Gadgetory

goodbye iPod Classic hello tsmart rings I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update while Apple introduced two new iPhones and a watch it also decided it was time to say goodbye to the original iPod music player Apple's no longer selling the iPod Classic it was the last music player with a screen that wasn't a touchscreen this sixth-generation model with its click wheel debuted in 2007 but it was 13 years ago that Steve Jobs introduced the first iPod and the iPod kick-started a digital music revolution but when the Apple watch goes on sale next year it could also change our daily habits people will use their wrist as a way to answer messages or as a remote control for music and TV or even wave their arm around like some magic wand to activate different wireless sensors that can open doors and pay for train tickets but while some folks still wrestle with the idea of doing so much computing on a wrist and whether it's worth the price there are companies already looking to your finger as the next step the motaz smart ring would give a buzz and display notifications when someone's calling or texting you the company did make a SmartWatch but it's still working to raise money for the ring on IndieGoGo it's not the first smart ring there's also ring Lee it has an actual gemstone and it lights up and buzzes when you get a message on your phone so will smart earrings be next maybe that'll be an upgrade to the iPod shuffle now what about the next generation of cable for those of you that want to cut the cord from your cable subscription listen up Sony's working on launching a fully online TV service and when it does it'll carry 22 Viacom networks including Comedy Central MTV and Nickelodeon the deal with Viacom is a milestone in the move to a world where you could just watch popular cable channels over the Internet Intel's also trying to cook up a similar internet TV offering Sony gave no word on when this would actually launch as for the world of video on demand Amazon Prime subscribers can now stream the Amazon Instant Video service from an Android phone before there were only mobile apps for indle tablets the fire phone in Apple's iOS you won't find the Prime app on the Google Play Store Android owners need to first download the Amazon app to get to the Amazon Prime app Google users will notice another new feature the Google Voice phone service will now sync up with the Google Plus hangouts messenger chat service if you use Google Voice you'll find voicemail transcripts and text included with hangouts messages iOS support is coming soon that your tech news update you can always find more at cnet.com and stay updated by subscribing to the podcast from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey