The new iPod Shuffle wasn’t expected amongst the new products presented by Apple during the last event held on September 1st. The design is square and very small, smaller than the second-generationi iPod Shuffle. Like the previous model, a clip on the back allows the user to attach it where they prefer.

The new iPod Shuffle support the playlist and Genius. The VoiceOver feature announces the song currently being played, and the battery guarantees 15 hours of continuous play.

The new Shuffle will be launched in 5 different colors for $49 (2GB version).

During yesterday’s event, Steve Job has presented the new features on the iOS 4.2, to be launched in November. The first new feature is the possibility of printing documents through network-configured printers with the Print Center feature.

AirPlay was also introduced, which allows users to share pictures, video and songs through Wi-Fi. It will be possible, for example, to listen to songs that aren’t physically present on the device, but on network systems.

The iPad will also now have the possibility of storing the applications in folders and the multitasking will be finally introduced. The update will be free for the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad platforms.

Steve Jobs and Apple have presented a series of new features and products during yesterday’s event. One of them i the new iOS 4.1, the new version of Apple’s mobile OS. This new version includes a long list of bug fixes, promising a more stable OS with some new features.

The first new feature would be the High Dynamic Range photos feature, that allows the device to overlap three different pictures, taken with different lighting. The software then adds those images, selecting the best lighting level for each one of the picture’s zones, so no area is too dark or too light.

The other new feature is Game Center, that allows users to play multiplayer games. Game Center automatically chooses the players in order to associate them with the same level.

Other new features include HD video upload through Wi-Fi, and the download of TV shows directly on the mobile device.

As usual, Apple has started the preparations at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for the next event, taking place on September 1st. Those images, courtesy of 9to5Mac, show the actual preparations taking place, with the Apple logo being placed and matching the same image found on the official invitation.

We’ll be tuned for the event, so stay with us.

Most technology blogs around the world have declared to have received an official invitation to the Apple Event scheduled to happen on September 1st at the Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

The event seems to be centered around music, media and the respective products, of course: iPod, iTunes, GarageBand and so on. Perhaps to launch the new iPod touch or to hear more about iTV. We’ll stay tuned, of course!

Apple has released the iOS 4.0.2 for the iPhone and iPod touch, and the iOS 3.2.2 for the iPad, trying to solve the PDF bugs, used by JailbreakMe in order to unlock all iOS devices. So if you have done it, better not to update.

In order to update the device, all it takes is connecting it to the PC with the USB cable and open iTunes. The update message should appear to allow users to proceed with the downloading and installation.

An insistent rumor claims that the new iPods will be presented very soon, more precisely mid August. It seems also that the devices are already ready to be presented. Apple usually launches new iPods in September: that’s how it happened last year and the year before that.

During August, the August presentations were for the Snow Leopard OS (August 28th, 2009), the first aluminium iMacs (August 7th, 2007), the iLife ‘08, iWork ‘08 and the .Mac galleries.

We’ll see it from next week on if this rumor is true or not.

The article is labeled as a rumor, so it should be treated as such. The guys from iLounge have received rumors of a bunch of new products on Apple’s 2010/2011 product lineup, using the new iOS 4 software. According to the rumors, these products should be launched by Spring 2011:

- New iPods: apparently these new iPods would be launched by the end of September. One iPod nano, a new iPod Touch and a third device that is still unknown. This mysterious iPod could use the small 1.7″ touchscreen display that Apple has been manufacturing since 2009;

- New iPads: according to the rumors, a new 7″ iPad is practically finished and should be announced by the end of the year or beginning of 2011. Another rumor concerns a 5.6″ version but no details just yet.

- iPhone 5 without antenna problems: This rumor seems more impossible than the others, simply because it would be hard for Apple to project and manufacture a completely new hardware design for the iPhone that doesn’t have antenna issues, unless the whole process has been started already, or requires small changes to the hardware.

- New iPhone 4 bumpers: A new series of bumpers should be launched soon, according to those rumors. The first original ones had a harder plastic material than the current ones being sold, and since the bumpers are given for free to iPhone 4 users until September, Apple’s manufacturing cheaper models to be distributed after September.

Apple regularly places some of their products in discontinued status, making them obsolete. From September 14th on, some iPod models and G4 computers are added to the list:

* PowerBook G4 (1GHz/867MHz)
* Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors)
* Macintosh Server G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors)
* iPod (10 GB with dock)
* iPod (10 GB with dock/custom)
* iPod (15 GB with dock)
* iPod (30 GB with dock/custom)
* iPod (30 GB with dock)

This means that those models aren’t being manufactured anymore and that the warranty is no longer valid. Also, after the launch of the new LED Cinema Display 27″, Apple has confirmed the rumors about a possible discontinuing for the 24″ and 30″ Cinema Displays.

So last evening’s event was indeed about the iPhone OS 4.0 During the keynote, Steve Jobs has said that the amount of new features was too big to be mentioned in detail, and hence why the presentation was focused in seven main enhancements only. We’ll bring the other interesting new features on the new iPhone OS 4.0, together with a link to the entire streaming, which can be found here.

Here’s the list of more interesting features that weren’t mentioned during last evening’s event:

- Playlist Creation: from now on, like on the iPad, it’ll be possible to create playlists directly from the iPod app;
- Creating events in Mail: thanks to the automatic date recognition, it’s possible to create an event directly from Mail;
- Gift Applications: now also available on the Apple mobile devices:
- Braille support: a new feature that allows the user to connect a third-party device for Braille reading
- Customizable fonts: It’ll be possible to alter the size of fonts on the email, SMS and local and Push notices;
- Folders in Dock: the app collection folders can be dragged to the new Dock, making it similar to the Stacks from Snow Leopard;
- Folders: inside each Folder, users will be able to reorganize the icons as they wish
- Live suggestions in Safari: while making a research, Safari will now offer some suggestions like in the Desktop version
- Emails organized by Thread: Steve Jobs mentioned when talking about the unified inbox on Mail, in fact.

The rest can be seen on the streaming, directly from Apple’s Official Website.