Steve Jobs Makes Apple Fanboys Wet Themselves... Again!

(picture from Engadget)

Sorry for the unoriginal title, but it's true. Steve Jobs gave a press conference today at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, and gave a very impressive line up as well. If your crazy for Apple hand-held devices, you have a much larger selection this time then an overpriced phone.

First and foremost, probably the biggest buzz is the release of the same iPhone, but without the phone, for a few hundred dollars less. This product is now called the iPod Touch, which gives the same sleek design (this time a bit thinner) of the iPhone but now with a strictly media focus. It also includes Wi-fi capabilities (802.11 b/g) to download from iTunes when away from a computer (you listening Zune?), and to surf the web. Otherwise, your still getting the great touch-screen, and cover flow, with either 8 or 16 GBs of space for $299 and $399 respectively.

Also, for those that still want the iPhone, it would seem the price has now dropped to $399 for the 8 GB model (previously $599) since they will soon discontinue the 4GB line.

For the more traditional iPod users, Apple also announced the next generation of iPod's (now called iPod Classic) and iPod nano's. The iPod Classic looks the same, but now is a bit more rounded, and comes in the basic colors of silver and black, since its after Labor day and white is out of style. It even comes with the popular cover flow, in either 80 or 160 GB models, for $249 and $349 respectively.

The iPod nano is now a bit shorter and fatter, finally using up all the empty space with a bigger screen. Otherwise, it still supports your music, pictures, and video, with cover flow, and comes in 4 and 8 GB models, for $149 and $199 respectively. Keep in mind that you can only get the large color selection for the 8 GB model, the 4 GB one only comes in silver.

So there you go, lots of Apple news for you to digest. Check out the new Apple site with more information HERE.