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iPod Mini Available For Order Worldwide

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After a long delay due to US demand far outstripping supply, the iPod Mini was made available for order from worldwide online Apple Stores. Identical to the US version, the mini sports 4 GB of hard drive storage and the same familiar iPod user interface, automatic iTunes syncing, choice of 5 colors of annodized aluminum casing and 8 hour battery life. Included with the mini are apple earphones, belt clip and AC adapter.
 
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carletonmusic said:
Thank god. Apple will need some crazy revenue for the iMac fiasco.
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So true. They really need to get some current products into the market to salvage this year.

- reaper
 
iPod supply problems fixed?

So does this mean the iPod supply problems are fixed? I noticed last time I considered buying one it had a few week lead time. What is this going to do to the demand?
 
scottwat said:
So does this mean the iPod supply problems are fixed? I noticed last time I considered buying one it had a few week lead time. What is this going to do to the demand?
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They still say 4 weeks to ship on the US store. Maybe Apple's expecting to ramp up production significantly in the coming weeks.
 
Some availability...

How does a 4-week delay equate with "available"?

Available, per www.m-w.com = "present or ready for immediate use"

Don't see any mention of a 4-week delay in the dictionary.
 
iBook said:
Estimated shipping time in the U.S. is 4 weeks, per the Apple store. How is that "available"?

Available, per www.m-w.com = "present or ready for immediate use"

Don't see any mention of a 4-week delay. ;)
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It's now available to ORDER worldwide, not available in stock worldwise. Until now the iPod mini was only available in the US. So if you lived in Europe you would have to get one off ebay or from another non apple source.
 
iBook said:
Estimated shipping time in the U.S. is 4 weeks, per the Apple store. How is that "available"?

Available, per www.m-w.com = "present or ready for immediate use"

Don't see any mention of a 4-week delay. ;)
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Since we're nitpicking this morning, "available for order": you can order it immediately, but you won't actually get it for 4 weeks. Previously you couldn't even order it.
 
I wonder?

It seems like the only way this could happen is if apple had a plan to ramp up production? Is Hitachi ramping up production too? I think I remember a rumor about this awhile back. But still waiting a month to get your shiny new toy is too much wait.
 
It's a shame this doesn't apply to the iPod mini:

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yossele said:
What a rip-off
The UK price is in dollars:
$283 + Tax = $335
No way I will buy one.
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Shame but for it to be reasonable it would have to be £134 at standard pricing inc tax to match the US price before tax. You think Apple would do this?

However, in Japan, the price is £129 for the mini... so they did there.
 
yossele said:
What a rip-off
The UK price is in dollars:
$283 + Tax = $335
No way I will buy one.
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$283 - $249 = $34 = £18. I've compared the pre-tax prices because you can't blame Apple for VAT rates in the UK. I don't think an extra £18 is any more of a rip off than most products bought here in UK, not just Apple products.

Given that there have been many companies already selling iPod Minis here in the UK for £209 - £249, and Firebox/HMV taking pre-orders at £199, I welcome the news from Apple. So much so, that I've bought one. I'm sure that there won't be much of a problem with demand at £179.
 
Nice but I won't get one...

As apple said, they go behind the crappy flash players and now my collection is going over 2500 songs, I'm not the target for the mini, but Nice I know some guys who already ordered one...
 
pushing for Europe and the rest of the world

i don't think that they can make enough to satisfy demand. However the iPod momentum in the US seems sufficiently strong to live with the backlog without loosing sales as people simple decide to wait rather than get something else.

I don't think this is the case in Europe, at least not in Germany. I rarely see iPods here and I think they ship them here so they can get the same mindshare they already have in the states.
 
24th of July

Macworld UK was the first with the news, I believe, and they said the iPod mini will be available worldwide on the 24.July - although you can order now from Apple Store.

Charko
 
Negative???

I want to hear some reasons ... why should this news be negative? Compare your options for a nice player and rate again... :mad: ...
No, I'm not a zealot :eek:
 
Nice!

Me happy. Want one now!

Here in the Netherlands, price is 269 euro. In Germany price is 259 euro and in France price is 279 euro. These prices include taxes. Oh, price in pound sterling is 179. Prices may seem high, but consider the "alternatives" which are available in my country:

A Philips HDD060 with 1.5 GB HD costs about 220 euro. A Creative MuVo-2 4 Gb costs around 338 euro. Most MP3 players available here are flash-based and these are usually very expensive. Consider an iRiver iFP-795 with 512 MB RAM; price is between 300-329 euro. Consider an iRiver iFP-595T with 512 MB RAM; price is between 329-359 euro. I'm not going to buy these, or any really cheap player with only 128 MB RAM. To go on, a Creative Zen Xtra 30 GB Jukebox varies between 320 and 400 euro. Worse is that if I buy an iPod in a regular store, the 20 GB can cost up to 399 euro, but at the Apple online store it's only 349 euro.

So considering all options, 269 euro including free shipment is very nice indeed.
 
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