Apple news round-up: iTunes 10, Ping, iPods and Coldplay

Ping? "Facebook and Twitter meets iTunes"

Tom Porter, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 9:55 am BST

Lady GaGa's Ping profile on iTunes 10

iPod shuffle and multitouch nano

While Apple's miniature players offer little more than listening pleasure to the portable musician, 2010's updates are worthy of a paragraph at least.

The ever-changing nano is almost half as small and half as light as its predecessor making it far closer in size to its minute shuffle sibling (it even comes with a clip). It does, however, score points off the touch by boasting its own multitouch interface and impressive (if true) 24 hours of music playback battery life.

The new shuffle sees a return to the clickable ring control with up to 15 hours of battery life.

UK pricing is as follows: iPod shuffle £39 for 2GB; iPod nano £129 for 8GB and £159 for 16GB.

Coldplay

Last but not least, Chris Martin got his geek on by taking to the stage to debut a new "Coldplay version 2.6" track, Wedding Bells. Cool Flaming Lips T-shirt, though…

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