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Apple Store Down, 4GB iPod Shuffle in the Wings?
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Just iPods
Today will just be iPod & iPhone updates, the 24th will be snow leopard and software. June will be netbook, new iPhone, keybords, mighty mouse and displays.
Today will just be iPod & iPhone updates, the 24th will be snow leopard and software. June will be netbook, new iPhone, keybords, mighty mouse and displays.
He wants an xMac. We already have it.
Maybe they're dropping the price of the Mac Pro because I cancelled my order!
If this is the case, you're all welcome.
24th won't be Snow Leopard, and we don't need new keyboards at WWDC.
why couldn't apple just fix the sight to their likings on a copy and then the server would just be down long enough to reboot (or what ever it needs to do with the new sight) and then it would be just a couple of minutes or does apple do it on purpose to create some suspence web developers help me out here
its a new shuffle
CUPERTINO, Calif., March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today introduced the all-new iPod(R) shuffle, the world's smallest music player at nearly half of the size of the previous model, and the first music player that talks to you. The revolutionary new VoiceOver feature enables iPod shuffle to speak your song titles, artists and playlist names. The third generation iPod shuffle is significantly smaller than a AA battery, holds up to 1,000 songs and is easier to use with all of the controls conveniently located on the earphone cord. With the press of a button, you can play, pause, adjust volume, switch playlists and hear the name of the song and artist. iPod shuffle features a gorgeous new aluminum design with a built-in stainless steel clip that makes it ultra-wearable.
"Imagine your music player talking to you, telling you your song titles, artists and playlist names," said Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of iPod and iPhone(TM) Product Marketing. "The amazingly small new iPod shuffle takes a revolutionary approach to how you listen to your music by talking to you, also making it the first iPod shuffle with playlists."
iPod shuffle is based on Apple's incredibly popular shuffle feature, which randomly selects songs from your music library. And now, when you can't remember the name of a song or an artist playing, with the press of a button iPod shuffle tells you the name of the song and artist. iPod shuffle can even tell you status information, such as battery life. With the ability to hold up to 1,000 songs and the VoiceOver feature, you can now easily switch between multiple playlists on your iPod shuffle. iPod shuffle can speak 14 languages including English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.
The new iPod shuffle comes in silver or black and features a sleek and ultra-wearable design with a built-in stainless steel clip. iPod shuffle is the smallest music player in the world and is incredibly easy to clip to almost anything and take with you everywhere you go. iPod shuffle features up to 10 hours of battery life.*
Pricing & Availability
The third generation 4GB iPod shuffle is now shipping and comes in silver or black for a suggested price of $79 (US) through the Apple Store(R) (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. iPod shuffle comes with the Apple Earphones with Remote and the iPod shuffle USB cable. iPod shuffle requires a Mac(R) with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS(R) X v10.4.11 or later and iTunes(R) 8.1 or later; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista, Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 3) or later and iTunes 8.1.
*Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information. Song capacity is based on four minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; in 256-Kbps AAC format, song capacity is up to 500 songs; actual capacity varies by encoding method and bit rate.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.
(C) 2009 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, Apple Store and iTunes are trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE Apple
CUPERTINO, Calif., March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today introduced the all-new iPod(R) shuffle, the world's smallest music player at nearly half of the size of the previous model, and the first music player that talks to you. The revolutionary new VoiceOver feature enables iPod shuffle to speak your song titles, artists and playlist names. The third generation iPod shuffle is significantly smaller than a AA battery, holds up to 1,000 songs and is easier to use with all of the controls conveniently located on the earphone cord. With the press of a button, you can play, pause, adjust volume, switch playlists and hear the name of the song and artist. iPod shuffle features a gorgeous new aluminum design with a built-in stainless steel clip that makes it ultra-wearable.
"Imagine your music player talking to you, telling you your song titles, artists and playlist names," said Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of iPod and iPhone(TM) Product Marketing. "The amazingly small new iPod shuffle takes a revolutionary approach to how you listen to your music by talking to you, also making it the first iPod shuffle with playlists."
iPod shuffle is based on Apple's incredibly popular shuffle feature, which randomly selects songs from your music library. And now, when you can't remember the name of a song or an artist playing, with the press of a button iPod shuffle tells you the name of the song and artist. iPod shuffle can even tell you status information, such as battery life. With the ability to hold up to 1,000 songs and the VoiceOver feature, you can now easily switch between multiple playlists on your iPod shuffle. iPod shuffle can speak 14 languages including English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.
The new iPod shuffle comes in silver or black and features a sleek and ultra-wearable design with a built-in stainless steel clip. iPod shuffle is the smallest music player in the world and is incredibly easy to clip to almost anything and take with you everywhere you go. iPod shuffle features up to 10 hours of battery life.*
Pricing & Availability
The third generation 4GB iPod shuffle is now shipping and comes in silver or black for a suggested price of $79 (US) through the Apple Store(R) (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. iPod shuffle comes with the Apple Earphones with Remote and the iPod shuffle USB cable. iPod shuffle requires a Mac(R) with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS(R) X v10.4.11 or later and iTunes(R) 8.1 or later; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista, Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 3) or later and iTunes 8.1.
*Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information. Song capacity is based on four minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; in 256-Kbps AAC format, song capacity is up to 500 songs; actual capacity varies by encoding method and bit rate.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.
(C) 2009 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, Apple Store and iTunes are trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE Apple
In my opinion, the biggest downside of the iPod shuffle is the lack of a small display--you can't tell what song is being played and how far time elapsed into a song.
Small wonder why the SanDisk SANSA Clip has sold very well--the cost is pretty reasonable, and since it has a display song navigation works reasonably well.
I love the iPod nano because you can go to anywhere on a song within 5 seconds accuracy using the Click Wheel.
This has so far become a four page discussion with more to go. How much more help do you need to determine that Apple does this on purpose?
SMALLER THAN A DOUBLE A?
What the crap, yo...
Tells you the NAME of the song?! Wow.
I'll bet it's Alex.
And so it is!
A 4GB shuffle! £49 / $79
http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_shuffle
4GB shuffle specs
http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/specs.html
A 4GB shuffle! £49 / $79
http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_shuffle
4GB shuffle specs
http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/specs.html
It's up and so far I see an
Ipod Shuffle 4GB Black and Silver.
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_shuffle?mco=MTE2NTU
Ipod Shuffle 4GB Black and Silver.
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_shuffle?mco=MTE2NTU
Hmm, how many colors are there for those clip-on iPod shuffles? About twenty?
Are there any collectors who have one in each color, still sealed in the original box? It's fairly hard to get the colors from the last season, and then there's the special color editions (like pink, which you could only get at WalMart if I recall correctly).
I like how Apple is a bit of a fashion company for the consumer products. I loved the colorful original iMacs. The Unibody Macbooks would be awesome in the iPod Nano colors. Is it hard to add color to anodized aluminum? I want mine in the green iPod nano finish.
Are there any collectors who have one in each color, still sealed in the original box? It's fairly hard to get the colors from the last season, and then there's the special color editions (like pink, which you could only get at WalMart if I recall correctly).
I like how Apple is a bit of a fashion company for the consumer products. I loved the colorful original iMacs. The Unibody Macbooks would be awesome in the iPod Nano colors. Is it hard to add color to anodized aluminum? I want mine in the green iPod nano finish.
wow the design is pretty different....all song functions on the headphone...interesting...
think ill wait for some refurbished ones to hit the market in a few months...i just use it for running...so as long as it plays music...i'm good....all-in-all..looks really nice...think it will be a good seller...
think ill wait for some refurbished ones to hit the market in a few months...i just use it for running...so as long as it plays music...i'm good....all-in-all..looks really nice...think it will be a good seller...
They're on the store, but on the iPod/iTunes page it still shows the old generation.
edit: never mind, the page shows both
edit: never mind, the page shows both
*puts on a salesman smile*
With the new shuffle you can *pointing fingers gesture*, because it speaks to you!
There's a new "voice over" function that tells you the name of the song, playlist, etc;. (Insert joke about whose voice it is here)
I was unaware Apple did laser eye-surgery on cloned people. Thanks for the update, Captain obvious.
Hmm, so in my opinion, Apple is definitely going too far with the Style-Over-Functionality shindig, this is just insane. What happens if you break the earbuds? Or want to use your own pair? Of course you can get the apple ones replaced, but its still a hassle.