what’s new apple?

As I predicted, Apple did announce a new iPod yesterday. They did not do just that so here is a simple, easy-to-follow list of what’s new with Apple:

  • New iPod: iPod Touch – pretty much an iPhone without the phone. 8GB version for $299, 16GB version for $399. Comes out in a few weeks.
  • iPod upgrade: The iPod Video will now be called iPod Classic and be available in either gray or black. 80GB version will be available for $249 and the 160GB version for $349 (but it is a bit thicker).
  • iPod Nano upgrade: Wow, the new iPod Nano looks sick. The screen is now two inches wide, it plays videos, and the memory has been upgraded. The silver 4GB is going to cost a measly (by Apple’s standards) $149, while the 8GB is priced at $199 and you have the choice of any color you want.
  • New WiFi music store for the new iPod Touch and the iPhone. Now you can buy songs anywhere you have wireless internet.
  • $200 price drop on all iPhones!
  • No more production of 4GB iPhone: no one bought it anyways.

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new ipod today

Just a quick little message for you guys who were thinking of buying the college-essential iPod today (Note: I do not personally consider an iPod essential, but the other 29,999 students at my school seem to):

There is a rumor with many credible sources that a new iPod will be announced today (September 5th, 2007). This new iPod will have a 3.5 inch display (the same size as the iPhone), a possible maximum hard drive of up to 120GB, and possible wireless features similar to the iPhone’s.

A new iPod Nano is also rumored to be announced. It should feature an upgraded 320×240 pixel resolution and up to 12GB or 16GB flash memory.

Both of these will feature a new interface with cover flow–a new cool-looking thing that just makes the poor little machine slower.

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small changes

Hey guy and gals,

I’ve been doing small little changes to the site. I removed the suggest menu item from the top since nobody seemed to use that and replaced it with “random”. What is random? Well, I think that is easy to figure out, but give it a try and see which of our over a hundred stories you land on.

Secondly, I made it so that when a story is “dugg” a button will appear showing how many diggs the story has. Unfortunately this only applies to new stories, but don’t let that discourage you. Digg away.

Love,

Chris

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new records

So it’s Sunday night and now that I quit my regular job to work on my company, I don’t have to get up early tomorrow morning. Why does that matter? Well, for me it means I get to drink a few beers before sleeping and for you it means that you will get a friendly little message from me on a Sunday.

Today marks a new record for college being, and I wanted to thank all of our visitors (especially those who send wonderful emails) for supporting us and continuing to support us.

The last four days we have had record numbers of visitors. Thursday and Friday we got over 4,700 unique visitors each day and Saturday we got about 5,700. Today though, we got an all-time record of 6,348. Thanks everyone and keep it up! I will try to post more stories than usual this week to keep you guys happy.

Love,

Chris

[added August 15, 2007: It seems like the day after I wrote this we hit a new record: 8,776 unique visitors. Keep it up guys!]

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acquired

Good morning everyone. As of yesterday, college being is now owned by 2Leaf Web Development, Inc. 2Leaf is a new company on the internet market, and their acquisition of college being will surely increase their value. You can see that I have changed our copyright notice on the bottom of this page as well as the copyright statement on the copyright page. Besides the transfer of copyrights and trademarks, nothing else will change for you. We will still post every weekday and be devoted to bringing you exactly what you want. Feel free to contact Chris if you have any questions about this.

Note: I have been getting many questions asking me why I am a greedy little guy (I assure you, I am neither greedy nor little) and why I sold out this website which so many people love. Well, I actually gave it away to 2Leaf since this would increase the value of both college being and 2Leaf. college being did not have enough resources to continue to expand and now, by being backed by a company like 2Leaf, we can. So actually, I gave college being away for you guys.

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