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Apple Launches 1 GB nano, Slashes shuffle

Posted by Zonk on from the new-toys-for-you-sota-freaks dept.

minus_273 writes "Apple has has released a new nano and also slashed prices on the iPod shuffle. The lowest end iPod now goes for $69. The 1 GB shuffle is $99 and the 1 GB nano is $149." From the article: "'The price of components have come down more than 70 percent, especially flash memory for the shuffle,' he said. 'And the price of the shuffle hadn't changed, so they were making a ton of profit off the shuffle. So they're passing some of those savings on.'"

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  1. So cheap by radicalskeptic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, they're so cheap, I'm gonna buy two!
    No, six!
    No, twelve!
    BAKER'S DOZEN!
    I told you that I'm crazy for those iPods, cousin!

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    WARNING: If accidentally read, induce vomiting.
  2. If I see one more iPod... by TheBig33Tuna · · Score: 3, Funny

    iVomit

    1. Re:If I see one more iPod... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      In that case, good sir, can I interest you in an iBlindfold? Or would you prefer to stay holed up in your mother's basement?

  3. Passing savings on? by arkham6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought that was only economic utopia, not reachable in the real world.

    Ptah, passing savings on to customers? as if!

  4. Re:iCheap idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    3 techno songs is all you need - they pretty much all sound the same

  5. You can call us Aaron Burr... by kentyman · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...from the way we're droppin' Hamiltons!

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    You know where you are? You're in the $PATH, baby. You're gonna get executed!
  6. Re:Passing on the savings to us... by RelaxedTension · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe you should have read the part that said not to be used while swimming, wrestling, or playing rugby.

  7. Re:Wrong way! by DurendalMac · · Score: 3, Funny

    Get a Video instead. My old 5gig died recently, and that gave me the excuse to upgrade. I fucking LOVE this thing. I want it inside me. I'm busy getting all my brother in law's Futurama and Family Guy DVD's ripped to it, and I'll have plenty of room to spare. The battery lasted over 21 hours when I plugged the headphones in and left it shuffling all day. Impressive.

  8. Price adjustment! by objekt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just like clockwork! When they got rid of the iPod Minis it was just after my wife purchased a refreshed one, so she took her receipt back and got a price adjustment. Cha-ching! Wouldn't you know it she has just purchased a refreshed iPod Shuffle! This time she's taking it back and getting a 1-gig nano. We're cheap,but not that cheap.

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    -- Boycott Shell
  9. Re:Feh by splatterboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Im sure the person who gave you the present would tell you not to feel inferior, that size isn't everything... just work on your, um, 'deleting' and 'squeezing' skills...

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    "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." ~The Honorable Daniel Patrick Moynihan
  10. Re:Wrong way! by karnal · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want it inside me.

    You may want to buy a waterproof case for it if you.... want it.. "inside you"...

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    Karnal
  11. Re:Forget the nano and shuffle by TeknoHog · · Score: 3, Funny
    Something like this was done in Finland relating to the DMCA-like amendments that went into the copyright law at the start of this year. The Minister of Culture, who is a the main figurehead for the new law, was given an MP3 player and an encrypted music CD for Christmas. She was told to get busy ripping the CD before while it was still legal.

    Och samma på finska

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  12. Re:Perfect timing by linguae · · Score: 4, Funny
    Oh that Jobs, just in time for Valentines Day...

    Time to buy myself an iPod, I suppose.

  13. Re:iCheap idea by saintlupus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Insightful?

    Only because there's no moderation for "Obvious".

    --saint
    (It's a joke, son.)

  14. Re:iCheap idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yep, it can only hold three 180 minute songs.

  15. Re:My problem... by theurge14 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your schwartz is as big as mine.