Now I know why they were pulled from the shelves this morning.
Wednesday, 5 September 2007
Apple Upgrades iPods
The rumors were true--Apple Inc. today announced major upgrades to its massively popular line of iPod music players, including one that's controlled by the same kind of touch screen interface found on the Apple iPhone cellular telephone
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs kicked off a press conference in San Francisco today by unveiling a new iPod Shuffle with a gigabyte of flash memory storage, priced at $79. He also showed off a new version of the popular Nano flash memory player with a larger color screen capable of displaying movies and videos. The new Nano will be priced at $149 with 4 gigabytes of storage, or $199 for 8 gigabytes. The new Nanos will be available in stores this weekend.
The large hard drive-based iPod will be renamed the iPod Classic, and will be available in a $249 80-gigabyte version, and a 160-gigabyte model selling for $349.
The new iPod Touch will go on sale in a few weeks. It uses flash memory for data storage, like the iPhone. It won't include a cellular telephone, but will allow for broadband Internet access using WiFi wireless networking. It will be equipped with a portable version of Apple's Safari Internet browser, and users will be able to go to Apple's online music store and download songs via WiFi, without having to attach the iPod to a computer.
Apple also announced a deal with coffee retailer Starbucks. iPod Touch users will get free WiFi access at all Starbucks stores. In addition, they'll see an icon on their screen, enabling them to instantly purchase and download the music playing in the store during their visit.
The iPod Touch will come in two models--an 8-gigabyte version priced at $299 and a 16-gigabyte version for $399.
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