2007

In January 2007, Apple gave the tiny iPod shuffle four new colors; orange, pink, blue and green taking the total color count to five. Everything else remained the same.

September 2007. Once again the entire iPod line got a major update. Let us start with the smallest and make our way up the price ladder.


The shuffle got another cosmetic update. The previous metallic colors of the shuffle got softened a bit and the new shuffle now came in light green, light blue, purple, (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition, apart from the standard silver (pink and orange discontinued).

 

Now let's come to the iPod nano. The new nano broke the long and narrow mould of the previous two generation nanos and adopted a shorter and fatter design that made it look like a smaller iPod classic. This new design, however, met with much criticism from people and not many people were fond of the nanos new shape. Technically, the nano now had a bigger 2.0" display with QVGA (320 x 240) display and it was now capable of playing back videos along with just music. The 2 GB model of the previous model was axed and now it was only available in 4GB and 8 GB. The 4 GB model was only available in silver, though the 8 GB came in silver, black, light blue, light green and (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition.

 

The standard iPod was now renamed to iPod classic. However, apart from the new name it received little new. The changes included a slightly new interface design; same as the one on the new nano, an anodized aluminium front face plate and a 160 GB model, the highest capacity till date on any iPod. At the same time the 30GB model was discontinued.


 

Now coming to the most important iPod of the year, the iPod touch. The iPod touch was nothing more than the standard iPhone with the phone features such as calling and messaging stripped off. This means the iPod touch had an instant advantage over any media player out there. Not only could you play your music and movies on it, but also browse the web, check your mail, use Google Maps for navigation and install additional applications and games in future when Apple would start the applications service. This means the iPod touch was not just a media player but also a pocket computer and gaming device all in one. The original iPod touch was available in 8 and 16 GB models only.