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Apple updates iPod Touch, cuts price

article published on 9 September, 2008

Apple has unveiled the second-generation iPod Touch today at the "Let's Rock" event in San Fransisco and with it comes a few notable updates as well as a price cut. The media device has a new revised casing that includes stainless steel in replacement of plastic. The casing also gives the device a shape more like the iPhone 3G, Apple's popular smartphone. The new device is thinner than ... [ read the full article ]

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c.trigger
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9. September 2008 @ 22:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
aww crap not speakers so i have to hear every idiots music all the time
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9. September 2008 @ 22:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
that sucks a$$. I paid almost 500$ for my touch. 1st gen, 16 gig, no volume buttons and no speaker. Damn it.....shuda waited.

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lxfactor
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9. September 2008 @ 22:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
im pretty sure the speaker is only for alerts and ims.
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9. September 2008 @ 22:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by lxfactor:
im pretty sure the speaker is only for alerts and ims.
as well as a speaker which will allow users to hear alerts as well as their music or videos.

I think that means we get to hear what everybody is listing to.
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10. September 2008 @ 10:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Originally posted by lxfactor:
im pretty sure the speaker is only for alerts and ims.
as well as a speaker which will allow users to hear alerts as well as their music or videos.

I think that means we get to hear what everybody is listing to.
See, I like this feature, because carrying a tangled pair of headphones or a bulky set of tinny "portable" speakers sucks. Why not have it all in one package? We already have to put up with cellphones!
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Quote:
Originally posted by lxfactor:
im pretty sure the speaker is only for alerts and ims.
as well as a speaker which will allow users to hear alerts as well as their music or videos.

I think that means we get to hear what everybody is listing to.
See, I like this feature, because carrying a tangled pair of headphones or a bulky set of tinny "portable" speakers sucks. Why not have it all in one package? We already have to put up with cellphones!
I agree. I just don't know why they couldn't have done this earlier.
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11. September 2008 @ 09:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is the second gen? Doesnt look any different than mine. Great job Apple for adding an extra button!
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11. September 2008 @ 23:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by hulud86:
This is the second gen? Doesnt look any different than mine. Great job Apple for adding an extra button!
It's two extra buttons, a speaker...and a slightly tweeked interface.
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