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HP Officially Unveils "Apple iPod from HP"

HP Officially Unveils "Apple iPod from HP"

by , 12:15 PM EDT, August 27th, 2004

HP officially unveiled what it is calling "Apple iPod from HP," the first (more or less) non-Apple iPod licensed by Apple. Announced in January, HP's foray into the music player business is effectively the same product sold by Apple, including the Apple logo. The company is offering two models, the 20 GB and 40 GB units, which will retail for US$299 and $399 respectively, the same price Apple charges.

Apple iPod from HP is available now through HP's HPShopping.com. The company will also have its products in Circuit City, CompUSA, Best Buy, Office Depot, Staples, Radio Shack, Fry's, Amazon.com and Costco, some of which also offer the Apple-branded iPod.


Apple iPod from HP at HPShopping.com

HP has also introduced a new section of its Web site called HP Digital Music. The Flash-based site is the vehicle for HP iPod information, as well as iTunes downloads. HP is promoting iTunes and the iTunes Music Store as part of the iPod licensing deal.

The new iPod was announced as part of a broader lineup of consumer electronics products, including several new printers. LCD and plasma TVs, a Windows Media Center add-on called the HP Media Center Extender, a projector, a new Windows laptop. To help promote the entire affair, HP is sponsoring the MTV Video Music Awards, and is launching a campaign called "YOU Are Your Music."

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Close Name:Guest
Subject: wrong footnotes

If you look at the 20GB iPod details, footnote 4 states that to use the iTMS, internet access and an Audible account are required, fees apply. WRONG! Geeez.

Close Name:technoguy100 Posts: 47 Joined: 12 Aug 2004
Subject: Confused

I'm really confused. If I go to my local Best Buy, how will I be able to distinguish the "Apple iPod by HP" from the "Apple iPod by Apple"? And why would Best Buy want to stock these two seemingly identical items? How is this deal any different from when Dell used to sell iPods at their web store?

Close Name:kenaustus Posts: 602 Joined: 27 Jun 2003
Subject: RC can finally buy an iPod!

He can get one from HP so it won't be an Apple. Soon he'll be telling us how much better the HP one is AND that it can work on WIndows.

Close Name:inferno10 Posts: 13 Joined: 07 Jun 2004
Subject: Color

Looks like HP or Apple decided to leave the color of the iPod white instead of that ugly blue that was originally shown with the 3G model.

Close Name:DigiDarkroom Posts: 295 Joined: 23 Aug 2002
Subject: Name change already

As of an hour ago, it's now the "Apple iPod + HP," not the "Apple iPod from HP."

Close Name:Guest
Subject: hp ipod

not a comment a ? can a ipod from hp work with an imac?

Close Name:DawnTreader -   TMO Staff Posts: 15039 Joined: 04 Jan 2002
Subject: Re: hp ipod

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not a comment a ? can a ipod from hp work with an imac?


Yes.

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