Apple’s 5th Gen iPod Touch and 7th Gen iPod Nano Ships Now and Sets to Arrive on Stores by Oct. 15

When Apple announced the new 5th generation iPod Touch and the 7th generation iPod Nano along with the new iPhone 5 at the widely-covered event in San Francisco last month, we weren’t sure when Apple was going to release these new goodies, Apple company only put a loose ‘October’ release date for both products, with all of their online stores still sticking to this vague shipping time frame. But now according to the related news, these two fresh iPod products are shipping now!

                                                    

Apple has reportedly started that users who had pre-ordered the iPod Touch and iPod Nano have received email notifications that their orders have been shipped and deliveries are expected by October 15. Devices that have been pre-ordered from Apple.com will reportedly arrive from Monday 15th and stores across the world will be stocking the refreshed line-up of media players shortly after.

                                                    

The new iPod Touch is a thinner, lighter device with the same 4-inch Retina Display as the new iPhone 5, plus a dual-core A5 chip and 5MP iSight camera on the back. It’s also running off the new Apple iOS6 software, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. The iPod Touch has up to 40 hours of audio playback and up to eight hours of video playback. It is available in 32GB and 64GB versions which are priced at £249 and £329 respectively, and you can get them in a range of Black, White, Pink, Blue and Red colours.

                                         

                                                     

The new iPod Nano range has been given a full makeover with the media players now having a 2.5-inch touchscreen display which can show up to six apps per page now, plus an FM tuner, and an inbuilt pedometer, a new unibody aluminum design with the new Lightning port, and Bluetooth 4.0 for use with things like headphones and speakers. The iPod Nano has up to 30 hours of audio playback and up to 3.5 hours of video playback. The iPod Nano is available in a 16GB version only for £129, but you can get it in a variety of colours including Black, White, Purple, Pink, Yellow, Green, Blue and Red.

Apple is also expected to announce a new iPad Mini in the month of October, as well as a new version of iTunes. Yes, October is big month this year for Apple releases.