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Apple Launches 1 GB nano, Slashes shuffle
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.'"
This is a good thing. It will make the iPod more accessible...
Apple will definitely do well with these, given the current reputation of iPods.
Now, if I had just waited until now to buy the kids their 1GB iPods...
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Just create a playlist that selects a random 1 or 2 Gig and loads them onto the iPod. Delete all the songs from the playlist and it grabs another random 1 or 2 Gig and reloads the iPod. You can customize the playlists pretty well, so talk, podcasts, etc. aren't included unless you want them to.
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The NANO never made sense for its cost compared to regular iPods. What made sense is having a screen as well as no moving parts. $149 is almost an impulse buy these days in this market.
I can easily make a play list or two to for times when the nano is more relevant than the full blown iPod. Any truly physical sport comes to mind. I have had my iPod take unplanned jumps to the ground that made me flinch (and reboot it more than once). I would feel much better knowing there isn't something that might suffer serious damage in a fall in there.
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That's not the point. If you want to take your whole music collection, get a 30GB or 60GB full-size.
The shuffle was meant for a whole different user. It's made to take to the gym or go running with. You don't always need a screen and a complicated interface for that type of activity. I know you'll say the ipod's interface isn't that complicated, but it is when you're riding a motorcycle. I just want start, stop, next track, and volume. plus, hanging it around your neck is super-conventient for the types of activites that the shuffle is meant for. not to mention it's a great generic usb flashdrive to boot.
my sister sold her 1st gen 5GB ipod to buy a 512 shuffle. she enjoys it alot more, and ends up actually using it, where her old ipod sat in her purse.
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That depends entirely on what you're doing with the iPod, really. I have an iPod Shuffle that gets used for running, working out, etc. It's solid state - I don't have to worry about damaging a hard drive.
I went skiing this weekend and forgot my Shuffle, but had my regular iPod. Did I risk exposing it to water and the forces that exist as I tumbled down the mountain? No - that surely would have destroyed it.
They both have their markets. You just may not be the market for the solid state one.
Did you bring your shuffle to the sauna? If you knew it was going to get wet, why not spring for the apple water resistant case? I know, you already spent money on the product, why should you have to spend more on an addon? I got a shuffle last year and it's been fine especially because I sprang for the case. Water and electronics don't mix. Just take better care of your electronics.
I have dropped kicked thrown and accidentally gotten my shuffle stuck in a door (yay public school IT support) and its only got a few nicks in it.
the thing is like a Lego brick, I cant imagine what you did to it to get it to be trashed other than to put it into water....
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