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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."
Yeah - no way they will be as as that dell company. Dell rocks.
please
Another interesting note is that they only sell the regular iPod in the 20GB flavor now. They got rid of the other sizes. Guess iPod photo for everyone is the plan.
You mean with a press release?
$100 to $350 in $50 increments. Once you start, you can't stop. "But for $50 more I can get this"
They did. They called the update the iPod Shuffle and it comes in its own separate player.
yeah the new 30gb uses a single platter. The old 40gb used two 20gb platters.
My main question is: how long before Apple eitehr (a) reintroduce a PDA or (b) morph the iPod into one?
It would, I believe, take the market from PalmSpringSourceOne but also a large chunk of the consumer Windows PDA market (the business market being firmly Outlocked into place).
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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.
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Thank you very much, but next time please try to get the link right. :)
http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/
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He's paraphrasing our illustrious founder and leader, Taco, who called the iPod lame a while back... How soon we forget. Oh well, back to TV.
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Unfortunately, I can't find this item anywhere on Apple's site. Anyone else have any luck?
Hmmm... mine only comes in a weird plastic flavor. Sort of tastes like my cell phone... a little bit.
PDA's do it.
iRiver's do it.
iPod's running linux seem to be able to do it.
Stupid hardware crippling! It's pathetic!
Notice, though, that you can step up through [almost] the entire line by $50 increases...
512MB Shuffle: $99
1GB Shuffle: $149
4GB mini: $199
6GB mini: $249
20GB iPod: $299
30GB Photo: $349
** MISSING **
60GB Photo: $449
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Sorry to reply to you three times, but...
They also eliminated the Dock as a standard accessory, even on the 60GB iPod Photo. That's a bit disappointing, as it's a $40 add-on that you used to get "free". Ah, well.
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Updated.
http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/
42 MB download.
What's New in iPod Updater 2005-02-22
iPod shuffle Software 1.1 for iPod shuffle
* Support for iPod shuffle Battery Pack
* Increased software stability
iPod mini Software 1.3 for iPod mini
* Support for second-generation iPod mini
* Support for charging and syncing over USB with Mac OS X v10.2.8 or 10.3.4 or later
iPod Software 2.3 for iPod with dock connector
* Shuffle Songs selection in Main Menu
* Music menu item in Main Menu
* Support for iTunes 4.7 and later
iPod Software 1.5 for iPod with touch wheel or scroll wheel
* Shuffle Songs selection in Main Menu
* Music menu item in Main Menu
* Support for iTunes 4.7 and later
The difference is beween "cool" and "hip".
The iPod is still cool, but it's too popular to to be hip any more.
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bah!*@%!
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.
Where the heck do you live? In New York, it'll cost you a lot more than fifty bucks to insert thingy here.
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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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