Apple TV vs. Roku vs. Boxee Box
