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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."
I want to know the color breakdown.
I've had mine since last Thursday. Is this story stale?
Where's the marketing tie-in with the Mini [Cooper]? Buy a Mini, get a Mini.
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According to the Montley Fool the color not sold out was silver which would indicate either the color was not as popular or Apple did not produce the same number of each color Mini iPod.
It is interesting to note that when the color iMacs were introduced, vendors were required to purchase them in lots that included one of each color. This draw the ire of some Apple resellers who were stuck with unpopular colors while they could not order only the most popular ones.
I only came here to do two things; kick some ass, and drink some beer...looks like we're almost out of beer.
I thought about posting an iPod Mini release article last Friday night, when the iPod mini actually was released, but reconsidered. I guess someone finally got around to posting. That's ok though, as there has otherwise been a general lack of Apple news.
I bought a silver mini on Friday night. No problems so far, and I can say that the smaller size makes all the difference in the world for those of us who like to take our music with us when we run. Smaller size = less weight = less bouncing around while running.
(It's the same reason you see very few DD marathon runners.)
Clearly, the first thing anyone should do with a new gadget is take it apart.5 9_0_8_0_C
http://www.ipodlounge.com/articles_more.php?id=30
I've had my ipod mini for about four days now. I have the blue one. I sync it with my WinXP machine.
I've filled it with mp3's of various bitrates from Kazaa (all legal music of course) and it hasn't had a problem playing them.
The first thing that strikes me is that it is really small and really lightweight. It's only $50 less than the 15GB one but this one is way better than anything iRiver puts out for working out at the gym.
It also has a fun name that tune game where it plays one of your songs and then has you pick from four tunes that appears on the screen. It's pretty fun to get familiar with your entire music collection that way.
The mini's also have (finally) a star rating system, so you can rate your songs as you are listening to them.
One caveat: It does not work with USB 1.1. The older ipods can sync with 1.1 and 2.0. You'll have to either buy a USB2.0 card or a firewire card to sync on a USB 1.1 machine.
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
The Mac nerd at CompUSA told me that they had never seen as many girls in the store all at once as when the iPod Minis came in.
Color is not the only difference. The Mini is much smaller, much lighter, and the physical interface is better. The four horizontal buttons on the full sized iPod are over sensitive and less convenient than the older style "buttons" next to (older iPods) or on the dial (the Mini). I visited an Apple store over the weekend and checked out the full sized and mini iPod.
If you want to get an approximate size of the Mini iPod, dig through your wallet and find a business card, or a stack of about twenty for thickness comparisson.
While you're in your wallet, pull out $249.
I only came here to do two things; kick some ass, and drink some beer...looks like we're almost out of beer.
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.
There is more to it than that. I know a few folks who are big into digital photography and are considering buying the iPod mini strictly to remove the hard drive, which retails for $499.
for the $99 version :-)
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My wife and I headed to the local Apple Store on Saturday to check out the iPod minis. It wasn't my idea.
When we got to the store, we had to wait to try one out. I noticed that all the people in front of use were women.
After about 5 minutes, my wife looks at me with the "I WANT THIS" look. At no point did she ask how much hard drive space it had. Later, when filling it with music she likes, she said "look it's only half full" (and she's no dummy when it comes to computers, she's a system architect.)
On Monday, I learned that the wives of two colleagues had also gotten iPod minis over the weekend.
To me, it's clear that the fairer sex will drive the sales of this product. It took me by surprise, but I'd bet Apple's market research showed this trend.
And the really interesting part: after getting the iPod mini home and playing around with it, I want one too!
-ch
The 40gb is too small for me, so I bought a mini. My collection is much larger than the largest iPod available, so I figure, get the smallest physical device. As long as I have to sync my iPod occasionally to the computer, what's the big diff between 4 and 40gb? An extra week's worth of music? If the battery lasted that long, maybe it'd be worth it, but as I plug my iPod into my computer every morning when I get to work, who cares?
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