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At Apples Keynote yesterday there were a number of cool announcements about iPods. The first is the iPod shuffle which will be getting a few new colours and will cost the same at $79 for a 1GB version.

The next iPod in the lineup is the iPod Nano which has gone through a bit of a shape shift and now sports a nice wide screen at 2 inches running 320 x 240 pixels. The cost of a new Nano will be $149 for a 4GB model and $199 for an 8GB version. These will be in store this weekend.

The regular iPod is now named the iPod Classic and is available in silver and black (no white). The 80GB version will cost $249 and has 30 hours of audio playback and 5 hours of video from the battery. The beefy 160GB version is beefy in storage, thicker then the 80GB version, but thinner then the old 80GB version and will cost $349. It can hold 40000 songs, has a 40 hour ability when playing audio and 7 hours of video playback on its battery.

The iPod touch is one I am looking forwards to. Its like an iPhone but without the phone. It has Wi-Fi, Safari, Cover flow and is flash based only. It measures at 8mm thick and has either 8GB of flash which runs at $299 or there is a 16GB model running at $399 which isnt too bad. I personally wish the touch had a 160GB HDD in it even if it did make it slightly thicker.

The iPhone is also set to have a price drop which is good news too.

Which one will you be choosing?

Via: Gizmodo

The Apple iPhone has been very successful which has led Microsoft to rethink their stance on the possibility of a Zune phone. Recently they stated that it is not unreasonable for them to create a phone based on the Zune music platform. Sounds good to me although if Steve Ballmer has input it must have a keyboard. This along with the Google Phone could lead to some nice competition over the years to come.

Via: CellPhoneDigest

iPhone Translator

If you own an iPhone then the cool gorilla is something you might want to check out should you be travelling in to Europe. Cool Gorilla is a web based app which is very simple and provides translations into six languages for popular phrases which you might need while travelling. To use the application you just need to browse to www.coolgorilla.com/iphone on your iPhones browser and tap away through the menus. When you select the language, category and phrase you want you have the option to tap on the screen and have the iPhone speak the phrase for you.

It would be cool if they could eventually translate your voice on the fly while talking, but thats a fair few years off yet. For now, you will need to make do with the cool gorilla translator to help you out of tough situations.

Via: CoolGorilla

Sophia Nani to take on iPhone

The Sophia Nani is Japans answer to the iPhone although I do not personally believe it will get near the same amount of coverage the iPhone did. It has a 4.3 inch screen which runs at 800 x 400 pixels. This is higher then the iPhones resolution. The processor runs at 600MHz and it has wifi, 2 cameras and a digital terrestrial tuner. The device has no internal storage which means that the microSD slot is essential. The software running the device is Windows CE. I am not sure if this could be an iPhone beater, but hopefully the cost of it will bring in a good amount of sales. Thats of course if my assumptions of it being cheaper are correct.

Via: OhGizmo

Crunchgear managed to get their hands on a HTC Touch and give a quick overview of what it is all about. The quick review shows that the HTC touch is not an iPhone killer from first impressions. The video playback can be choppy and slow occasionaly. Also they didnt like that it had no QWERTY keyboard appart from an onscreen keyboard. I do like the look of the HTC though and the interface does look quite nice. It will be interesting to see how the touch screen reacts though as dropping the keyboard for the touchscreen only could make or break the HTC. Hopefully it works out well in their review which will be online later.

The guys over at Slashgear were lucky to get their hands on the LG Prada. The phone has not been reviewed by them yet, but they did show the unboxing of the Prada and I have to admit, it looks like a great device. The Prada is a touch screen device and looks very sleek. The unboxing video can be found here.

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The video above is from PhoneDog as they have done a full review of the Motorola ROKR E6. It shows that its an iPhone which if notice it clearly is not, and its a Moto running an iPhone theme. The phone its self is not too bad but not the greatest. It runs a 2 megapixel camera, Linus Operating System, Real Player and a nice UI.

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The Neonode N2 has been introduced and is a touch screen phone and media player. The device has no buttons and it controlled only though the touch screen. The touch screen has a virtual keyboard that can be made visible for typing SMS messages and searching or adding contacts. The memory is provided by MiniSD which stores all your music, contacts etc… If you want music on the device then drag and drop it on there. The device is a nice size and allows full operation with one hand. The touch screen uses its own patented screen technology and rather then it actually being a touch screen, it uses smalls beams of light across and down the screen which creates a grid. When a beam is crossed it can translate that in to a location on the screen. The N2 appears to be a good solution and competitor to the iPhone. I do not know if it is multi touch at the moment, but with a screen technology as it is, then that will keep people happy for a while.

On the media player side of things, a 3.5mm regular headphone jack is available which allows you to use any regular set of head/ear phones with the device.

Via: Gizmag

Samsung have introduced the F700 which is dubbed by some as the iPhone killer. If you think back a few weeks to just after the iPhone was released, Steve Ballmer from MS said that the iPhone wouldn’t appeal to some due to it having a huge price tag (subsidised) and no keyboard, meaning that business users would not want to use this because they would struggle with email and note taking. The F700 is named the Ultra Smart F700 and has a smaller screen then the iPhone at 2.78 inch supporting up to 262k colours, it also does not support multi touch like the iPhone. However, what it does have is a keyboard which slides out from the left of the phone and allows you to work in landscape mode with a full QWERTY keyboard. This feature is ideal for those who cannot part with their mobile email solutions.
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