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Amid the furious excitement that surrounded the iPhone 5 this week, Apple also introduced a brand new iPod nano. This refreshed device has an entirely new form factor looking more like an iPhone than it has an original iPod in previous iterations. Here you’ve got the “thinnest iPod nano we’ve ever created”, Apple says, with a 38% thinner body at 5.4mm. This device has a giant hardware button on the left that’s able to play, pause, forward, back, and adjust volume, and comes with a home button just like the iPhone.

The display is 2.5-inches large on this device and is a touchscreen as well. It comes in 7 different colors and appears very much to be working with a user interface all its own – iOS, sort of, but a bit more tuned to this size. This device comes with an FM tuner integrated as well as “live pause” so you can listen to your favorite show over and over again.

Video is also coming back to the iPod nano with “widescreen video” ready for action right out of the box. This means that videos you purchase from the iTunes Store will be using “every single pixel”. This device comes with the “The longest battery life we’ve ever had in a nano” and works with the new Lightning connector introduced this week as well – and Bluetooth to boot!

This news came aside numbers that showed the iPod lineup to have sold 350 million units since the beginning, with the entire iPod lineup still being a set of devices that Apple loves and cherishes – so to speak. Stay tuned to our Apple portal for more information on the devices and services we’ve seen introduced at the big Apple event this week!

iPod nano refreshed with Lightning connector is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Of course all eyes are on the brand new iPhone, but everybody loves a good iPod refresh. Today, the company has announced a new batch of iPod models, not least of which is the brand new iPod nano.

The iPhone may have taken the cake in recent months, but the iPod is the most popular music player of all time, according to Apple. And with the iTunes refresh today, there’s no better time to learn about brand new iPods. But no more fodder, let’s get down to business.

iPod nano

Last year the revamped iPod nano wasn’t all that revamped — it was the same design as the 2010 model. But Apple has made some changes this year, re-introducing the display, and making it larger at 2.5-inches.. It looks a bit like a small phone.

It’s the thinnest iPod nano to date, at 5.4mm thick, 38 percent thinner. There are physical controls along the side of the device.

It also has a home button just like the iPhone.

It comes in 7 different color flavors, black, white, pink, green, blue, yellow, and red. The company has an FM tuner integrated with live pause, along with widescreen video. No letter boxing this time.

A fitness and pedometer have also been included, to compete with the likes of the Nike Fuel Band, and Moto ACTV. And as connectivity continues to be more and more important, the company has included Bluetooth.

As expected, Apple is putting the brand new lightning connector on the bottom of the device, and expanded the battery life to 30 hours of music.

In related news, Apple is announcing new color flavors for the much-loved iPod shuffle.

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Brand new iPod Nanos also joined Apple’s iPhone 5 party at the Moscone Center today. The totally redesigned junior MP3 players have a larger display, and come in seven beautiful candy-hued colors. More »

Apple’s own search tool has apparently confirmed the name of the iPhone 5, with the company’s site showing links – currently unresolved – to the new smartphone’s press release. The name of the new handset has been widely discussed, with some expecting Apple to follow the example of the “new iPad” and simply call its updated handset the “new iPhone.”

However, if the search results are to be believed, Apple has kept with tradition and followed the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S with the iPhone 5.

9to5Mac, which spotted the search goof, also discovered that there’s a prematurely prepared URL for a new iPod touch and iPod nano press release. As with the iPhone 5, there’s no actual detail confirmed – we only have URLs, and clicking them gets a 404 error page – but it’s at least confirmation of rumors that new iPods were also in the pipeline.

We’ll know all the details at Apple’s press event earlier today, which SlashGear will be liveblogging from 10AM PT (1PM ET; 6PM UK). Join us at live.slashgear.com for all the news as it happens!

Update: Some more search shuffling turns up apparent confirmation that there will be LTE, 9to5Mac discovers:

iPhone 5 name confirmed by Apple site search goof [Update: LTE too!] is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The other day we reported that thanks to stock shortages of the iPod nano on third-party retailers, such as Amazon and Best Buy, it was  speculated that the iPod nano could be seeing a refresh alongside the new iPhone in September. Here is “confirm” the news is Japanese blog, Macotakara, who has reportedly heard from sources in the supply chain overseas that the new iPod nano will feature WiFi connectivity and will also support iTunes Music Cloud. This will no doubt increase the functionality of the device, but unfortunately since it’s hardly an official confirmation, we will be taking this with a grain of salt for now and suggest you check back with us later in September for the details. In the meantime, what do you guys think? Would you like to see your iPod nano feature WiFi connectivity?

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