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Thew new iPod shoots video, a larger screen, and FM radio.

Want to post video on Facebook or MobileMe? Thew built-in video can record  either in portrait or landscape mode – perfect for sharing to any social network communities.The video camera in iPod nano lets you shoot video – with video effects.It lets you record fun wherever you are. Upload and share it with friends on the Internet with a single click.

This iPod is amazing, the video quality is really surprising.

The superb music player has now a built-in mic too. All the surroundings audio can be recorded together with the video.

Why a video camera for the nano? “iPod nano is the world’s most popular music player with over 100 million sold,” said Jobs, Apple’s CEO.”The company was inspired by the popularity of pocket flash memory-based video cameras like those from Flip and Kodak,”Job said.

Special Effects Feature

Apple throws in fifteen special effects which include:

• Thermal
• Mirror
• XRay
• Motion Blur
• Sepia
• Cyborg
• Film Grain
• Black and White,
• Security Cam
• Bulge
• Kaleido
• Light Tunnel
• Dent
• Stretch
• Twirl

Another new addition to the nano 5G  is an FM radio. Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook mobile users is now at 65 million.  This is almost one-third of the total population of Facebook which is around 200 million already.

The recent growth is due to the mobile service which Facebook started in 2006. Facebook’s mobile web site m.facebook.com works on any mobile browser. It has  x.facebook.com also which is designed specifically for touch screen phones like Android, Palm, iPhone and Nokia.

Facebook introduced a new feature called ‘Facebook Connect’. It is a system wherein a developer can integrate with Facebook for their own services. This will also provide the users a single log-ins for all Facebook services.

Mobile access is becoming increasingly important for Facebook in order to expand globally. Currently, the best mobile interfaces are found on iPhone and Blackberry. Facebook recently launch Facebook for iPhone 3.0 and people have been very pleased with the new features.

Nokia is also gearing on the same direction.  Nokia just announced a new handset, the N900, which uses a Linux-based operating system called “Maemo.”  This new gadget will have a Facebook application that allows users to update their location with their status.