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Engadget were at Apple’s “It’s Showtime” press event today and they were able to get hands on with all the new releases, including the iTV prototype, which was a big shocker. Check out the links for all the juicy pictures.

2G iPod nano hands-on [link]
5G iPod v2 hands-on [link]
iTV hands-on [link]
iPod Shuffle and new headphones hands-on [...]

This is the one product which hasn’t been released, as in it is not on Apple’s website. The name iTV is not official yet, so it is subject to change. I think that is good because iTV sounds a bit plain, and similiar to Elgato’s EyeTV line of products. So people could get confused. Down [...]

The new version of iTunes has a lot of new features, you can find a good walkthrough of the main features at TUAW. These are the main enhancements:

TV Shows are available in h.264, in 640 x 480 which is up from 320 x 240.
You can update your iPod from right inside iTunes now, you don’t [...]

Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a very popular device and has sold a few million units, but when compared to Apple’s iPod, the PSP lacks storage space. Luckily, the PSP has a built in WiFi card to make up for this disadvantage. With a few simple steps, all of which are included in this tutorial, [...]

You know Stewie, the evil and extremely smart British baby on the series Family Guy, well he is getting his own radio talk show, sort of like a podcast. It is only for the internet so I see no reason for it not to be listed in iTunes and it will start sometime this year. [...]

Oh my god!!! Full details coming later on.

Intel Powerbook - Called MacBook Pro - Dual Core
Intel iMac - looks exactly the same - Dual Core
iLife ‘06 - with iWeb etc
Tiger 10.4.4
iPod remote with FM Tuner

Engadget has a good coverage of the Keynote in more detail here.

I was looking at plugins for Wordpress when I cam across the Talkr Podcast plugin. It enables you to have automated MP3’s generated from your posts. I thought this was quite a cool feature so I configured the plugin for the blog. Now at the end of every post you will see a link to [...]

First of all I’m going to say I do not condone hacking nor piracy. What I have done is purely for educational purposes only. So please don’t sue me Apple, I don’t have any money. Because of the nature of this ‘experiment’ I cannot provide links from where I got the files. All I can [...]

In our crazy world we all need some silence. Relax with your iPod. Download collections of digitally clear silence encoded in high quality AAC.
They also have the world’s first silent vidcast containing the best silence I’ve ever heard. See for yourself at their website and their iTunes page.

This is truly horrifying ;). I previously mentioned a site, SmashMyiPod.com, which is “dedicated in raising $400 to buy and iPod and destroy it inside the Apple Store they bought it from“. I was bit skeptic seeing the early photos which looked like they weren’t taken inside the Apple Store. Now I know why, they [...]