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iPod Mini Worldwide Rollout Delayed

Posted by timothy on from the sound-the-tiny-klaxon-immediately dept.

falcon5768 writes "Apparently those 4-gig, $249 little buggers are selling faster than anyone expected.... So fast that the original April rollout worldwide has been delayed till July to keep up with the demand in the states and to get enough in production to meet worldwide sales. Given that there where 100,000 pre-orders alone, does this mean that yet again Apple hit on a niche that no one else (including me) thought would sell. I have been hearing a lot of rumors that the biggest buyer of the iPod mini has in fact been those female tech geeks out there. So much for the idea a $249 4-gig iPod was a mistake." Rob Glaser of RealNetworks, though, claims that not opening the iPod (big or small) to other formats is a real mistake; he wants to see iPod support other proprietary formats (like, say, Real's).

3 of 614 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Supporting other formats. by DeltaSigma · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    All the naysayers and open sores advocates can go buy something else, but like every other time, they will add up to maybe a couple of thousand people. Meanwhile the rest of us will go on enjoying state of the art portable music. Thanks again Apple!
    All the naysayers and apple sores advocates can go buy something else, and like every other time, they will add up to the bulk of electronics purchasers. Meanwhile the rest of us will go on enjoying beyond-state-of-the-art portable music. Thanks again Xiph.org!
  2. Re:It's apparent... by Democracy_0001-Alpha · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So what if it isn't supporting? Just change all the music file to wimamp music file. Also, why the heck will anyone buy a 4GB crap for? That is like 600+ music in there(That's near a whole day worth, and you do not repeat at all) . Why on earth will you do that? Normal working people work 7-10 hours a day... Finally, what the heck? There is like 15, 20, and 40 GB iPod...40GB!!! ARE THEY NUTS???

  3. Apple is doing it again... by Nuklearwanze · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "dalying" seems to be one of the cornerstones of apples business. they where doing it with the G5 and they are doing it now with the iPod Mini:
    I am an IT-journalist (biggest austrian computer-mag) and ordered a review sample fo the G5 when it was introduced. After 2 months of "we just sent you a sample" we finally got it.
    Now it's the same with the iPod Mini. We ordered it, they say we'll have it "the next day", nothing happens.
    Apple is creating an artificially high demand for these products by keeping the supply as low as possible. For other businesses it would be a severe problem if they were unable to deliver their product - but apple is actually cashing in on it!
    I can only take my hat off to such strategic business competence.

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    move along, nothing to see here