It is Friday, 11th July 2008 in Singapore (GMT+8). The iPhone 3G has been released in New Zealand as well as Australia and more countries are coming up next due to different time zone.

While in Singapore, there are rumors that the iPhone 3G will be released later instead of in September 2008. I highly doubt this rumor is true. If you read the whole thread, there is also another rumor saying that iPhone 3G will be released on 11th August 2008, exactly 1 month after the iPhone 3G is released in the US.

There is now an iTunes store in Singapore but there are only apps for you to purchase, no music or videos are seen in the store. You can choose Singapore under “My Country” which is located right at the bottom of the iTunes Store page. I have just created my iTunes Singapore account, you need a credit card and a Singapore address.

Now I am waiting for the iPod Touch Firmware 2.0 which I have to pay USD$9.90 for it. Apple seriously always screws early adopters and a perfect example of it is those iPod Touch users who paid USD$19.90 for the January 2008 App Pack and now they will have to pay USD$9.90 for the 2.0 firmware. And to make matter worst, the January 2008 App Pack is included in the firmware 2.0.

Apple has announced a new branch of iPod, called iPod Touch. Updated iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano and the iPod 5th generation is now called iPod Classic.

iPod Touch
Imagine iPhone without the calling function and it is only 8mm thick and you will have the iPod Touch. It come pack with either a 8GB or a 16GB flash drive. The rest of the functions are pretty much the same as iPhone not forgetting it has Wifi too.

8GB will cost you SGD$498 and 16GB will cost you SGD$698.

- iPod Touch
- iPod Touch Specification

iPod Classic
Touted as the 6th generation iPod, it now comes in 80GB or 160GB, sports an enhanced UI which supports cover flow and it comes enclosed in a new metal shell with silver or black color.

80GB will cost you SGD$428 and 160GB will cost you SGD$598.

- iPod Classic
- iPod Classic Specification

iPod Nano
The 3rd generation iPod Nano just got fatter because it now has the ability to playback video and has a screen resolution of 320px by 240px. It comes with pack with either a 4GB or 8GB flash drive. Apple has ditched the 2GB edition. Only silver color is available for the 4GB edition while the 8GB edition has all the colors. And it also feature an enhanced UI which includes cover flow.

4GB will cost you SGD$248 and 8GB will cost you SGD$348.

- iPod Nano
- iPod Nano Specification

iPod Shuffle
Now comes in 4 new colors. The much pretty much stay the same.

1GB will cost you SGD$148.

- iPod Shuffle
- iPod Shuffle Specification