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Like The Funnest iPods Ever!

The Apple “Let’s Rock” event has come and gone, leaving us with a few new gadgets to blow our hard earned iCoin. The nano-chromatic iPod was the major product announcement today answering all the rumours. So it looks like the leaked photo of the nano is bang on! How many jobs were lost after this leak?

A few noteworthy features:

• Comes in 9 colours
• Accelerometer just like its bigger brothers touch and iPhone
• Shake to shuffle, just like in the Urban Spoon app
• Thinner with contoured stainless steel enclosure
• Longer battery life
• 8g ($169 CDN) and 16g ($219 CDN)

The iPod Touch gets a refresh with a few new features:

• Is now the funnest iPod ever, really? Funnest??
• Built-in speakers & volume button, like the iPhone
• Thinner and lighter
• Longer battery life
• 8g ($259 CDN), 16g ($329 CDN), and 32g ($429 CDN)

A few other things worth a brief mention:

• iTunes 8.0 is out – new visualizer is trippy!
• iPhone firmware 2.1 released this week, finally fix all those bugs!
• iPod Classic is still kickin’ it in black or white 120GB – $279 CDN
• NBC shows are back on iTunes
• Nike+ is built-in to the new touch and nano’s – any word on iPhone?

Well that was all that was released yesterday. I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet. Were you satisfied? I’m still waiting on a 12″ Powerbook replacement! Bestest MacBook Pro Steve?

What’s your wish?

People who know me know that one of my favourite cars is the BMW M3. One day I would love to have a stable of all the generations, but for now I can just imagine. This was not an actual BMW ad but I thought it was done pretty well that it could pass for one.

What the girl says to the guy “Du darfst Dir was wünschen.” which roughly translates to the english equivalent to “Make a wish”. Anyone want to hook me up with a test drive?

Vegas Baby!

Photo Credit: Christopher Chan on Flickr

Good news islanders! Today Westjet annouced that they are now offering seasonal service to Las Vegas from Victoria (YYJ). No need to factor in ferry and parking costs. This new non-stop flight will operate three times weekly on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Las Vegas is such a unique place to visit. I can’t think of any other city that comes close to the amount of money, tourist attractions, shows, and energy, all in a couple mile strip. I’ve only visited a few times but I know I have only scratched the surface. If you haven’t seen a Cirque Du Soleil show definitely do not miss out on O. It puts the little tent at False Creek to shame.

What was your favourite thing to do or memory in Vegas?

Apple’s “Let’s Rock” Event

If you are a big Apple fan boy\girl then you know that today at 10AM PST Apple’s “Let’s Rock” event begins! Today’s event will be located at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, CA. Sifting through all the rumours online, most sources say that a refresh of the iPod Nanos is due. Others are hoping for a new MacBook or new device to drool over. How about the rumoured MacBook Touch from January?

What I know for sure is that Apple always has something up its sleeves. Who else can draw this much attention for a press conference?

What do you think Apple will launch?

Schedule
07:00AM – Hawaii
10:00AM – Pacific
11:00AM – Mountain
12:00PM – Central
01:00PM – Eastern
06:00PM – London
07:00PM – Paris
09:00PM – Moscow
02:00AM – Tokyo (September 10th)

Follow Live

• -Engadget
• -Gizmodo

Molson’s Brew 2.0 Event

Last week I received an email inviting me to a Molson event down at the Burrard street brewery next week. Molson is holding this event for Vancouver web 2.0 geeks and bloggers giving a taste of their beers as well as a special one-night-only blogger brew crafted for us. They also held a similar event in Toronto last June.

A couple highlights I am looking forward to:

• -Meeting Kerry Scarsbrook & Gord Rickards, creator of Rickard’s Red.
• -Meeting Molson Brewery founder John Molson’s great-great-great-great-grandson, Geoff Molson, who will also be sharing some family stories
• -Blair Rasmussen, Executive Chef at the Pan Pacific, will be lining up a menu crafted specifically for beer-pairing.
• -Meeting other local bloggers, ping me if you are going!

It looks like Molson knows a thing or two about social media. You can bet you’ll see this event talked about on several blogs and tons of photos on Flickr even though we’re not obliged to. Who can turn down a night of free beer and good times?