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	Reviewing iTunes 7 and the new line of iPods, David Pogue writing for the New York Times, says you can’t “find a better online music store, or a free jukebox program as powerful and clean as iTunes. And you certainly won’t find a music player that beats the new iPods in polish, capacity or even price. They come dazzlingly close to perfection.”
	Mike Kobrin (PC Magazine) gives the new iPod nano 4.5 stars (out of five) and an Editors’ Choice rating, calling it “the finest flash player out there in terms of look and feel.”
	The Playlist also awards iPod nano a 4.5 star rating (out of 5), and reviewer Christopher Breen indicates that iPod nano “feels and looks great with its rugged aluminum finish and bright display. Apple’s done nice things with power management to allow the nano to play for 24-plus hours on a single charge.” “All in all,” he concludes,” this is a worthy successor to the original nano and one that’s likely to be a smash hit this holiday season.”
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It started on Monday. That’s when the latest gridiron action came to the iTunes Store courtesy of the National Football League. As a result, you can purchase and download highlights of any regular season game, the day after it’s played, for just $1.99. You can even purchase a “Follow Your Team” Season Pass for just $24.99 and get an entire season of highlights.

There’s more. If you want real football insight, join Steve Mariucci, Deion Sanders, and host Rich Eisen for the “NFL Network’s NFL GameDay.” For just $1.99 an episode or $19.99 for the full season, GameDay delivers highlights and comprehensive analysis of the games played each Sunday of football season.

It’s Showtime, and you can watch the events unfold at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco as Steve Jobs introduced the new iPod, iPod nano, and iPod shuffle; unveiled iTunes 7; debuted movies on the iTunes Store; and revealed one last thing.

Games on the Go. Now—while you’re waiting for the movie to start or riding the Staten Island Ferry to Manhattan—you can whip out your fifth-generation iPod and play an action-packed game created just for iPod. Like Cubis 2, Zuma, Vortex, Texas Hold ‘em, or any of the other iPod games now available for purchase and download from the iTunes Store. Got game?

Galleries Galore. If you’d like to get a good look at the newest members of the iPod family, visit the iPod shuffle, iPod nano, and iPod galleries. Thanks to QuickTime VR, you can even take them for a spin.

Featuring The Audience is Listening Theme Song by Cut Chemist, the new iPod nano TV ad provides a truly enlightening experience. It’s already appearing on some of your favorite network and cable TV shows, and you can watch it whenever you want—just by visiting our website.

The new season of Grey’s Anatomy begins tonight, and you can get ready for the new season by listening to Grey’s Anatomy, Volume 2. The great soundtrack to the second season of the hit ABC show includes Kate Havnevik’s Grace and a number of bonus features, as well. Purchase it today from the iTunes Store.

And here’s another way you can get ready for the new season. As part of its "Million Hit Lowdown," ABC offers last year’s season finales of Grey’s Anatomy, Desperarate Housewives, and Lost and a special highlight show for each hit series. In fact, they’re available free—until, that is, the counter hits 1 million. So better hit those “Add Episode” buttons while you can.

Podcast Pick. Did you know that National Geographic produces a wide range of podcasts? They do, and you can subscribe to as many as you like by visiting the National Geographic room on the iTunes Store. There you’ll find the World Music Spotlight, National Geographic News, Wild Chronicles, 50 Walks of a Lifetime, and numerous other fascinating podcasts from National Geographic.

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Every week, developers release new products for us to enjoy. Like to see some of the more recent arrivals?

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Apple eNews
September 21, 2006
Volume 9, Issue 19

We hope you thoroughly enjoyed reading today’s issue of Apple eNews. We’re already working on the next issue, scheduled to come your way on Thursday, July 27. See you then.

Written and designed by Apple in Cupertino, Apple eNews is a free, bi-weekly email publication.

Event dates are subject to change. Some products, programs, or promotions are not available outside the U.S. Visit your local Apple site or call your local authorized Apple reseller for more information. Prices are Apple Store prices as of the date of this publication. They do not include sales tax or shipping charges, are subject to change, and are listed in US dollars. Product specifications are subject to change.

Talk about one-stop entertainment shopping, now you can purchase movies at the same store you love to shop for music, videos, audiobooks, and TV shows.

Your ticket to the movies? The iTunes Store, of course.

The iTunes Store, lets you purchase and download movies 24/7. And delivers them at near-DVD quality directly to your Mac or PC, where you can sync them to iPod.⁽¹⁾ Just enter the Store, click on the new Movies button, and you’ll find more than 75 films from Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures, and Miramax.

Already playing are such hit movies as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Shakespeare in Love, The Incredibles, National Treasure, Toy Story, Cinderella, and Bambi. And you can expect to see lots more movies in the weeks and months ahead, with prices starting at just $9.99. Care to catch a flick?

Movies certainly star in the new version of iTunes, but iTunes 7 comes with a strong cast of supporting characters. They include:

•	A new user interface that improves organization of the Source List.
•	Two new methods for browsing your library: Album view and Cover Flow view.
•	Automatic Album Art—if you have an account, iTunes will download album art for most of the CDs you import.
•	Gapless Playback of live albums, classical music, and other music recorded without interruption.
•	iPod Games you can purchase and download exclusively from the iTunes Store.
•	An iPod summary window that makes managing your iPod really easy.
•	On-screen video controls for the movies and videos you watch in iTunes.

And that’s not all. You can read about some of the other new features in iTunes 7 on the Overview page—after downloading iTunes 7, of course.

Hollywood stars, that is. A 60% brighter screen and a more vibrant 2.5-inch color display make iPod the perfect way to take your Hollywood movies on the road. Purchase and download them from the iTunes Store, sync them to your iPod, and those movies are good to go. As are your favorite TV shows and, now, iPod games as well.

You can play them for hours, too—thanks to the improved battery life on the new 30GB and 80GB iPod models. Listen to music for up to 14 hours on the former; up to 20 hours on the latter. Watch movies for up to 3.5 hours on the former; up to 6.5 hours on the latter.⁽²⁾

iPod also delivers gapless music playback and new Search and Quick Scroll features that make it easier to find the song, album, or podcast you’re looking for.

Both models come in white or black. The 30GB costs just $249—a new low price. And the 80GB model—which now holds up to 20,000 songs or up to 100 hours of video⁽³⁾—sells for just $349. Order yours today.

Pretty in pink — silver, green, blue, and black, as well — the all-new iPod nano comes in five brilliant colors and provides more than twice the music capacity at the same price as the previous iPod nano. Thanks to improved battery life, it can play music for up to 24 hours.⁽²⁾ The new iPod nano also offers a display that’s 40% brighter than previous models. And it features a new aluminum body that’s even smaller, thinner, and lighter.

That’s right, we made the world’s most popular digital music player even better.

Available today with prices starting at just $149, iPod nano comes in models that offer 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB of storage, letting you stylishly carry as many as 2,000 songs, 25,000 photos, or who-knows-how-many podcasts in your pocket.⁽³⁾

Don’t wait. Come take a look at the new iPod nano.

Or your collar. Or your belt.

Thanks to the built-in clip on the world’s smallest digital music player, you can wear your music anywhere and everywhere you go.

Nearly half the size of the original model, the new, aluminum clad iPod shuffle weighs just half an ounce and measures just half a cubic inch in volume. Yet you can fill its 1GB of flash memory with up to 240 songs and listen to music for up to 12 hours.⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

Like shuffles of yore, the new iPod shuffle works seamlessly with iTunes playing on either a Mac or a PC. It comes with earbud headphones and a new dock.

Best of all, the new iPod shuffle cost just $79, and you can pre-order yours today.⁽⁴⁾

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