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Apple Updates iPod
TheRaven64 writes "Apple seems to have quietly updated the iPod Photo and iPod Mini lines. The Mini now comes in 4GB and 6GB flavours, priced at $199 and $249 respectively. The iPod Photo now comes in a 30GB flavour for $349 - only $50 more than the 20GB iPod with a mono screen and shorter battery life."
No panache. No wireless. Hard drive smaller than a Dell DJ. Lame.
... my continued holding out for one of these guys is paying off. $350 for the 30 GB iPod Photo is not a bad deal.
But it just makes me want to hold off longer so I really get my money's worth.
They did. They called the update the iPod Shuffle and it comes in its own separate player.
No problem, according to its specs it can be dropped without much damage.
I accidentally dropped mine one week ago and it still works like a charm.
Trolling using another account since 2005.
The press release landed in my inbox about 30 seconds after I submitted the story.
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Hmmm... mine only comes in a weird plastic flavor. Sort of tastes like my cell phone... a little bit.
maker of cool gadgets for discerning geeks!
So, how much does a front-page advertisement on Slashdot cost these days?
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maybe the discovery of the new lithium superlion batteries helps them?
didn't you read about them?
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23/ 1816257&tid=3
^ "No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame."
Well, that's the end of Apple. I guess I'll go throw my free ( thank you eMarketResearchGroup ) 40gig iPod away now.
Wow, that's one of the more well thought out arguments with rock solid reasoning that I've ever read in a slashdot post for not buying an iPod! Well done, sir, thanks for your enlightenment.
The Gold mini was determined to have too much bling for mere mortals.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
You can all thank me. It wouldn't have happenned without me.
You see, I just passed the return period on my new monochrome 40 gig. Therefore, new models are automatically released.
yes, you are. there is the occasional slashdot poster who agrees with you; but maybe this is just you with another ID?
iPod Updater 2005-02-22 contains the same software versions as iPod Updater 2005-01-11 for all other iPod models. Aha! I predict the next firmware upgrade on 2005-03-33.
What's that?
Oh. Damn.
You could always mount a shuffle, with the neck lanyard, inside a big clock. You know, Public Enemy style.
Fight da powah!
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
Ah! So this answers what the 'dark galaxy' in the story above this one is made of - a near-infinite number of unsold 40Gb, $399 iPods. (Must be the U2 model, being black and all...)
You must think in Russian.
You're absolutely right. Playing around with technology and modifying it to figure out how it works is a total waste of time, because that's no fun at all. Only functionality is worthwhile.
They dropped the 40GB mono model...
Good thing too. Most of my music is now in stereo.
I just bought a silver one for my wife as a Valentines present, and not even two weeks later they go and update it.
DAMN YOU STEVE!!!
Artist will always make art.
Next thing you know, I'm looking at a dual 2.5GHz Power Mac and a 30" Cinema display. I just don't know where to stop!
Then I say: "Forget it. I'll stick with my linux box."
/. is a bunch of nerds at a million typewriters. It's not a political conspiracy determined to undermine your beliefs.
My bad, I meant to be logged in when I posted this... As I was saying, http://www.dellrumors.com/
Where the heck do you live? In New York, it'll cost you a lot more than fifty bucks to insert thingy here.
"But all your emitter and collector are belong to me!"
I'm not sure I would define a product that doesn't come with a keyboard, mouse or screen as "complete". Perhaps if all you want to do is admire your $449 white brick, the mac mini is complete.
Screens, keyboards, mice, leads, etc. all disturb the minimalist aesthetic associated with Apple products.
I just leave mine on top of a solitary perspex cube in the centre of my living room. I can't turn it on or use it at all (power leads are *so* ugly) but it makes a powerful expression of my place in society and position on the Apple purchasing ladder.
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Anyone dl'ing porn is a MAC user, genius.
Sorry to be pedantic
Heh...you like to watch children walking.
I drank what? -- Socrates
"Off topic, does anyone know where the Apple call center is? Cute accent..." It's handled by inmates of a maximum security prison for sex offenders just outside of your town. He thought you sounded nice too ;)
Power over wifi does not work, it just pisses off the dog and makes the birds scream.
-William
God is everything science has yet to explain.