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Apple Announcement on New iPod Touch and Apple TV

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Music player has Retina display, gyroscope, two cameras.

Want an iPhone without the actual phone? That’s pretty much what the new iPod touch is: Apple unveiled the device on Wednesday. It comes with the iPhone’s beautiful, crisp Retina display, an A4 chip, a gyroscope, an HD video recorder on the back, and a front-facing camera that will allow for FaceTime video chats. It will go on sale next week at $229 (8GB), $299 (32GB), and $399 (64GB). Apple also unveiled its a new iPod Nano, which replaces the wheel with a touch screen, and a new Apple TV. It will stream rented movies directly from iTunes so that you don’t need local storage; currently, Apple is renting shows from ABC and Fox for 99 cents each. It also will come with full Netflix streaming support.

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