Today Steve Jobs announced that Apple will release version 8 of iTunes, their popular music software, along with two new iPod models, the iPod Nano and the iPod Touch. All of the new products offer what is called the Genius feature, which allows users to create playlists of similar sounding music in their own library, and also suggests new music in the iTunes Music Store. iTunes 8 is now available as a free download from the Apple website.

The new iPod Nano has a larger screen and a sleeker design than before, is available in nine different colors, and also has an accelerometer built in. An accelerometer is the sensors that are inside the iPod Touch and iPhone devices that allows the device to know how it is being moved and what orientation the screen should be in. So if you turn the device on its side, it will know and the screen will change accordingly. Or if you shake the device, it will go into shuffle mode. This new model of the iPod Nano is a much sleeker design than previous models, with a curved shape that fits better in your hand. The new iPod Nano will be priced at $149 for the 8GB version and $199 for the 16 GB version. Both models will be available in all colors, which include silver, black, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, and pink.

Also announced by Steve Jobs today is the new iPod Touch. The new model of the iPod Touch is sleeker and lighter than the previous models. Pricing will be $229 for the 8 GB version, $299 for the 16 GB version, and $399 for the 32 GB version.

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