Apple's Let's Rock event wrap-up

The following is a wrap-up of Apple's Lets Rock media event today in San Francicso which began at 10:00 am PT.

iTunes Stats:

• 8.5 million songs
• 125,000 podcasts
• 30,000 TV shows
• 2600 movies
• 3,000 apps for iPhone and touch

iTunes 8:

• HD TV shows. US$1.99 (SD), US$2.99 (HD)
• NBC is back (The Office, 30 Rock, etc.)
• Grid view allows you to browse by album cover, genre
• Genius feature allows you to make playlists from songs in your library that go together
• Genius sidebar makes recommendations from the iTunes store
• Genius sends data about your iTunes library to Apple (anonymously), combines it with info from others, and it gets smarter

Full, bullet-by-bullet breakdown after the jump...

iPod marketshare (NPD):

1. iPod 73.4%
2. Other 15.4%
3. Sandisk 8.6%
4. Microsoft 2.6%

More iPod stats:

• 160 million iPods sold to date
• 90% of US cars offer iPod integration

New iPod classic

• Thick model discontinued
• Thin model increase to 120GB - US$249

New iPod nano (4G):

• Curved aluminum design
• Curved glass
• Thinnest iPod ever
• Enhanced user interface
• Accelerometer - adjusts screen orientation when turned
• Genius playlist creation - push and hold center button
• Calendar
• Stopwatch
• Voice recording when it detects a microphone
• Shake to shuffle
• 24 hours battery life for music, 4 hours for video
• Six new colors - purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red
• Three old colors - silver, black and pink (silver and black have black Clickwheels, the rest have white)
• US$149 (8GB), US$199 (16GB)
• 8GB in stock in the next few days, the 16GB hopefully this weekend

iPod nano "environmental checklist":

• Arsenic-free
• BFR-free
• Mercury-free
• PVC-free
• Highly-recyclable

New Apple earbuds:

• Pause / play and volume control
• Double click goes to next song
• Triple click goes to previous song
• Microphone for voice recording
• 3 earbuds
• 2 drivers each, a woofer and tweeter
• US$79

New iPod touch:

• Multi-touch interface
• Same 3.5-inch display
• Even thinner design
• Contoured stainless steel design
• Integrated volume controls into the side
• Built-in speake
• Genius playlist creation
• App Store built-in
• Enhanced UI, better artwork on albums.
• Nike+ receiver built-in (still requires a transmitter for your shoe)
• 802.11 b/g wireless
• 36 hours of music, 6 hours of video
• US$229 (8GB), US$299 (16GB), US$399 (32GB)

More stats:

• 100 million apps downloaded from the App Store
• 60th day the store has been open
• 700 games
• Spore Origins released in App Store
• Real Soccer 2009 released today - virtual transparent D-Pad
• Need for Speed

iPhone 2.1 firmware:

• Big update
• Fixes lots of bugs
• Fewer dropped calls
• Better battery life improvements
• No crashes with Apps
• Backing up is faster
• Available Friday

Jack Johnson steps out to perform a live acoustic songe. He's sold over 60 million albums, he's the #1 selling male artist in iTunes history.Event concludes at about 11:00 am PT.