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Apple has released yet again another update to the iPod family. With price drops across most devices coming a few days ago, the public knew that new iPod’s were rolling out soon. Apple has unveiled the new iPod’s yesterday at the Apple Rock and Roll event in San Fransisco. Now lets take a look at these new toys below:

iPod Shuffle 3rd Generation: The worlds smallest music player has been given a minor tuneup. To start Apple has moved the controls to the earphone cord to save space on the device. Apple has also added VoiceOver which allows the shuffle to speak song titles, artist, and playlist names. They have also unveiled new colors to the lineup as well as a full aluminum chassis model. (Despite the updates the shuffle will still remain a G3)

iPod Nano 5th Generation: The new Nano brings the coolest feature to the ipod family, a camera!  With a built in camera and 15 video effects the iPod crosses all boundaries in portable audio. The Nano also features a built in microphone, speaker, and fm radio. Apple has also thrown in a pedometer for the fit and trendy.

iPod Touch 3rd Generation: The Touch gets a big update in terms of speed and capacity. With increased capacity (64GB) and a decreased price, the Touch still remains the world best multimedia device.

iPod Classic 160gb: The iPod classic gets a big bump in hard drive size but not in price. The new classic features a fast 160gb hard drive with a $250 price tag.

Apple has also released a new firmware version (3.1) for the iPhone along with the new iTunes version 9. For more info on all the new Apple updates and on the Rock and Roll event click here.