iPod Mini Available For Order Worldwide

[Yvan256]

For those considering purchasing a mini:

1. The size. Looking at the specs on a piece of paper does not capture how much smaller it is in real life. It is so small you forget the mini is in your pocket, which is not true of the iPod.

If you look at a folded piece of paper (http://www.ipodhead.com/index.php?p=97) then you might get a better idea.

When I compare the (paper) iPod mini and my 10GB iPod, there's a huge difference. The 10GB iPod looks terantuous*.

I hope I'll be able to buy a 10-12GB mini in a few years.

* terantuous is a made-up word which means "incredibly huge", or a thousand time bigger than gigantuous**.

** gigantuous might not be a real word either.

 

[ecche]

it was such happy news! i immediately ordered a pink mini for my wife's birthday, which is end of august, so there will be enough time for apple to actually come up with it (i hope). if not, it will be a present for our wedding anniversary, which is in september. i just hope i won't have to give it to her with a xmas card.

then again, it was very sad news for all the highwaymen who try to sell you minis at a large profit on ebay .

 

[JFreak]

it was such happy news! i immediately ordered a pink mini for my wife's birthday

i ordered one pink beauty too, but that's gonna be mine

 

[dobbin]

Is Pink the most popular?

I have also ordered a PINK one for my wife's birthday!

Pink seems to be the most popular colour (judging by this thread alone) so I hope that doesn't mean more delays for pink. Does Apple make different numbers of different colours - I guess they know by now which colour people like the most?

Shipping date is supposed to be 26 July + 3-7 days to ship. Its going to be tight as to whether it gets here in time for her birthday on 2 August

 

[CrackedButter]

mhouse sums it up pretty nicely. I'm going to sum it up not so nicely
I'm pretty sick and tired of other countries spouting the "America companies and specifically Apple hates us and is out to screw us" chatter. Like a bunch of little girls. WHY, oh WHY would it make sense for a corporation, out to make money, to DELAY a product to another country? For kicks and giggles?
Someone else said something about the whole Hiatchi keeping up with production being a lie. Why must that be a lie? What are some good reasons for Apple hating the rest of the world?

If you don't like dealing with international corporations/taxes/laws than I suggest you buy local crafts from the man down the street.
Gah!!!!!
[/rant]

Anyhoo... I personally think that it's great Apple thinks they can start supporting the demand of the European market. I just hope that they can keep supply up.

And who said that because of Apples strict negotiations that Hiatchi must have Apple low on the priority list... Please enlighten me about who else Hiatchi is selling so many 1" dives to. I could be mistaken, but I would think Apple is one, if not THE largest buyer of their drives right now...

Tyler

I wasn't complaining.

 

[JFreak]

Shipping date is supposed to be 26 July + 3-7 days to ship. Its going to be tight as to whether it gets here in time for her birthday on 2 August

if it doesn't, you can always print a nice picture of it to a quality glossy photo paper and say that "this is what you're going to get when it gets delivered" oh man, it's going to be tough to wait for it...

 

[MacViolinist]

Is it not reasonable to assume that Apple has been able to produce a situation such that enormous quantities of iPod minis can be (perhaps already have been) produced, and that, in the interest of pumping up demand, they are "rationing" supplies to a certain extent? In other words, if you have a product that people can't get enough of, are you going to flood the market? I wouldn't.

 

[dobbin]

I severely doubt they are rationing supply! The best way to hype it up is to get as many as possible sold. Most of my friends have never seen a white ipod, let alone a mini.

A waiting list of several weeks won't help sell any when so many people don't even know they exist (in the UK at least).

I just checked the UKStore - estimated build date is now "4 weeks" which has changed from "24 July" yesterday. I really hope that they are still expecting some limited stock for 24 July and that one of those has my name on it.

I'm excited and its not even for me! I just hope Mrs dobbin likes it!

 

[obiwan]

I have also ordered a PINK one for my wife's birthday!

Pink seems to be the most popular colour (judging by this thread alone) so I hope that doesn't mean more delays for pink. Does Apple make different numbers of different colours - I guess they know by now which colour people like the most?

Shipping date is supposed to be 26 July + 3-7 days to ship. Its going to be tight as to whether it gets here in time for her birthday on 2 August

How many other people bought an iPod mini for their Wife's birthday? - I know I did - although I must admit she couldn't wait until the UK release date, so I ordered mine (whoops, hers) from ebay. She wanted a green one, 'cos the pink ones looked too girly. Maybe it should be re-named iPod g i r l y

 

[JFreak]

the pink ones looked too girly.

nah... pink ones look SEXY i want mine now.

 

[Porchland]

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?

If the supply problems are fixed, the results aren't yet on the shelf. CompUSA told me on Tuesday that they get about five a week and sell them out the first day. I've never seen a mini on the shelf there.

 

[Zaty]

She wanted a green one, 'cos the pink ones looked too girly. Maybe it should be re-named iPod g i r l y

I ordered a pink one for myself, I like it better than the other colours, I don't think it's too girly. My shipping date is on or before July 26 (which happens to be my birthday) but I don't think it will ship that day.

 

[210]

Colors

As the iPod Mini has been available in the U.S. for a few months now, does anyone know what the order of popular colors are? I'm surprised the silver version isn't the most popular.

I'm buying my brother for his birthday the blue version, although he said he doesn't mind the silver or green, either.

 

[dongmin]

As the iPod Mini has been available in the U.S. for a few months now, does anyone know what the order of popular colors are? I'm surprised the silver version isn't the most popular.

I'm buying my brother for his birthday the blue version, although he said he doesn't mind the silver or green, either.

my guess, based on an unscientific survey of local dealers who i've called in a fruitless attempt to secure a silver ipod:

pink
silver
blue
green
gold

i can see them ditching the gold at some point, unless they release a special edition mini layered with real gold.

how about ORANGE to replace the gold?

 

[neon]

green = <3

i printed out the pdf cut out for my colleagues to gawk at, one of them has taped it to the side of his apple display now

this afternoon i'm spending some time with my boss talking her through buying an ibook. in between doing some work
maybe i can convince her to add a mini to her order...

 

[Loge]

For what it's worth, sales rankings at Amazon.com currently show

Silver - 14
Pink - 29
Blue - 59
Green - 81
Gold - 220

I checked this some months ago, the only change (I think) is that pink has overtaken blue.

 

[joelypolly]

sorry if any other Aussie has already highlighted this...

In conversion, the iPod 15Gb is 150% of the US price
Whereas the iPod mini is 160% of the US price

That sounds like a bit of profiteering on Apple Oz's behalf.

(And the Aussie dollar is currently 142% of the US dollar)

Am not impressed. I was already reaching for my credit card but, in protest, I will wait til they come down.

Did you forget our lovely 10% GST

 

[AoWolf]

Hmm...maybe. Just don't get people started on C++ versus Java.

Is there free trade across the US/Canadian border? By this I mean, could you have gone to the US, bought an iPod mini, and then brought it back home to Canada without paying import duties or taxes? Or do the usual types of excises apply?

No you don't have to worry about any of that all you do is tell the border guard you came down to see some friends.

 

[Loud]

does anyone know what the status is on the reported "sound crackling"?
there were some thoughts about whether apple used the shortage of ipod minis to fix the issue before the worldwide launch.

can i expect to get a new ipod mini on the guarantee if the reported crackling sounds would show up?
after all - these are the same minis as were launched in US earlier?

i'm really curious about this as i'm desperate for my new silver best friend

 

[Mac Boy-Canada]

Well, when I was looking at the colour selections a LONG time ago, I thought either the silver or the gold one would be great. I wasn't sure about the green or blue one, and definitely not the pink one! Hmm...something to think about....does the colour we pick tell something of our personality?

 

[ifudge]

I promised myself an iPod mini if I could get my sluggard body in shape for a little bike ride at the end of July (http://www.fresnocycling.com/kaiser/2004/courses04.htm#kaiser) - something to help pass the miles. I'm getting in shape, but unfortunately I am apparently the last person in the world to realize the minis are on back order. It looks like I'm going to be about a week late getting my mini.

 

[Telomar]

Did you forget our lovely 10% GST

Yes he did otherwise he would have discovered it's only 145% of the US price. Pretty damn close to currency conversion actually.

 

[JFreak]

does the colour we pick tell something of our personality?

yes it does.

silver and gold are for people who decide by reasoning and play it safe.
green and blue are for people who decide by feeling.
pink is the sexy little sister for people who like that everyone sees the beauty.

 

[dongmin]

My local Apple store just got a shipment!!!!!


Boo-yeah!


I put a hold on a silver one. Come to papa!

 

[hkriffraff]

Well, apple has lost my business on the iPod mini. Available in April turned out to be available in July, then that turned out to be available to order in mid-July. Why would anyone endure a 4-6 weeks ("excluding weekends and public holidays") wait for a product that's almost due for an upgrade?