Apple @ MacWorld Tokyo

rschroeder writes "Apple updated several products at MacWorld Tokyo tonight (or tomorrow morning). A $499 10-gig iPod, with, get this, custom laser engraving on the back, ($49 extra) and vCard support. They also announced a $49 USB bluetooth module, shipping in April, with beta drivers availble today. Among other tricks, Jobs synced a Clie with a mac via bluetooth. Also a new 23" (1920x1200 )Cinema Display. Jobs also said they're raising the price of the iMac due to LCD and RAM cost increases. All this courtesy MacMinute.com's live coverage." Maccentral has several stories about Jobs' keynote at the convention.

Comments

iMac more expensive

[jchristopher]

I find it very humorous that Apple is raising the price by $100 on every iMac model, when they can't even ship them.

"component price increases"? Uh huh, more like we realized demand is high so we can stick it to you.

More expensive Mac hardware

[xamel]

Honestly though, what is this new Ipod? Its a 10 GB HDD that can play mp3 files. Last time i checked, a 10 GB HDD was nowhere NEAR the suggested $499...and the new USB 2.0 Hard Drives by Maxtor are much more exciting, with 40 GB of space, and its just as portable as the Ipod.
Lets check the stats on this:
New 10 GB Ipod: $499, 10 GB Storage, Mac-only
Maxtor USB 2.0 HDD: $299, 40 GB storage, Windows/*bsd/*nix.
MP3 Player: $60
Hm, for more than $100 less, I get 30 GB more storage and MP3 capability...
Which would you choose?

over priced apples

[Anonymous Coward]

$500 ipods, $600 15" LCD displays, does apple only cater to the super rich? yes, clear plastic and shiny metal is neat but cmon! dont get me wrong, i love my mac but i had to get it refurbished through apple just to afford it. just like in the grocery store, when the apples are too expensive, you go and buy bananas. macs would dominate if they could compete price wise with PCs.

iPod desinformation

[porky_pig_jr]

I have nothing against either Apple or iPod but they really shouldn't say things like this:

"With an industry-leading 20 minutes of skip protection, iPod keeps playing without missing a beat. iPod has a 32MB solid-state memory cache, meaning that it has no mechanical or moving parts, so it's not affected by movement of the device."

Well, cache is a cache, but the hard drive is mechanical and it moves. Unless by 'it' they mean 'cache' but the whole sentence appears as if it were the whole iPod which is solid state.

Re:Not yet mastered.

[Perdo]

If they can afford to take risks, perhaps they should. As it stands, they are so far behind the cutting edge technologicly, their in danger puting us all to sleep. They had better wrap that obsolete hardware in a pretty skin. ATA66? PC100? 15-inch display? GeForce2 MX? Stereo sound? Anything that was not available two years ago?

Consoles have better specifications. Apples are toys.

Re:Trying to save a quarter

[Pussy Is Money]

Fuck this kind of bullshit. When Apple repackages some frizzy new tech widget and slaps the Apple logo on it the hype is enough to make you think that Steve Jobs had just personally shit a golden turd, but when these con artists fail to ship, suddenly it's the fault of the suppliers? What a piece of crap. Thanks.