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The new iPods
Wednesday, Feb. 23 2005 | Author: ScrivsAs expected:
- A new 6GB iPod mini sans color screen
- 4GB iPod mini gets price chopped to $199
- 20GB iPod stays at $299
- The iPod photo comes in two flavors now.
iPod Photo
The iPod photo now has the ability to directly grab photos from your digital camera. No bluetooth however.
iPod Mini
No color screen. Improved battery life though (18 hours) and the gold version got dropped.
My Reaction
Apple can’t come out hitting homeruns every announcement. Nice upgrades, but all these damn rumor sites got me too excited. My own damn fault.
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5 Responses for "The new iPods"
February 23rd, 2005 at 10:06 am
1I think the ability to connect it to the camera directly is awesome. Should have been there from the start though.
I didn’t read all the rumor sites so I’m not disappointed by it. :)
February 23rd, 2005 at 10:23 am
2Can it really be that expensive to put a color LCD into a mini? I mean, just about every cellphone has a color screen these days.
Nice upgrades. I would have liked to have seen the color screen in the Mini, but the capacity bump is nice.
The bluetooth-capable iPod will probably be the next big thing…maybe announced at WWDC in June?
February 24th, 2005 at 5:06 am
3I’m still lost as to why we need photos in our iPods. I want the iPhone.
February 24th, 2005 at 8:47 am
4Donnie, (with this new connector anyway) it’s so you don’t have to tote around a laptop to dump photos off your camera whenever you fill up your 512 or 1g or whatever card. And so execs and soccer moms can do slideshows of their presentations/vacations and feel special. lol
March 2nd, 2005 at 1:09 pm
5re: “Can it really be that expensive to put a color LCD into a mini?”
Why do iPods need colour LCD screens if you’re using them to play music? Frankly, I’m glad Apple had the good sense to stick with a monochrome display to keep costs down for lower end iPods.
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