Apple is now offering iPod discounts to students through the Hot Deals page for the Apple Store for Education. Students can get the 2 gigabyte iPod mini starting at US$179, the 6GB iPod mini starting at $229, 20GB iPods for $269, 30GB iPod photos for $319, and the 60GB iPod photo for $419.

iPod shuffles are not discounted.

You can find more information at the Hot Deals page for the Apple Store for Education.

Apple has also updated the Hot Deals page for MacMall, ClubMac, and Publishing Perfection at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product Guide is a list of Mac compatible hardware and software products on the market. The Hot Deals section of the Product Guide features several Mac retailers and special offers that one can only get, at least in theory, at the Hot Deals page.

The new MacMall Hot Deals page has offers on an Epson photo printer, a consumer digital camera, three LCD displays, and a USB pen drive. You can find the MacMall Hot Deals page at Appleis Web site.

The new ClubMac Hot Deals page has offers on DVD-R media, two The Sims titles, an Epson photo printer, an iPod remote, an LCD display, Drive Genius, a FireWire drive, iPod speakers, photo paper, and a card reader. You can find the ClubMac Hot Deals page at Appleis Web site.

The new Publishing Perfection Hot Deals page has offers on publishing and design software, including Discreet Combustion 3, the Digital Delight Bundle, Adobeis Creative Suite Premium, Eye Candy 5, Flight Check Studio for QXP 6, and more. The retailer is also offering a tablet, a scanner, a photo printer, and a book for time standards. You can find the Publishing Perfection Hot Deals page at Appleis Web site.