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Apple Fall Event live blog

This is a live blog of Apple’s Fall event.

Starts at 1PM EST.

(Direct URL - http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1009qpeijrfn/event)

1:00 PM -  Event has started. Jobs is here!

1:01 PM - Woz is here. :)

1:02 - New Paris store. New Shanghai store. Looks really nice.

1:03 - New London store as well.

1:05 - One-to-One lessons up to 80,000 people.

1:06 - iOS :- revolution in touch and apps. 120 mil iOS devices shipped.

1:07 - 200 apps downloaded every second.

1:08 - iOS 4.1, Proximity sensor, iPhone 3G bugs fixed. added HDR photos.

1:09 - HDR photos - Jobs, explaining HDR.

1:10 - Explaining GameCenter.

1:11 - Auto matches players.

1:12 - President of Epic Games on stage.

1:13 - Game codename - Project Sword.

1:14 - Awesome CG!

1:15 - Project Sword available holiday season.

1:16 - iOS 4.1 next week. iOS 4.2 November. Adding wireless printing, Airplay.

1:18 - Airtunes to Airplay.

1:19 - iOS 4.2 demo on iPad. Folders.

1:20 - iPods! 275 mil iPods sold.

1:21 - All new iPods. New designs.

1:22 - iPod Shuffle : People miss the buttons.

1:23 - Smaller, buttons, VoiceOver and playlists. Genius.

1:24 - Five diff colors. $49.

1:25 - iPod Nano - Mulittouch!  Clip on it.

1:26 - Volume buttons. FM radio, 29 languages. 24 hour battery life.

1:28 - Demo of iPod Nano. Screen rotation.

1:30 - 6 colors. 8GB - $149.

1:31 - iPod Touch. #1 portable gaming device. 50% market share.

1:32 - Even thinner.

1:33 - Retina display for Touch!  4X pixels. LED backlit.

1:34 - Apple A4 chip. 3-axis Gyro, iOS 4.1. Front Facing camera with Facetime on Touch. Rear camera with HD recording.

1:35 - Facetime with iPhone users as well!

1:35 - Available next week! Pre-order today.

1:36 - Ads.

1:38 - iTunes. 11.7 bil songs downloaded. iTunes 10! Hybrid view.

1:39 - New iTunes logo!

1:40 - More elegant and simple. More than 5 songs, shows album art.

1:41 - Ping. Social networking for music.

1:44 - Follow people. Other people follow you.

1:45 - Demo of Ping.

1:49 - iTunes 10. Download today at apple.com!

1:51 - Apple TV. Not a big hit.

1:52 - Everybody wants HD! Lower prices.

1:53 - 2nd generation Apple TV. Much smaller!

1:55 - built in WiFI, HDMI, Optical Audio! Rentals only! No storage.

1:56 - 99c HD TV show rentals.

1:58 - Netflix on Apple TV.

2:00 - Stream is having issues.

2:04 - Netflix Instant Queue.

2:07 - Apple TV connection with iPad.

2:08 - $99 Apple TV. Preorder today. 4 weeks.

2:09 - Review of event.

2:11 - Coldplay!

2:22 - Event is basically done. Listening to Coldplay.

Have a good day!