Don't Miss Out!

Everybody and their mother has heard about Apple's latest event, "Come See Our Latest Creation". It's been the talk of the town. Websites and newspapers alike are filled with rumors of what's going to be released. Many say a new tablet, a MacBook Pro refresh, and a software update for the iPhone. It could all happen but no-one knows yet.

The event is going to be amazing. The only problem is that it's tomorrow, Wednesday, a school and work day. Most people don't have a computer to watch the event live while they're at work or school. If you're one of those people don't fret. I'm here to save the day.

If you have Mobile web on your phone then you can get live updates by following the #ALCE hashtag. If you don't have mobile web you can simply follow my Twitter stream and enable SMS forwarding so all the updates are automatically sent to you. When the event is over you can just disable the SMS forwarding.

Whatever you do just don't miss the event, it's going to be mind blowing.

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2 Billion Downloads Celebration!!

Today Apple has achieved yet another amazing feat. Their App Store- the world's largest and most revolutionary- has just reached 2 billion downloads in less than a year.

I thought that this achievement was so amazing that I should celebrate with you, my readers, and giveaway the latest edition of Mac|Life's very own iPhone Handbook that not only includes hands-on how-tos but also reviews of 44 APPS, external battery packs, speakers, cases, headphones and more.

So, if you have an iPhone or are just interested in getting a brand new iPhone magazine here's how to join:

MANDATORY ENTRY- You must do this before you recieve any extra entries:

Subscribe via e-mail or feed. Subscription options can be found on the right-hand side. If you’re already a subscriber, let me know! If you subscribe by e-mail, you must validate your e-mail address. You can do so via the e-mail sent by Feedburner. If you do not validate your e-mail address the entry will be disqualified.

EXTRA ENTRIES:

1. Leave a comment on any other blog post.

2. Follow me on Twitter (@TeenOnDaRise) and tweet about the giveaway. Your tweet must include my name, @TeenOnDaRise and RT. One tweet a day until the giveaway ends, so tweet it up!

3. Fave me on Technorati or Digg for 2 extra entries (you must leave 2 separate comments with your username if you enter this way).

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GIVEAWAY ENDS OCTOBER 5, 2009 11:59 P.M. EST

Open to US and Canada residents only

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I will be using Random.org to choose the winner so in order to qualify for the giveaway you must leave a separate comment for each entry that is completed. You will not be counted otherwise.

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There's Still Room For More...

I've been hearing the same question over and over again: "Why did Apple give the Nano a video camera and not the Touch?" I think the answer's simple. It's to make sure that the world's best selling mp3 player stays around for just a bit longer. If you really look at it Apple has crammed everything that they can into the little guy. A pedometer, FM radio with live pause, a mic and speaker, accelerometer, voice over and a video camera. At this point, what more could they add?

The iPod Touch is a different story, there's still room for more. Everybody just has to remember that Apple is a company and they want to make this touch screen phenomena stay successful for as long as possible and adding a camera in this generation would have just made it that much harder to top themselves. But, pictures have already been released so we definitely don't have long to wait for the next refresh.

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In Case You Missed It!

For all of you who like me were stuck at school (or work) and missed out on the apple keynote event and don't know the latest on what's going on with their products I have compiled a list of all of the refreshes that they have made.

• The iPod Classic received a capacity bump from 120GB to 160GB but is still being kept at the same price ($249).
• The iPod Touch received a price drop, a cut and a hardware upgrade. The 8GB is now $199.00 (down from $229), the 16GB is now nonexistent, the 32GB is down to the price that the 16GB once was ($299) and there is now a 64GB model priced at $399. Both the 32GB and 64GB are also supposed to be 50% faster than previous generations and will run OpenGL ES 2.0. A 3.1 firmware is also now available free of charge, for those that already run 3.0, and is only $4.95 for those that don't.
• The iPod Shuffle is now being sold in pink, green, blue and limited edition stainless steel (only sold on the Apple online store and Apple Stores) along with the original black and silver. A new 2GB edition also joins the mix at $59. Apple is also working with third parties to make headphones compatible with the Shuffle's features.
• The iPod Nano received the best (in my opinion) price drop and hardware upgrade. It now comes standard with a video camera, speaker, FM radio, the new Genius Mix, Voice Over, a built in pedometer and a larger 2.2 inch screen. The 8GB version stayed at the same price of $149 but the 16GB version has dropped from $199 to $179, which makes me wonder who would buy the 8GB when they can get the 16 for just $30 more?

If you still want to see the whole Keynote you can click HERE.

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