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Apple Hawks Madonna iPods

Posted by pudge on from the no-doubt-you-have-mp3s-at-your-beck-and-call dept.

danamania writes "Apple's latest promotion is a gimmick with Madonna, Tony Hawk or Beck's signature, or a No Doubt logo, on an iPod. It seems Apple's really pushing the iPod as a too-cool fashion accessory as much as a too-cooler MP3 player... is Maddie's signature worth an extra USD49 over the standard iPod?" Instead of $50 for the engraved signature, you can spend $20 to print "Madonna's Signature" in beautiful Helvetica.

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  1. Who wants an ipod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I used to really want an ipod about a year ago, however a lot of new products have come out sense then. The ipod is still really great however I don't think it's worth the money. You can get a 20Gig Mp3 player that plays movies http://archos.com. For a little more than 300. (not from the archos website...) While the ipod is still around 380 for the 10 gig version

  2. Thaths tho fabulouth! by blackmonday · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I understand that a lot of gay men listen to Madonna. That funny because their choice of computer (it's so stylish!) is often a ...

    nevermind.

  3. What about the lawsuit against the contractor? by jbuilder · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Why is a Madonna/No Doubt/Cowboy Neal - branded iPod Slashdot-worthy, but this article isn't? Apple is filing a lawsuit against a former contactor for theft of trade secrets. It seems that this contractor posted schematics of new apple hardware onto the internet...

    Moderators, punish me if you must, but I think this bears mentioning on /. *way* more than a Madonna iPod does... Especially since I'm more of a KISS fan myself... ;)

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  4. What Really Bothers Me by Pingsmoth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    about Apple's method of pomoting the iPod is its measure of how many "songs" it will hold. Songs by whose definition? Are we talking 3-minute pop ballads ripped at 128 Kbps? Or long metal anthems pulled at 192 or highter bit rates? What about VBR?

    stupid marketing tactics...

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  5. I must have one with... by GeneralEmergency · · Score: 1, Offtopic


    ...Hilary Rosen's signature on it.

    Oooooooooo baby, baby!

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  6. If found, return to this OpenPGP key holder: by MagicFab · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    FE49 C6C0 C5B1 8BAE 1BF2 2D27 EC06 A810 6B4E 6B69

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