Apple's Fall Updates: New iPods and More
Wed Sep 5, 2007 2:07PM EDT
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What, you hadn't heard this was coming? Apple rolled out a lot of new stuff today. Welcome Apple fanboys and haters alike. Here's the gist of what's new with the iPod, iPhone, and iTunes, straight outta Apple!
- Ringtones Come to iPhone - For an extra dollar you can turn 30 seconds from a song you buy from iTunes into a ringtone for your iPhone. Not every song, mind you, but about 10 percent of the iTunes catalog. Outrageous ripoff or brilliant marketing scheme? You be the judge.
- iPod Shuffle Available in New Colors - $79 gets you 1GB of screenless music. Now in red, silver, blue, lighter blue, and greenish blue.
Redesigned iPod Nano - This is the device that was widely leaked last week. The new Nano is shorter and more squat, but with a larger display. A new UI shows you cover art and extras on the right side of the screen (you can get a sense of this in the pic to the right), but the operation of the Nano is largely the same, with the traditional scrollwheel where you expect it. Still the same capacities: 4GB ($149, silver only) and 8GB ($199, colors available).- iPod "Classic" Gets Tweaked - Now known as the "iPod Classic," the old hard-drive-based iPod gets upgraded to 80GB ($249) and 160GB ($349) models, and it's a bit thinner than previous models, too. The 30GB model is gone. Same UI as the Nano.
- Introducing the iPod Touch - As everyone expected, a new iPod with the iPhone touchscreen interface arrives. It's the iPod Touch, basically an iPhone (almost exactly the same size) without the phone (see the pic above... looks exactly like the iPhone, only it's not). It's also the first iPod with Wi-Fi, which you can use to watch YouTube videos and browse the web. $299 (8GB) and $399 (16GB). (Wait, where's your 16GB iPod Nano?)
- iTunes Goes Wi-Fi - Now you can give Steve Jobs more of your money, without even having to use a computer. iPod Touch and iPhone users can browse the full iTMS selection wirelessly and purchase music without a PC. No wireless sync from the looks of it.
- iPhone Price Cut - 8GB model now $399. The 4GB iPhone? Dead! Tried to slip that by us at the end, there, eh Apple? If you paid $599 for your iPhone, let us know how you feel now...
Get additional coverage at Gizmodo.com. Thanks, Giz, for the pics!
Want to see how they compare to each other? Here's the complete lineup:
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2 Posted by bharma on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:06PM EDT Report Abuse
LOL! I'm not a 'hater,' but I am a realist.
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3 Posted by girlrock107 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:09PM EDT Report Abuse
thats cool a touch ipod
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4 Posted by kupriaa1 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:54PM EDT Report Abuse
This company is ripping people of left and right- if people continue to use these type of pay as you need services from apple-
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5 Posted by highart@sbcglobal.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:19PM EDT Report Abuse
I agree completely. I've filled up my 60gigs already. It suuuuuure looks purdy tho'
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6 Posted by odgls on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:43PM EDT Report Abuse
Is there an exchange program for everyone who purchased the iPod 2 years ago? Otherwise I really do not see a need to upgrade to another one. The one I purchased was $299.
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7 Posted by ronnaj_1999 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:50PM EDT Report Abuse
Nice deals.
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8 Posted by kathyeversole on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:47PM EDT Report Abuse
i think i would just get the iphone instead of the ipod touch. seems like you would get more out of the phone than than just the ipod touch. not much a difference besides the calling.
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9 Posted by lfanuzzi on Thu Sep 3, 2009 6:50PM EDT Report Abuse
I agree. 16bg is chump change. Maybe its bc im a computer geek but even 64gb is questionable. Apple is always upgrading anyways so the minute you buy a 64gb, 2 months later they will come out with 120gb. But I must say the ipod touch is very appealing. I'd def get one if the memory was higher.
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10 Posted by clev1 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:26PM EDT Report Abuse
This is awsome now I don't have to buy the iPhone to get the same capabilities. Also it is $200 less than the iPhone sweet.
1 Posted by phatboy3k on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:09PM EDT Report Abuse
I don't want to sound like a hater as I'm certainly a fanboy, but 16 gb just isn't enough space for a video-enabled iPod. Maybe at Macworld 2008 when they expand the iPod Touch hard drive to 32-64gb it might justify that high price tag.