iPod Mini Ships

dave at hostwerks writes "The iPod Mini is now shipping. The number of pre-ordered units was about 100,000. CBS News has a good write-up as well as an accompanying piece they ran on the Saturday evening news report here in the U.S."

Comments

Ridiculous!

[Zurd3]

But just who's going to buy a mini-ipod of 4GB for 249$ when for 299$ you have a 10 GB ?

Because of the color ? This is so ridiculous. A mini-ipod should be sold 159$ !

And were's our DVD discman as each DVD can hold a 5GB ?!?

Re:Ridiculous!

[druske]

Ah, but one of the best selling points of the new iPod is its smaller form factor. When buying an ultra-portable device such as a PDA or a music player, the size can make or break a product.

At one time I owned a Zaurus 5500, but finally gave it up in favor of a Palm m505. Looking at those two PDAs side-by-side, the size difference didn't look like much, but in day-to-day use the Palm did a MUCH better job of fitting in a pocket. I traded the far superior capability of the Zaurus for the Palm, mostly because the Palm was smaller.

It's all about tradeoffs. Forget the price for a moment; what matters more to you, a smaller form factor, or a larger storage capacity? No matter which you choose, there are others who would choose differently.

Destroy your ipod

[Anonymous Coward]

Did you read that link you gave us? The guy tells us how he accidentally destroyed his iPod just by opening it up.

D'oh.

Underwhelmed ... ?

[Mad_Fred]

I find it interesting that we all (and that includes me) seemed to be underwhelmed, as the article mentions, by the iPod Minis when they were introduced. Certainly nobody gasped in sheer awe at the introduction. Anyway, the connection I want to make: wasn't it all just the same when the iPod itself was introduced? People had expected something much more, as usual, and "all" they got was an expensive mp3 player. Now, this writer and many others (again, including me) just can't stop loving our iPods, and he rewrites history to say we've all been impressed by the full three generations of iPods. A testament to the convincing power of actually getting to use a device?

And right now, I "just" feel the iPod Mini is cool. A few steps up since the introduction. But then, I haven't held one in my hand yet :-) ...

Re:Mini Ipod Review on WinXP

[DLWormwood]

My wife syncs her iPod Mini using USB 1.1 without difficulty. She's on a Sony Vaio GR-something-or-other laptop.

Are you sure? I was under the impression that all Vaios all came with iLink ports, which are just another branding of IEEE 1394 aka Firewire. You can't charge the battery with most iLink ports, but it works just fine for uploads.