iTunes 10 Out now!

iTunes 10 is available for download starting late last night itself. Although the link on Apple‘s official website was not working by night, the bug has been fixed now and it is available since earlier this morning on the website. Mac users can simply click on Software Updates and download iTunes on the Mac’s and Macbook’s. iTunes 10 comes with many new features and improvements, including:

• Introducing Ping. Use Ping to follow your favorite artists and friends or connect with the world’s most passionate music fans. Discover the music everyone is talking about, listening to, and downloading.

• Rent HD TV episodes for just 99¢ each. Watch them on your Mac or PC, on-the-go with iPhone or iPod touch, or in your living room with the all new Apple TV.

• Play your favorites on the all new iPod touch, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, and Apple TV.

• Play music wirelessly with AirPlay on AirPlay-enabled speakers, home theater receivers, and iPod accessories.

• Explore many look-and-feel improvements throughout iTunes.

• Enjoy performance improvements which make iTunes faster and more responsive.

• Additional voice support with VoiceOver Kit for iPod.

For information on the security content of this update, please visit:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

Apple’s 1st September 2010 Music Event update

Today at 10 AM Pacific Time, Apple held a music event just as every year, when they revealed new devices and softwares.

I. iOS 4.1 and 4.2 for iPhone, iPod and iPad:

Apple introduced iOS 4.1 today which will have the following new features:

1. Game Centre where users can play single player and multi-player games.

2. Special feature for your iOS device’s camera, where your pictures will be more crisp and clear due to additional processing done while taking the picture. When you will turn on this amazing new feature, your iOS device’s camera will take 3 different pictures of the object: i. In Low exposure, ii. In Normal Exposure & iii. High Exposure. Then these three images will be merged together within the software itself, to give you a never-before-seen crisp and clear quality.

3. Bug fixes for Proximity sensor issue, Bluetooth and many other smaller issues.

While all these functionalities will come to iPhone and iPod’s this week itself through the iOS 4.1 launch, iOS 4.2 will bring the same and more to the iPad in November 2010.

II. iTunes 10:

Today was an important day since the launch of iTunes. Apple introduced a new feature called ‘PING’ which is an embedded social networking from within iTunes, for artists and friends, who want to share music and events related to music through iTunes. Thus would provide them a common platform to share all such things and more through iTunes itself. PING is not just available on iTunes on computers, but it will also be available on iPhones and iPods.

III. Apple TV:

Apple TV has been there in the market for over 4 years but it had not done too well because of high cost and low usability issues. Steve announced today that Apple TV will now be available only at $99 instead of earlier price of $299. It is available from this week itself as well.

IV. New Lineup of iPods:

All three apple iPod categories: ‘iPod Shuffle‘, ‘iPod Nano‘ and ‘iPod Touch‘ have been made remarkably meaner and meatier despite making them thinner and giving them more sexy form factor.

This has always been an interesting event for Apple and today’s event was no exception as it was concluded by a guest performance from 7 Grammy Awards winning band COLDPLAY’s lead man.

What a day! Phew!!!