Snow Leopard and New iPods « The BEST Apple Hardware and Software Reviews

Written By Ben Gribbin August 28th, 2009

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We have a round-up of news today, there’s a few interesting articles and headlines around worth mentioning.

• We’ve been listening to the rumor mill, and New iPods

We reported a week or so ago about the secret Apple keynote event on Sept 8th / 9th. We’re getting some more light shed on the matter now.  Citing industry sources, Taiwanese rumor site DigiTimes reported that the new iPods will have 3.2 Megapixel cameras. Their also suggesting that the iPod classic will get a camera.

• Photoshop CS3 is compatible with Snow Leopard

An Adobe representative this week told the media that CS3 and other versions had not been tested on Snow Leopard. However, it seems the Product Manager, John Nack, is doing a massive U-turn, and it turns out after some investigating he ‘realised’ that they have done extensive testing with CS3 and it works. Did they get a nudge from Apple, fearing it may discourage Snow Leopard upgrades?

• Snow Leopard reviews rolling out

Macrumors has a great collection of pre-release Snow Leopard reviews, you can check them out here

• App Store revenue around $200 Million per month

iPhone users downloaded around 10.2 Apps per month with 2.6 of those been paid applications, iPod touch users download a whopping 18.4 per month, with 2 paid. Source: AppleInsider

• Spotify is approved on the App Store

Spotify is approved on the App Store but only for subscribers to the premium package. If your in the US though, don’t get too excited, as its not been approved there yet.  You can see a demo here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oNXBCmHtko