lets rock

After a whirlwind day of Apple treats, what I'm left with is thoughts of a new iPod Nano swirling in my head. For $149, I can totally afford to get a new Nano for working out — the Nike+, hot new body shape, and Genius feature on iTunes 8 totally make it worth it.

But you know what I'm really drooling over? Those amazing new colors. Forget buying a plain color and just putting it in a case — I'm going full throttle with a bright crazy color. I'm partial to the turquoise, orange, pink, and lime, but there's a side of me that also loves the super-chic gunmetal.

Now you tell me: Which is your favorite new Nano color: Gunmetal, violet, turquoise, lime, lemon, orange, red, or pink?

New iPod Nano's and Touches and iTunes oh my! As you can probably tell, I'm still getting over all of the exciting Apple announcements from the Let's Rock event here in San Francisco yesterday. But what about the minor details, and more importantly, the downloads? Find out some more info below in case you found yourself with a few questions after the announcements. Oh, and that cute song from the new commercial? BuzzSugar can tell you all about it!

• The iPod Touch 2.1 software is now available for download. You can start downloading it here.
• FYI. The Nike+ will only work with the 2nd Gen iPod Touch and not the 1st Gen iTouch, so don't even try it!
• So you heard all great announcements from the Let's Rock event in San Francisco yesterday, but you really want to check out Steve Jobs' full keynote address. Well now you can watch it online here!

What's a new Apple product without a catchy new commercial right? Thankfully, I had a decent seat at the Let's Rock Apple event this morn so I was able to catch the colorful iPod Nano ad in its entirety. Love the splattered Apple at the end and the background tunes, but I'd have to say the showstopper had to be Jack Johnson performing three songs after all the big announcements. Wow-a-wee-wah — Samantha Ronson last night and Jack Johnson today, I am one lucky geek!

If the name of Steve Job's latest presentation — Let's Rock — led you to believe that he would be unveiling new iPods, you would be right! But not only were we the first to see the new Nano design at the Yerba Buena Center For the Arts today in San Francisco, but we also got a sneak peek at some new yet-to-be-released games to hit the App Store, the details on the newest upgrades to iPod Touch, and the scoop on what the cool new features will be for iTunes 8.

The big news of the morning obviously was the new Nanos! This generation will be smaller, packed with more features, and more cost effective. Oh, did I mention the colors? The new Nano will make your plain old black and white versions green with envy. Not to mention purple, pink, red, blue, yellow, orange, and grey.

How much will the new Nano set you back? To get pricing, more product details, pics, and to find out what else is coming up in the world of Apple, just read more

• Let's Rock updates! The hot new iPod Touch comes out today, the new iPod Nano is much skinnier and offers a larger screen, and iTunes 8 offers HD Shows, grid views, and genius playlists. — Gizmodo
• Googlers head off to Greece to celebrate Google's 10th anniversary in style. — Valleywag
• Microsoft's new flash Zune, which comes out Sept. 16, will cost $250 for the 120GB model, $199 for the 16GB model, and $149 for the 8GB model. — Switched
• Air Canada will start rolling out Aircell's Gogo wireless Internet service by Spring of 2009 for international flights. — CrunchGear
• It's rumored that Sony will be unveiling a new e-reader at an upcoming event on Oct. 2. — Engadget

• Apple's "Let's Rock" event kicks off tomorrow in San Francisco, and rumor has it that Apple will be releasing iPhone firmware 2.1 and announcing new iPods. — CrunchGear
• Heading out to any sporting events in the upcoming months? Switched has a list of five tips to improve your sports photos. — Switched
• A 120GB Zune has just appeared on Amazon for $248. — Engadget
• Love this! Now you can find out whether you need to take an umbrella with you in the morning with a new webapp called Umbrella Today. — Lifehacker
• iTunes 8 is already on its way. It was accidentally leaked on the middle of the iTunes webpage last night. — Gizmodo