10 things about Apple Music Event 2010

The Apple Music Event 2010 will be held tomorrow and rumor mill is going strong. The September Music Event has become a major tradition for the Apple. It unveils its various music and entertainment products in the event. Over the years, Apple unveiled some of the best products the industry has ever seen and they started new trends. This year, Apple is also believed to come with some great surprises and every body is eagerly waiting.

Here are some information about the Apple Music Event that you would like to know:

1) The Apple Music Event 2010 would take place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theatre in San Francisco on September 1, 2010. The event will start at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, 1 p.m. Eastern time. The email invitation does not give out much detail except a 9 a.m. registration time. For many years, Apple has been holding their events in this venue. In January this year, the company also revealed its famous iPad in this venue.

2) On August 25, 2010, Apple sent out invitations to the media people. The email invitation had a logo on it – an acoustic guitar with an apple shaped soundhole. This image led many people to think that the Apple Music Event 2010 would be focused on music.

3) In 2009, the Apple email invitation had a dancing silhouette. That year the Apple Music Event dubbed “It’s only rock and roll but we like it,” took place after labor day.

At the event, the company released 64GB iPod Touch, iPod Nano with a built-in video camera and iTunes 9.

4) The Apple Music 2008 was themed “Lets Rock.” At the event, Apple unveiled its 160GB iPod Classic, 4^th generation iPod Nano with voice recording capability, a thinner iPod Touch and iTunes 8.

5) At the 2001, Apple Music Event Steve Jobs first unveiled the first iPod. Here is a video of Steve Jobs at the Apple Music Event 2001:

6) It is believed that Apple is going to unveil a newly designed iPod Nano that would not have any clickwheel but a smaller touch screen measuring 3cm by 3cm. Picture of cases revealed by Chinese company, X-Doria, led to the speculation that Apple would release a newly designed 6^th generation iPod Nano which would look more like iPod shuffle.

The new iPod Nano will retain its traditional 30-pin dock connector. The bumps on the side of the cases indicate that the new iPod Nano would have buttons on the side probably volume control and open space on the led people to thinks that the Nano would come with clips. Case manufacturers have been creating protective cases for the new Apple iPod Touch and iPod Nano since July.

7) Another device that is creating lots of rumor is the iPod Touch. It is believed that Apple would unveil its 4^th gen iPod Touch at the event that will come with many features of the iPhone 4. The new iPod Touch would have dual-camera. There will be one front-facing camera for Facetime video chat while a 3-megapixel camera would be fitted on the rear with auto focus and video recording capability. The new iPod Touch would also enable users to make FaceTime calls via Wi-Fi. Other features include high resolution retina display, gyroscope, 3G support and SIM tray. It is also believed that Apple would introduce a new entry-level iPod Touch priced at $199.

8) Rumor also spread out that Apple would introduce its newly designed home entertainment system Apple iTV previously known as Apple TV. The Apple TV was launched in 2007 but it did not become very popular. The newly designed AppleTV will be marketed as iTV. It is believed that the iTV would be priced at $99. It would sport A4 chip and would be able to play video at 720p. Engadget said that the iTV would sport a 16GB SSD while Technolog reported 160GB HDD. The iTV is believed to be running on iOS.

9) Apple would also roll out a new $0.99 TV show rental service at the Apple Music Event 2010. Apple is rumored to be in talks with Walt Disney, CBS, NBC Universal and Fox Studios. People would rent their favorite TV shows and would have to watch it within a 48-hour period.

10) Apple would roll out its new cloud-based iTunes where users are not required to install any software on their PC rather everything would be controlled from a server and user would be able to access via Wi-Fi and 3G for a monthly subscription fee.

11) News reports also said that subscribers of Apple iTunes now would be able to enjoy a music demo for one minutes from 30 seconds. This new feature would be announced by Steve Jobs at the Apple Music Event 2010.

12) Apple promised its iPad users to provide an iOS 4 update this fall and it might be done at the Apple Music Event 2010. Apple has not roll out the beta version of iOS 4 for its iPad.

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Apple Insider