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Rock and roll, Apple!

It’s D-Day! Well, not exactly, but Apple’s gotten creative this year by making the event coincide with the 090909 mark of the century. And boy, Steve Jobs is back! He’s the keynote speaker of the event. I’m sure some of you might have missed what has happened in the past hour, so why not make a summary?

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• iPhone and iPod touch OS 3.1. (duh)
  • Genius function in iTunes now applied to App Store: It suggests what apps you might like based on your current inventory.
  • Ringtones will be sold at $1.29.
  • Free for iPhone users. Only iPod touch users who have OS 3.0 will get to download OS 3.1 for free.

• iTunes
  • iTunes 9 released.
  • Genius mixes (something like your iTunes DJ, but Genius technology incorporated)
  • Home sharing. Songs, movies and shows can be copied to 5 different authorized computers.
  • Redesigned iTunes Store.
  • iTunes LP for music, Extras for movies.
  • Sharing to Facebook & Twitter now possible.
  • Apps can be managed through iTunes.
• iPods
  • iPod touch pricings: $199 for 8GB, $299 for 32GB, $399 for 64GB
  • 32GB and 64GB versions will have OpenGL.
  • iPod classic will be bumped up to 160GB for the same old price: $249.
  • iPod shuffle will not be kicked! In fact, there’s now the “nanochromatic” version of the shuffle for 2GB at $59, and a stainless steel version (4GB) at $99.
  • iPod nano will have 2.2″ display, camera, mic and speaker built-in. FM player built-in as well. Voice recorder app and pedometer is also in that small little thing. Amazing.
  • iPod nano will be draining your wallet of $149 for 8GB, or $179 for 16GB.

That’s all the announcements. I’m sure many of you guys out there have been expecting much more things from Apple, including a camera for the iPod touch. But cheer up, at least there were other improvements! And oh, jailbreakers: 3.1 is not jailbreakable yet. ;)