Along with the announcement of the new iPod Touch, Nano, and Shuffle, Steve Jobs also announced a new version of iTunes. The release was available on Apple’s website soon after and it definitely had some changes that made it stand out against Apple’s other applications.

Some of the changes that made it differ the most from other applications was the new interface and the new icon. The new icon looks nothing like iChat, Finder, Mail, etc.. The black note inside the dark blue color enclosed in a white bezel just looks much different than icons that Apple are known for designing. It just feels like the icon is off in its own world, away from the pack.

Also, the interface seems like it’s a little more touch-friendly, which is odd of Apple. It looks like they tried to match the design of the iPod application on the iPad. All songs in the song list seem a little more spaced out than other versions and the volume slider seems slightly larger too.This could possibly mean that Apple has an upcoming slate planned that is going to run Mac OS, so that they can compete with the flood of Windows 7 slates.

This new release of iTunes also came with a social feature called “Ping”. Ping is described as a social network for music, and that’s what it is. Ping didn’t really impress me much as a social network. It can’t really compete with something like Twitter or Facebook. All it is is a place where you can talk about music with friends and it has some features such as posting on your page when you buy a new song on iTunes, which is kind of useless for people who use other services for downloading music such as AmazonMP3.

This release of iTunes really has me looking towards Apple for new announcements and overall, this version of iTunes is snappier than older ones on my Mac Mini, but it didn’t really leave me amazed.

David – Senior Editor

The long wait for an iPhone 4 jailbreak is now officially over and it came with beneficial effects for other iDevices too. This new jailbreak works on any iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad and is done directly on the device, with no need to use a device on the computer. The process is really easy and simple too. All you have to do is visit this website on your device and “Slide to Jailbreak”. It is recommended that you sync with iTunes, but I had no issue just performing the jailbreak and then returning to my springboard to a Cydia icon.

David – Senior Editor

Continuing their free iPhone game spree, ngmoco:) has released a new app on the App Store called “We Rule“.

Essentially, this app is like Farmville for the iPhone and iPod Touch, as it’s a click-and-wait/ social networking game.

It takes place during the medieval times, in which you are a king. The goal of the game is to design a great kingdom and to rack up on experience points. In order to do so you must achieve a higher level, through experience points, which takes some time.  This makes the app highly addictive.

“We Rule” is powered by the plus+ network, allowing users of this application to connect with their friends. The problem with this: you must be connected to the internet, to play.

The app can be a bit buggy at times, especially with the current popularity. Many players have experienced crashes throughout this game. The ngmoco:) team is currently working on this issue.

This game is definitely worth a try, especially with the low price tag.

“We Rule“ is available on the iTunes App Store for Free.

What is Colorsplash?
Colorsplash is an app for the iPhone, that you can use to to take regular photos, take the color away, then put some of it back in, but only in specific places that you choose. This effect makes a specific element of your picture “stand out.”

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Image Credit: Engadget.com

Recently, Microsoft released the successor to their Zune, called the Zune HD. Looking through the original posts of the Zune HD on Engadget.com, I noticed people saying that the Zune HD will “pwn” the iPod Touch. With only several development copies available at the time, there was no knowing on which would be the best in the end. Epsecially since, those comments were posted before the release of the actual product and, before the recent Apple Event.