Apple calls their second generation iPod touch the funnest iPod ever; it may very well be the best portable media player ever. The new touch is almost similar to its predecessor except it adds volume control buttons on side, built-in Nike+ receiver, integrated speaker and is thinner than already super slim first generation touch. Apple has also improved the battery life of new iPod touch with 36 hours of music and 6 hours of video playback.
The iPod touch is available in three sizes 8GB for $229, 16GB for $299 and 32GB for $399. Below are links to the three reviews that will give you complete information about the new iPod touch. PC Mag in its review says “when you improve a five-star product, you get, well, an even-better five-star product. Sorry, folks that’s as high as we go.” The fact is, with App store, there is nothing that’s even comparable to iPod touch on the market now. You can read the reviews by clicking on the links below.
CNET iPod touch Review
PC Magazine iPod touch Review
PC World iPod touch Review

Western Digital today started shipping their new Scorpio Blue 2.5-inch notebook hard drives with capacities up to 500GB. The new drive uses industry-leading 250GB-per-platter technology and supports 3 Gb/s data transfer rate. Western Digital claims that the WD Scorpio Blue 500GB is the highest capacity 2.5-inch, standard form-factor (9.5mm) hard drive shipping to date. WD also says that Scorpio Blue is one of its quietest 5400 RPM drive. Two models of the drive are shipping now, WD Scorpio Blue 500GB (WD5000BEVT) and the 400GB (WD4000BEVT) for $219.99 and $189.99 respectively. You can get more information about the new drives on Western Digital’s website.

Apple today released iPhone 2.1 software update, as it had promised on Tuesday. Moving away from it normal practices, Apple have also give a list of improvements that the new software brings. According to the release note, iPhone version 2.1 contains many bug fixes and improvements, including the following:

The update seriously looks promising; we will let you know how our iPhones are working after updating and testing the software for few of the above-mentioned problems that we were also facing. You can download the update by plugging your iPhone to your computer and then clicking “check for update” in iTunes. And don’t forget to update you iTunes to the latest 8.0 version also.

Apple launched their new iPod nano on 9th September. Apple not only made the new nanos taller but also sleeker and sexier. The new iPod nanos are available in nine bright colors including silver, black, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red and pink, Apple calls the new color lineup “Nano-chromatic”. 
Apple has added accelerometer to the new nanos that helps in changing display orientation based on the way you are holding the iPod vertically or horizontally.  The accelerometer also adds new “Shake to Shuffle” feature that allows you to just shake the iPod nano to shuffle to a different song in your music library. Lastly, accelerometer adds new games that respond to the way you move, it comes with a Maze game, which lets you work your way through mazes by tilting and moving.
The most talked about feature of the new iPod nano is Genius. Say you’re listening to a song you really like and want to hear other tracks that go great with it. The Genius feature finds the songs in your music library that go great together and makes a Genius Playlist for you. Apple has priced the 8GB nano $149 and the 16GB nano $199.
Many reviewers have posted reviews online for the new iPod nano, below are the three reviews that gives well-rounded overview of what you should expect when you buy the new iPod nano. We totally agree with PC Magazine’s conclusion, “Once again, with the nano 4G, Apple has produced the coolest, slickest and most intuitive sub-$200 flash player you can get, and easily earns our Editors’ Choice.”
CNET iPod nano Review
PC World iPod nano Review
PC Magazine iPod nano Review

Last Tuesday, Apple had sent out invites for its special event “Let’s Rock” that will take place today at 10 am PDT/ 1 pm EST. Apple will hold the event at the Yerba Buena Center for Arts in San Francisco and we will be doing live coverage of the event at live.techztalk.com. The coverage will start at 10 am PDT / 1 pm EST, be sure to join us for the live coverage of the event.