Heads up iOS fans, there's a hot new UI in the house! Infact theres two, neither of which incidentally are likely to come our way anytime soon but hey, it's fun to gawk.

The crime in question: Blowing apart Apple's mobile software and installing another juicy interface.
The accused: One @DHowett and one @Hexxeh
The verdict: Guilty. Oh yes...

Perhaps the most innovative product of the bunch from Apple's September music event is the new iPod Nano. The Nano has undergone a complete re-make, ridding itself of the iconic click-wheel in way of a 240x240 1.54-inch multi-touch display.

The iPod has retained the same music playback and utilities from previous models, but spruced up in true iOS form. You can rotate the homescreen to any orientation using the same gesture you would to flip photos on Apple's multi-touch trackpad, and it'll pump out 24-hours of banging tunes before you need to plug it in.

Prices start at £129/$149 and shipping starts next week.

We don't like buttons? We do like buttons? Apple's obviously undecided.

As Jobs stands in the spotlight ready to announce a whole new generation of holiday iPods, theres one inevitably anomaly in the lineup that's bound to undergo some change: The iPod Shuffle. Now, the Shuffle has respectively been a great device, a slim opportunity for the big A to attract that ever diminishing sector of the market who seem to have more sense than money (I'm sorry but if your reading this, your probably as guilty of technolust as I am!).

Well the fact that people tend to need some kind of tactile control over their player has indeed prevailed, and the previously microscopic model has been replaced with a 2008-style 2GB shuffle. Shipping in a week for £39 or $49.

Apple have just announced their next generation iPod touch. As predicted it's playing catch-up to the latest iPhone. The addition of the coveted 'Retina' display, blazing fast 1GHZ A4 processor, HD video recording and a front-facing camera for FaceTime video chat makes this one killer device. Notably, the Touch uses Apple ID to connect with other devices for FaceTime. This means that not only can it call other iPods, but also the iPhone 4.

Oh, and did I forget to mention it's thin? The iTouch (as it hates being called, has always made the iPhone look like a bit of a porker, and this one, surprisingly, is no exception!

Prices starts from £189/$229 depending on which side of the pond your on and shipping is about a week either way.

It's September, Apple are out to play and their wielding a rather fruity looking guitar. That's right, it's music time!

As per usual the tech world is a-buzz with a smorgasbord of 'leaks', rumours, wish-lists and predictions. One thing not so usual is Apple's decision to live video stream the entire event, so catch yourself up on the latest and join us back here for our live Twitter commentary of the september music special, or head over to @Gigabyt3 for more of the same, starting:

06:00PM - London
01:00PM - Eastern
12:00PM - Central
10:00AM - Pacific

Back before the launch of iPhone 4, Apple released it's accompanying software update 'iOS 4' as a free download for second and third generation iPhone and iPod Touch users. With it, a slurry of a new features were made available such as iBooks, folders and multi-tasking. But that's not all.

The new software brought with it over 100 new features, some of which (being disabled by default) you'd never even know were there unless you stumbled across them by accident.
Well we've been rummaging through the update since day one and have found three little gems we reckon are cool enough to share.

 

Reports have been coming in over-night that Apple is set for a September event in which it will release its Tablet Device, a new range of iPods, and extra features in iTunes. The iTunes project is reportedly codenamed 'cocktail', and plans to include 'interactive books' with album purchases, thought to spur the market forward in digital downloads. This makes sense as iTunes isn't famous for selling albums as it is individual tracks, but would creating this kind of incentive really make a difference? No doubt they have something up their sleeve.