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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. Perfect timing by splatterboy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Oh that Jobs, just in time for Valentines Day...

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  2. Sounds like a good deal... by the_humeister · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...but right now Apple is selling a refurbished 20GB iPod for $189. I think I'd rather go for that one (if I was in a market for iPods).

  3. Re:Feh by Gulthek · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Think of the small pods (2 gig and down) as miniature radio stations. Don't try to cram a ton of albums on there, but make a smart playlist of 2 gigabytes (or whatever size) of highly rated music (or highly played, or not played in the last two weeks, or any combination, etc.) and have the ipod automatically load that. That's what I do for my 1 gig shuffle.

    But it is nice to also have the 60 gig iPod to tote all of my music around on :-)

  4. Forget the nano and shuffle by LennyDotCom · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Send an ipod to your senator to fight against the broadcast flag and audio flag

    But Senator Stevens, the 82-year old committee chairman from Alaska, surprised the audience by announcing that his daughter had bought him an iPod.
    Suddenly, Stevens had a much greater understanding of the many ways innovative technology can create choice for consumers. Content industry representatives at the hearing found themselves answering much tougher questions than they typically receive.

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