The first reviews of Apple's new iPods and Ping music social network have appeared, with favorable impressions of the iPod touch, iPod nano, and iPod shuffle, but generally negative responses to Ping.

The squished and square iPod Nano - $149 for 8 gigabytes and $179 for ... in the new stuff Jobs introduced, it comes with Ping, the music social network inside iTunes 10 software.

Ping, Apple TV with streaming and the sixth-generation iPod nano. By Alastair Jamieson and Alastairjamieson 01 September 2010 • 11:00pm Apple on Wednesday unveiled Ping as a new music social ...

This device will also herald the end of the music service Ping – this according to these same sources in China. This next-generation iPod nano will do away with the click-wheel that for so long ...

The fifth-gen iPod nano has seen the biggest changes of this ... Apple integrate their new Ping social networking client into the iTunes app on the iPod touch, allowing you to follow friends ...

New iPod shuffle and iPod nano devices, neither much bigger than ... And the most surprising unveiling – a music-based social network called Ping – is going to be an integral part of that.

Ping is designed to complement a slew of new iPods rolling out next week – upgrades to the Shuffle, Nano and iTouch — “the biggest change in the iPod lineup ever,” according to Jobs.

Apple has killed off the iPod nano and the iPod shuffle, the remaining music players in its lineup that were solely dedicated to playing music. It has gotten rid of their Web pages and no longer ...