AppleInsider is reporting that October may bring updates to the iPod line, amongst other things.
Sources believe the new players feature Toshiba’s perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) 1.8-inch HDDs, which are setting new benchmarks for data density. Toshiba has announced the drives in 40GB and 80GB capacities, with the 40GB model packing up to 10,000 songs or 25,000 photos on a single platter.
The 40GB drive features the largest single-platter capacity yet achieved in the 1.8-inch form factor, according to the company. Meanwhile, an 80GB version of the drive stores double the amount of data via two 40GB platters.
I’m hoping for an upgrade of the PowerBook line. Please Apple release them soon – I want to switch.
Somehow the word iPod is slowly losing it’s grasp, at least for me. A few months ago I would have seen this in almost all blogs, now I only see it in a few.
It might be just me, but I think Gates’ assumption about the iPods fame not lasting forever is slowly becoming true.
That is, of course, unless Apple starts moving their cards right again. The first thing they should fix immediately is the Nano’s fragility.
What is the estimated price for the new iPod 80GB.
Cameron Winter