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iPod Mini Worldwide Rollout Delayed
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).
I want to see Ogg Vorbis support on the iPods too.
Considering you can get a 30 gig for $500 (probably less now), $249 for 4GB is a flatout ripoff.
We have secretly replaced these Slashdot mods' sense of humor with a rusty nail. Let's see if they notice!!
Absolutely agree, I've also got one. You see what I'm getting at, though; the iPod was specifically designed for music. It's also got some PDA-like features which is quite cool, but you're not going to buy an iPod to use as a PDA and vice versa.
No kidding. Delayed and botched due to overwhelming demand...
Sure seems like a company could be doing worse, I suppose.
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