Apple announces new iTunes 9, iPhone OS 3.1

new ipod nano with video

Well, Steve Jobs is back and in control at Apple. In yesterday’s music event, Apple refreshed its iPod line and introduced new iPod nano.
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Quick update from Barcelona

mwc_barcelona

There’s a lot happening over here in Barcelona, where I’m attending the Mobile World Congress. It’s been a lot of walking and talking for me, so I haven’t been able to capture a lot of news for the blog. Here are some of re highlights for the past couple of days, which I thought would be interesting to share.
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iTunes Store now works with EDGE, 3G on iPhone

Apple and the music labels sure haggled for a long time over making the iTunes Store DRM-free. Both sides won some, lost some : Apple had to concede to variable pricing, and the labels had to consent to DRM free, plus giving Apple to ability to offer song downloads directly to iPhones from cellular networks (3G and EDGE) instead of just WiFi.
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