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Also see:
- iPod Touch Adds Video Calling, HD Recording
- Apple introduces new Apple TV and iPods
- From Live from Apple’s fall product launch
In sum, Steve Jobs delivered on most of the rumored new products and services. The headlines:- A new $99 Apple TV that streams (rather than downloads) $4.99 movie rentals and 99-cent TV rentals from ABC and Fox
- A new lineup of iPods, chief among them the iPod touch equipped with two cameras, one a front-facing camera that can do Facetime video chats
- A new version of iTunes with a social networking feature called Ping that tracks the downloads of friends and celebrities
- A new version of iOS 4.2, promised for November, that will bring multitasking, folders and other goodies to the iPad.
- Addendum from Analysts weigh in on the new Apple TV
Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster:
We see the Apple TV as an important step toward an all-in-one Apple television. We continue to expect Apple to launch an all-in-one Apple television in CY12. As consumers gain comfort with connected TVs and apps on their TVs, we believe Apple will eventually take its all-in-one philosophy to the digital living room like it has with the iMac and the iTunes ecosystem.