New iPod Features: 12 Hour Battery, Lower Prices; Goodbye 15GB
TMO Reports - New iPod Features: 12 Hour Battery, Lower Prices; Goodbye 15GB
by , 8:00 AM EDT, July 18th, 2004
Further details of the new white iPod, to be officially announced by Apple Monday, have surfaced through a sidebar story accompanying Newsweek magazines feature article on Apple CEO Steve Jobs and the iPod phenomenon.
Key features of the new iPod are:
- 50% improvement in battery life to 12 hours from the current eight through better power conservation.
- A click wheel identical in design and functionality to that of the iPod mini.
- A thinner iPod by one millimeter.
- More efficient menus, so there's less thumbing through to get to content.
- New ability to create multiple playlists and delete songs from them.
- Variable speed control to listen to content faster or slower.
- No new hard drive sizes, but lower prices. The 20GB will now cost US$299 from $399 and the 40GB model will cost $399 from $499. The 15GB is being phased out.
At the time of this writing, access to the sidebar story was unavailable due to a "Network Error".
Observer Comments
Oh, and I went to my THREE local Target stores (god I love living in the city) to see if I could scout some iTunes cards. I looked, and saw some Napster cards. But, I didn't find any iTunes cards. So I thought, "gee, maybe these things really did sell out fast." So, I asked the store clerks at each store when they were getting in more iTunes cards, and each clerk gave me the same reply: "We don't carry those anymore. They weren't very popular. We switched to Napster."
Ooops.
iPod sucks because:
- In place of firewire and USB ports, it has a proprietary connector that lead to an ecosystem of accessories available
- So easy to use that even my 6 years old son know how to use it without I teaching him
- I cannot show off my abilities to use a sophisticated gadget because it auto-sync with iTunes to transfer songs seamlessly
I'm trying to decide whether to buy a Creative Labs Jukebox Zen Xtra, or an Ipod. The Jukebox Zen Xtra, 60 GB, can be bought at about 250$, while an ipod is waaaaay more. Although ipod has itunes, I can transfer music from my computer to the jzx for only 75 cents, instead of 99 like itunes does, because of online rhapsody, and for that i also get a cd.....I'm pretty sure the jzx is better, but what do you guys suggest...?
Link.
^jzx description
I'm pretty sure I don't need to put a link for an iPod description...
QuoteIntruder wrote:
Wow get excited about 12 hour battery life, the Dell DJ 15 has 20 hour battery life and costs only $199. The Dell DJ 15 holds over 3700 songs at 128 kbps. You don't need a 20 GB player, it's Apple's way of extracting an extra $100 out of Apple iLemmings and locking them into the overpriced iTunes store.
Too bad the iPod didn't win CNET Editor's Choice like the Dell DJ.
I won't even bother deleting this one because it is so ironic. The Dell DJ was discontinued because it couldn't compete. My very own pet troll is too stupid and too hell-bent on pestering people by modifying my posts to even realize it!
-Intruder
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