“The best of breed portable media players and jukebox software have gotten better. I reached that conclusion after testing a new iPod, iPod Nano and iTunes 7 software, all launched last week in San Francisco. Along the way, Apple continues to distance itself from rivals with a host of relatively small but pleasing improvements,” Edward C. Baig reports for USA Today.

Baig covers new features of iTunes 7, including:
• Navigation
• Gapless playback
• Synchronization
• Video games

Baig also takes a look at the new iPod nano and the updated 5G iPod in the full article here.

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