Apple Special Event, online store closed (UPDATE)

The special event that was announced last week to the press through invitations has started, while the online store has closed. MacWorld is providing a live coverage of the event.

Here are some updated notes:

- Steve Jobs provides some figures : 80% of market share for iTunes Music Store in the USA.
- some new content on iTunes: all Madonna's albums and Harry Potter's audiobook.
- live video-conference with Madonna.
- iTunes 5: smart shuffle (a sort of intelligent shuffle that takes care about statistics), playlist folders, explicit songs restrictions, new features for Windows users (Calendar and Adressbook sync)
- ROKR: it's the name of the iTunes phone, it can hold about 100 songs. supports audiobooks, podcasts, autofill, 14h battery life. It is Cingular exclusive (in the USA).
- Ron Garriques, Motorola mobile phones division's manager comes to stage to talk about the phone.
- Ralph de la Vega, Cingular's Chief Operating Officer gives his vision of the future of mobile telephony and music.
- 30% of the cars sold in 2006 will have iPod integration features.
- iPod nano: it will replace the iPod mini, smaller, with color screen, supporting photo features, usb2, still 1000 songs in your pocket.
- iPod nano design : its size is 3.5 x 1.6 x 0.27 inches, it weights 1.5 ounces and is available in black and white colors
- iPod nano models: 2GB ($199) and 4GB ($249).
- iPod nano accessories : dock ($29), lanyard with built-in headphones ($39), color-coordinated armbands ($29), 5 (colors) slipcases ($29).
- the event ends with the performance of Kanye West, with two songs: "All Falls Down" and "Gold Digger"

UPDATE: Apple has made available on its web site the video stream for the Special Event.