Apple iPod news...new models, lower prices, better screens and battery life

[shelbyjosh]

Love my Dell DJ!!! Holds just as much as the iPod, but costs $60 less.

 

[stinkerbelle]

Love my Dell DJ!!! Holds just as much as the iPod, but costs $60 less.

my brother has a shuffle and he loves it! even "blinged" it out by gluing on rhinestones.

yeah...don't ask.

our mother is the black sheep...she has a pink iPod mini...and my brother just bought her the iPod shuffle (actually - he bought it in early January - it JUST shipped out today)

 

[Papa Deuce]

I think Chad has iPod envy.

Chad's a Playa Hata!

 

[LOVETHATMOUSE]

My dh just got me a mini-ipod (pink of course ). Figures that they are going down in price and have better batteries now. I have two weeks to get a price adjustment, etc (2/26). I wonder if the price of the mini is going down?

 

[chadfromdallas]

I wonder if the price of the mini is going down?

it did...

 

[LOVETHATMOUSE]

Just called the apple store in my mall and spoke to a nice guy - told him I just received this as a gift valentines day, and the purchase day was 2/12. He said I can either come in and get a $50 refund, or exchange my 4 gig for the new 6 gig mini which will hold 200 more songs and the battery has 18 hour life instead of an 8 hour life . YEAH!! The only thing is I have to do it today and we have snow coming, so I have to go straight from work.

 

[beachbunny]

I agree with Chad. You can do a lot better than an ipod for a better price. I have a Gmini by Arcos. It plays MP3's, stores photos, and plays movies. Yes, that's right, movies. Right now, I've got the entire God Father trilogy loaded.

 

[stinkerbelle]

Just called the apple store in my mall and spoke to a nice guy - told him I just received this as a gift valentines day, and the purchase day was 2/12. He said I can either come in and get a $50 refund, or exchange my 4 gig for the new 6 gig mini which will hold 200 more songs and the battery has 18 hour life instead of an 8 hour life . YEAH!! The only thing is I have to do it today and we have snow coming, so I have to go straight from work.

that's a DEAL though...I'd do that! better battery and more space? heck ya!

drive safe!

 

[dcentity2000]

With an iPod, you get a player that is the same as every other player except for two differences:

1. It plays AAC files which are like WMA but technically better;
2. It has the style.

2 is the big point and whether or not it's a good thing is debatable.

For me, I have a mini and couldn't care less



Rich::

 

[chadfromdallas]

1. It plays AAC files which are like WMA but technically better;
Rich::

List the stores that use AAC DRM...

Now list the stores that use WMA DRM

 

[LOVETHATMOUSE]

yup - they're already holding a brand new pink one for me to get in just a few hours! The guy told me the colors are more vibrant now.

 

[dcentity2000]

Upon last market report, AAC held 80% of the online music store market.

We call it iTunes



Rich::

 

[dcentity2000]

I'm sorry, it's 70%.

Napster have 11;

MusicMatch, RealNetworks and Wal-Mart each reached a 6% share.

SO, AAC = 70%, RM = 6%, leaving WMA (if that's what they use) with 24%, just over a third of what the single iTunes store has alone.



Rich::

 

[stinkerbelle]

It's like Red Sox fans vs. Yankee fans.

iPod users vs. the "other" mp3 players on the market.

heheheh

 

[dcentity2000]

It's like Red Sox fans vs. Yankee fans.

iPod users vs. the "other" mp3 players on the market.

heheheh

Sadly very true. I love my iPod, but I can't see the market as being rational when the usual attitude is "iPod or nothing".



Rich::

 

[TLinden16]

Well, I went to Best Buy and returned the old style iPod mini I bought two weeks ago. I then went to the Apple store and bought the new style iPod mini. $50 less and increased battery life was just too good to pass up. The one thing that's a bit disappointing about it is the new one doesn't come with the charger that you can plug into a wall. I decided to skip buying that for now but will probably buy one for $29 some time down the road, as I travel frequently, and don't always have access to a computer to charge it through.

Karen