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Europe ‘Not Doing Justice’ to Camera-Equipped iPod Nano

Consumers are liking the new camera-equipped iPod Nano, Apple said in its Monday earnings call. But Europeans aren’t big fans of the miniature multimedia player, the Cupertino, California, company admits.

In general, Apple’s products perform very well in Europe, said Pascal Cagni, Apple’s general manager and vice president for Europe, in an interview with the Guardian. For instance, Apple foresees notebooks will see 35-percent marketshare growth year-on-year. However, Europe is “not doing justice to the nano,” Cagni said.

“Our job is to better carry the message,” he said. “We need to express it better so that people get convinced of what we do.”

This comes as a bit surprising, because Apple’s iPods tend to be hot sellers in September during back-to-school season. However, it also signifies a general decline in the MP3 player market. In its Monday earnings call, Apple said iPod units were down 8 percent year over year.

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Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com

The Nano Now Has a Green Power GP 400N External Speaker [Speakers]

What happens when you want to listen to your iPod Nano on the can, but don’t want to put on a pair of headphones for fear that you’ll accidentally drag the Nano into the toilet? You use Green Power’s speakers.

The GP 400N is nice since it slides back in while not in use, but you do have to charge it separately with a mini USB connection. You get twelve hours of playback on one charge. No real pricing info available yet. [GP-EL via Craziest Gadgets via Geeky Gadgets]

iPhone and iPod touch radio app with iTunes store integration on the horizon?

We know what you’re thinking, how dare that new iPod nano have features your premium iPhone and iPod touch handhelds don’t? Well, if this 9 to 5 Mac rumor has any merit, Apple is right there with you and has a solution in the works. According to said whispers, a Radio app is in the works to capitalize on the recent models’ latent FM tuner. It’ll either be standalone or integrated into the iPod app, and either way it’ll be able to work in the background while you browse other, not so fortunate apps. The apparent cause for delay is work on a feature that’ll identify the songs and link you to the appropriate iTunes page for purchase. As always, this is just a rumor, so do yourself a favor and try not to dwell on it too much, k?

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Rumor: Apple Unlocking iPhone and iPod Touch’s Latent FM Powers With Radio App [Rumor]

9to5Mac hears that the iPhone and iPod touch are getting a radio app like the nano’s that’ll be able play FM radio in the background. It’ll be integrated with the iTunes store, supposedly, so you can buy songs you like.

The hardware capability for FM radio does exists in some models—the current iPod touch and iPhone 3GS have FM transmitters, and the 2nd-gen iPod touch also has a chip that’s capable of receiving FM signals, though it uses it for Nike+ stuff (so if there is a radio app, maybe it’ll just be for current-gen models).

It’d make sense to add more software parity across the line, but who knows—no date given for when we might actually see this FM radio app. [9to5Mac}