Apple Releases New iPods, Cuts iPhone to $399, Adds WiFi iTunes Store

At today's iPod media event, Apple made a huge number of new product and service announcements. They include:

• A new version of the original iPod, now called the iPod Classic. Two models, 80GB and 160GB, running $249 and $349.
• A new iPod, the iPod Touch, which incorporate much of the iPhone's interface, like CoverFlow, and includes WiFi for web browsing, YouTube, and wireless music purchases. 8GB and 16GB models run $299 and $399.
• Cutting the price of the 8GB iPhone to $399 through the end of 2007 and the apparent elimination of the 4GB model.
• A revised iPod nano with a bigger screen, video playback, and CoverFlow interface. Starts at US$149.
• Custom ringtones made from iTunes Store songs for iPhone for an extra $0.99.
• An iTunes Store wireless purchase option and related deal with Starbucks that lets users buy the song playing in Starbucks at that moment
• A new version of iTunes, 7.4, to support these changes.
• New iPod Shuffle colors, while retaining the same price and capacity.

Chart comparing all the new iPod models.

iPod Touch	new iPod nanos
The new iPod Classic	New iPod Shuffle Colors