£65 ipod replacement
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- nde4k
ok so I read in the Times there is this new music player that stores up to 800 tunes and costs just £65. I know there are some other products out there which do a similar job, but there seems to be a bit of a stir bout this. launched next week apparently. anyone any wiser??
- JamesEngage0
it was in the telegraph
- nde4k0
apologies
- JamesEngage0
it is made by apple
- JamesEngage0
don't apologize, it was probably in both... my girlfriend just read it to me over the phone from work...
steve jobs is announcing it next week.
- nde4k0
c'mon you tease, tell me more, it was a friend who saw the article.
- nde4k0
thanks
- JamesEngage0
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/…
The most popular high-tech toy this Christmas - the Apple iPod - is about to be usurped by a bargain priced mini version.
The iPod was a worldwide runaway sales success before Christmas and became the ultimate celebrity gadget with the Beckhams, Ronan Keating, Robbie Williams and David Bowie all enthusing about its virtues.
New iPod will cost £385 less but will hold fewer songs
But yesterday Apple dealt a depressing blow to the 1.3 million people who paid up to £450 for the small digital jukebox when news slipped out that it is about to unveil a smaller version costing around £65.Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple, is expected to unveil the smaller, cheaper iPods at an exhibition in San Francisco next week.
In addition to the lower-cost iPods, expected to hold up to 800 songs, Apple will introduce different coloured cases for the current white iPod, which holds up to 10,000 songs.
The new mini-iPods are intended for people who want a digital music player but do not need one that can hold music from more CDs than most people have any intention of ever owning.
Before Christmas, high street store chains such as John Lewis said the iPod was flying off shop shelves and the demand was outstripping supply. Many stores had to take post-Christmas orders from frustrated shoppers.
The Apple iPod weighs less than two compact discs and, as well as storing music, holds digital camera images and can be used as a dictation machine and alarm clock. Dedicated iPod cases have been designed by Pucci and Christian Dior.
- nde4k0
thanks J, I nearly purchased ipod but this is good news for my not so blessed pocket.
- JamesEngage0
I doubt it is going to be so elegant though
- nde4k0
yeah, probably like getting the lesser minogue.
- godot0
"The lesser minogue" haha
It will be elegant in its own way, like the iBook is to the Powerbook
- JamesEngage0
yo haven't seen it yet.
- shutdown0
who cares what it really looks like, 65 quid and it can still hold enough tunes to last a while
i can't justify spending 250 on a normal player so this is much more tempting to me
- dstlb0
I reckon they'll drop the iPod prices quite a bit, either that or they'll add a bunch of new functionality to it. Otherwise who's gonna buy them when they can get the basic one for £65?
- nde4k0
odd marketing i say, but i am thirsty for this lesser minogue now.
- shutdown0
curious to know when its out though
i'm a birthday boy soon so could add it to the list