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APPLE'S 'RENTED' MOVIES CAN'T BE VIEWED ON MOST VIDEO IPODS Wednesday, January 30 2008 Apple has begun receiving numerous complaints that movies that were recently made available for rent on its iTunes store can not be viewed on iPods that were purchased before September 2007. Many complained that Apple posted no notice of the limitation when the movie rentals became available and that they did not learn of the restriction until after they had rented a movie. Apple did not immediately respond to the complaints. (more) APPLE-POLISHING TIME FOR STUDIOS Wednesday, January 16 2008 
Each
of
the
major
studios
has
agreed
to
provide
movies
for
Apple's
iTunes
movie
rental
service,
Apple
chief
Steve
Jobs
announced
at
the
MacWorld
conference
in
San
Francisco
Tuesday.
The
inclusion
of
Universal
and
Sony
were
major
surprises
since
each
had
indicated
it
would
launch
a
similar
service.
Moreover,
Jobs
said,
the
films
could
be
downloaded
and
viewed
on
ordinary
or
high-definition
TV
sets
via
Apple's
settop
box
--
without
the
use
of
a
computer.
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In an apparent effort to make more room for "rented" movies downloaded from Disney's iTunes online store, Apple has expanded the storage capacity of its iPhone and the iPod Touch. The Touch now provides a maximum of 32 GB on select models; the iPhone will offer as much as 16 GB. Announcement of the product enhancements failed to impress Wall Street, where Apple closed Tuesday's trading down nearly 2 percent. Nevertheless, in early trading today (Wednesday), Apple shares had recovered most of their losses. 
