The 60GB iPod photo model remains, but the word “photo” has been dropped from its name and its price has been lowered from $449 to $399. What we’re left with are two color-screen, photo-supporting iPod models—iPod photos in all but name—at effectively lower prices.

These changes complete a gradual transition away from separate photo and non-photo models—and the use of the “photo” designation—that began in February when Apple dropped the 40GB standard iPod and added a $349 30GB photo model to take its place. The transition continued as Apple removed the phrase “iPod photo” from many Knowledge Base articles and other documentation (using the phrase “iPod with color display” instead) and de-emphasized the word “photo” on the iPod photo packaging.

Meanwhile, a new version of iTunes, 4.9, was aimed at helping users more easily find and subscribe to podcasts. New episodes could be automatically downloaded to a user's Mac or PC and "auto-synched" to an iPod.

"Podcasting is the next generation of radio, and users can now subscribe to over 3000 free podcasts and have each new episode automatically delivered over the Internet to their computer and iPod," Jobs said.

A podcast directory in iTunes 4.9 had some 3000 free audio programs. Examples included the BBC, Newsweek and local US shows.