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The iPod Hi-Fi was confirmed dead by Apple today. Rest in piece, iPod Hi-Fi.

2006-2007

Hate the new iPod shuffle colors? Well, you can still order the old colors new from Amazon.com (sorry, full-price though) while they last.

Orange

Pink

Green

Blue

Note that none of the new iPod models released yesterday support Mac OS X 10.3 “Panther”, even the new shuffle, though I don’t see why it would not be unofficially supported, as the new update is just cosmetic changes.Just an FYI to all you Panther users..

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After a slight delay, iTunes 7.4 was released early this morning.

The official improvements are:

“With iTunes 7.4, sync your favorite music and more with the new iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, and iPod touch, plus create custom ringtones exclusively for iPhone with many of your favorite songs purchased from the iTunes Store. You can now also play purchased videos with closed captioning (when available), easily rate your favorite albums from one to five stars, and watch videos at a larger size inside the iTunes window.”

Download here

See here.

A few weeks ago, I posted about wanting to downgrade to Panther ‘10.3′ on my G3 Blue and White PowerMac, however, I’ve since changed my mind for the following reasons: 

1.) There are many Tiger only apps out there, mainly Bean, Adium (though previous versions support 10.2 and 10.3), etc. I also suspect that Panther will be dropped for the most part in apps shortly after Leopard’s release. 

2.) Security-Panther will likely be discontinued in terms of security updates prior to Leopard’s release. This would follow Apple previously supporting a maximum of two versions of OSX at a time (in security updates). 

3.) Tiger is likely the last release of OSX that officially supports the G3 processor, and thus, having the last release would be beneficial. 

4.) WebKit-While many use non-WebKit based browsers (i.e. Shiira, Safari, etc.), Tiger has a newer version of WebKit than Panther. 

So, those are my reasons for staying with Tiger.. 

While I don’t care for Office:mac, or Microsoft in general, I thought this would be interesting for you Office:mac users/lovers. 

Sneak-peak kick off

OOF coming to Entourage

Well, tonight, I ordered the new iPod shuffle in the color lavender. I can’t wait until it arrives, as my old iPod shuffle (1st gen), sadly kept getting corrupted, and requiring a restore/reset for some reason, so I’ve been iPod-less for a while. I do like the new form factor of the new iPod shuffles, as they’re smaller, and they were made 200% better today when they announced new colors, particularly the lavender color, which as it turns out is my favorite color. Anyway, I will report on it when I receive it in a few days. Also, even though today’s iPod shuffle refresh only changed the colors, Apple surprisingly says that the iPod shuffle now requires Mac OS 10.4, instead of only 10.3+ like the previous releases. While I do understand why Apple is slowly dropping 10.3 (including security updates perhaps this or next month), but requiring a new OS just for a cosmetic change? Hmm, anyway…

Apple released new iPods.  Most noteworthy is the new nano and the new iPod touch.  Watch the keynote from Steve Jobs.

There are also some good videos from Apple to watch, such as the nano ads and the guided tour of the iPod touch.  And you can now purchase music right on your iPhone and iPod touch without needing your PC or Mac.

I few other nifty things like new ringtones and a partnership with Starbucks.