I’m following live reports of this morning’s Apple news conference. The news so far:

• Thinner iPod Touches too.
• A new iPod nano — the skinniest yet! It has an accelerometer. Shake it and it shuffles the songs. (Does that mean I can’t run with it and listen to the full song?) It’s $149 for the 8GB model, $199 for the 16GB model and comes in 8 super-bright colors.
• New iPods in 120 GB for $249 and 160 GBs (the 80 GB is being discontinued).
• iTunes 8 announced.
• HD TV shows  for $2.99. They’re watchable on a computer or Apple TV (which is a computer!).

Continuing this coverage on a new post.
Earlier:

A new iPod? Bigger iPods? More colors? Changes to iTunes? All these and more are potential rumors floating around this morning just hours before Apple’s big press conference at 10 a.m. in San Francisco. I wasn’t able to make the event to offer live reporting. But so many other sites will be blogging live so listen in at the site of your choice. Here’s the list, according to MacRumors and my own:

- iLounge
- CNET
- Gizmodo
- Engadget
- ArsTechnica
- Macworld
- Fortune
- Slashgear
- AlleyInsider

Related stories:

• What Apple Investors Will Be Looking For During Tomorrow’s Keynote: A Healthy Steve Jobs (Alley Insider)
• Apple looks to revive that special event magic (CNET)
• Tomorrow’s Big Apple Surprise? ITunes Subscriptions (Wired)
• Apple Roundup (MacRumors)
• New iPods next week – MacBooks and iMacs to follow? (MusicRadar)
• New IPod Touch and MacBooks Coming Soon, Analysts Say, Aug. 11, 2008 (PC World)
• iPod Touch and MacBook Updates for September? Aug. 12, 2008 (MacRumors)

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