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Read more about it and the other annoucements from the Special Event here

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iTunes 5

iPod Nano (replaces iPod Mini)

Apple/Motorola ROKR iTunes compatible phone

KiwiGTI

I think the phone is rubbish.

Can't wait to get a Nano though.

iTunes 5 seems a lot more responsive.

class_A

I too think the phone is rubbish, they should just release iTunes for Series 60 & UIQ and have done with it. The nano looks nice but no FireWire just seems stupid. I'm now expected to go out and buy a PCI USB2 card if I want to sync my 4GB within a reasonable time

KiwiGTI

Comes in black too.

http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?i...family14ju.jpg

class_A

The black is pure sex, I almost just bought one.

The phone, however, is still stupid!

KiwiGTI

Would have thought the phone would at least be like those thin RAZR series, it's just a cheap motorola you'd by from the supermarket except it's got iTunes.

chrisowe

I think I may have to buy an Ipod now. Anybody want to but an Iriver H140 ?

Markus

The phone is a gimmick, pure and simple. I've absolutley no need for a phone that plays iTunes. I have my mobile (SE T637) and my 40GB iPod so I'm covered when it comes to music and telephony on the move. I can see that it's all about convergence, and that is somewhat cool, but it's not giving me anything I have not already got.

Other factor here (Canada) is that it'll be more expensive than the US version, plus I'll be interested to see which telco's will carry it. Steve says Cingular and North America in the same breath but unless I'm blind, Cingular does not operate in Canada, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that Canada was in North America.

As for the Nano, mmm, sexy! The mini was ok, but this is very cool indeed.

iTunes 5.0. I must say I like the new look, am waiting for the fanboy's to whinge about it on /. but as said I like it, it's clear and concise. There is one downpoint and that's the new folder option. It's nice to be able to create a folder and put playlists in it, but, and this is a big but, it would be nice if the iPod could deal with this but it does not. OK, so it's not a failing of iTunes per se but it is annoying that when you copy the folder to the iPod it converts it into one big playlist. Hopefully there will be an iPod update as soon as the Nano's ship which might take this into account.

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

I can get hours of tunes already on my P910i with my 1Gb card and using ogg files. Nothing new! PS motorola make w@nk phones.

messiah

That motorola phone is hideous.

The nano looks great (pity the phone doesn't look like it) - but a bit pricy IMHO - £179 for 4gb? My 30gb ipod photo was only £20 more than that!

Anyone managed to download iTunes 5 yet? I'm having problems at the moment - can't see the download button on apple's site...

Iain Young

Downloading it now. It's available at the link Markus posted above...

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Just clic the big download button

Markus

Messiah,
have you tried software update yet (assuming you're on a mac of course), it's certainly now listed in SU, as well as the actual download on the iTunes page.

messiah

got it now ta - thought it might have been a Pc thing...

Markus

Someone has said they got a nano and plugged it into their current iPod dock, which is firewire, and it worked perfectly. So you might not have a direct firewire cable connection but from the sounds of it, firewire is possible via the dock.

** edit **
It was an article on slashdot, have a read of the user's comments [/url=http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=161466&threshold=1&commentsort=0&t id=141&mode=thread&pid=13502738#13502885]here[/url]

class_A

The dock is just a lump of plastic with a few connectors, so it should work either directly with a cable or on a dock Hopefully this means FireWire works fully then; I'd heard you could use it to charge (which is a no brainer) but not to sync. Must... resist...!