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iPod Mini Countdown
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I checked out Apples Edu site and it lists the Mini at $229 thats a $20 savings(someone above listed them as $50 off for edu). Are they selling them for $50 less that night at Apple Stores I am going to check out the local one on friday but I am curious to where the $50 is coming from exactly?
I just hit refresh and it still says 3 days, 19:01 to go. By my calculations that's one day too many!!! It seems iPod fever has even affected Apple's ability to count!Originally posted by nagromme
Countdown's fixed
I can't WAIT!
aaaarrrrrggghhh!
As an inhabitant of the rest of the world, I am watching the countdown on the main apple site with increasing frustration, whatever the real clock should be.
I loved the size, colour and look of these things ever since they were announced and had a good hunch they were going to be big (Saleswise) and I agree that the Japanese micro-technology-loving market may well go crazy for them. But why do we have to wait in the UK? Does anyone know? Is it simply a supply problem, ie they can't make them fast enough? Or is there something technologically different like a PAL/NTSC thing going on? I don't want to wait until April. I bought my fiancé a first gen iPod for christmas one year ago and am now exceedingly jealous.
So, my point is....
Can I order one from the US site? Pay for it myself, or wire someone the money, and get it delivered over here? Is there anyone willing to help me with this? And would it work fine? Or would I be doing something terribly illegal?
If so, apologies arn for me even mentioning it.
aaaarrrrrggghhh!
As an inhabitant of the rest of the world, I am watching the countdown on the main apple site with increasing frustration, whatever the real clock should be.
I loved the size, colour and look of these things ever since they were announced and had a good hunch they were going to be big (Saleswise) and I agree that the Japanese micro-technology-loving market may well go crazy for them. But why do we have to wait in the UK? Does anyone know? Is it simply a supply problem, ie they can't make them fast enough? Or is there something technologically different like a PAL/NTSC thing going on? I don't want to wait until April. I bought my fiancé a first gen iPod for christmas one year ago and am now exceedingly jealous.
So, my point is....
Can I order one from the US site? Pay for it myself, or wire someone the money, and get it delivered over here? Is there anyone willing to help me with this? And would it work fine? Or would I be doing something terribly illegal?
If so, apologies arn for me even mentioning it.
Re: I can't WAIT!
As to legality, there is nothing different, as far as I know, about the US version of the mini and those sold elsewhere, so there should be no export restrictions. However, getting warranty work done would probably be a good trick.
If anyone knows differently, please post.
No, you can't order one from the US site. However, you will undoubtedly be able to buy them on eBay within an hour of their release. This is a pretty common thing, actually, with products being released at different times around the world. People often comment that "idiots on eBay" buy "used" items for "as much or more" as they could buy them in the store. Of course, these critics often ignore the point that not everyone CAN buy them in stores.. the iPod mini being a perfect example. If anyone is sitting on a tax refund or other stack of cash they would like to make a 10% return on in a week or so, buying every iPod mini they see and selling them internationally on eBay would be an easy way to do it.
As to legality, there is nothing different, as far as I know, about the US version of the mini and those sold elsewhere, so there should be no export restrictions. However, getting warranty work done would probably be a good trick.
If anyone knows differently, please post.
Re: Re: I can't WAIT!
I may be wrong, but I thought I read that one generation or other of the iPods sold in Europe was quieter than the US version, as a concession to delicate EU ear drum laws. Maybe the Euro-sound police will do you for abusing your own ears, and if they are French police, they might even confiscate your "e"pod.
I may be wrong, but I thought I read that one generation or other of the iPods sold in Europe was quieter than the US version, as a concession to delicate EU ear drum laws. Maybe the Euro-sound police will do you for abusing your own ears, and if they are French police, they might even confiscate your "e"pod.
hold one...
for anyone who thinks they don't like it... hold one.
my buddy at work got his today from taiwan, and i will now be buying one inaddition to my 30gig once i can scrape up the cash. it is truly tiny and the scroll wheel is great. the main benefit i see is that i will be able to actually carry it in my pocket without worrying about scratches! (put a little PDA screen protector on the lcd) i'm stoked. it is barely larger than my t610. and actually has a smaller perceived size.
just thought i'd let everyone know that they are sweet in person. i'm pissed because i was already sure i didn't want one, now i do!
technocoy
for anyone who thinks they don't like it... hold one.
my buddy at work got his today from taiwan, and i will now be buying one inaddition to my 30gig once i can scrape up the cash. it is truly tiny and the scroll wheel is great. the main benefit i see is that i will be able to actually carry it in my pocket without worrying about scratches! (put a little PDA screen protector on the lcd) i'm stoked. it is barely larger than my t610. and actually has a smaller perceived size.
just thought i'd let everyone know that they are sweet in person. i'm pissed because i was already sure i didn't want one, now i do!
technocoy
eBay
Hmm... I actually ordered one through eBay... everything seems fine this far... I hope I will get my mini next week =) They are selling quite many new stuff on eBay too, not just used items...
Hmm... I actually ordered one through eBay... everything seems fine this far... I hope I will get my mini next week =) They are selling quite many new stuff on eBay too, not just used items...
I live in Vancouver, and am thinking of driving 2 hours to the Seattle store in the University Plaza.
There, I can pick up a silver iPod mini and drive back to the border. The only catch I guess is I would have to throw away the packaging so customs doesn't charge me duty if they ever decide to search my car, which is happening alot lately.
There, I can pick up a silver iPod mini and drive back to the border. The only catch I guess is I would have to throw away the packaging so customs doesn't charge me duty if they ever decide to search my car, which is happening alot lately.
The countdown is based on the clock in YOUR computer, therefore your computer clock is wrong.
You can have some fun if you alter the system clock time and watch the timer alter in real time from apple.com.
Once it reaches 0:00 then it just says "....
You want me to spoil the surprise?
ipod mini delivered.
Well, the wait is over for me. My ipod mini just arrived via taiwan, alaska, indianopolis and finally Los Angeles.
Its so worth it (to me) for the size of the mini. I know i could have spend $50 more and gotten another ipod. or spent 50 less and gotten some lame creative muvo thing or whatever.
But the mini is awesome, and i just filled it with my weekly listening choice.
Keep watching that counter on the apple site!
Well, the wait is over for me. My ipod mini just arrived via taiwan, alaska, indianopolis and finally Los Angeles.
Its so worth it (to me) for the size of the mini. I know i could have spend $50 more and gotten another ipod. or spent 50 less and gotten some lame creative muvo thing or whatever.
But the mini is awesome, and i just filled it with my weekly listening choice.
Keep watching that counter on the apple site!
I think it's interesting that so many people think the mini is overpriced and then proceed to compare Apples to Oranges Or in this case mini's to iPod's. Consumers have ALWAYS been willing to pay a premium for size- wasn't it just a few years ago that people were paying 2000.00 for a Motorola flip phone because it was all of 2 ounces lighter and half an inch thinner than the 200.00 Nokia? Look at laptops- A lot of consumers will pay a hundreds more and put up with a slower CPU and less memory just to have a laptop that is a couple ounces lighter and smaller.
I see the mini at 249.00 as a bargain. Sure I'd like it if they were cheaper. And while I'm wishing for pipe dreams, I also wish the Mini Cooper didn't cost as much as a full size car. Personally I hope Apple sells a mountain of these things and then hopefully they'll reinvest a good portion of the profits into R&D to make more insanely great products.
Or in this case mini's to iPod's. Consumers have ALWAYS been willing to pay a premium for size- wasn't it just a few years ago that people were paying 2000.00 for a Motorola flip phone because it was all of 2 ounces lighter and half an inch thinner than the 200.00 Nokia? Look at laptops- A lot of consumers will pay a hundreds more and put up with a slower CPU and less memory just to have a laptop that is a couple ounces lighter and smaller.I see the mini at 249.00 as a bargain. Sure I'd like it if they were cheaper. And while I'm wishing for pipe dreams, I also wish the Mini Cooper didn't cost as much as a full size car. Personally I hope Apple sells a mountain of these things and then hopefully they'll reinvest a good portion of the profits into R&D to make more insanely great products.
I hope Apple comes out with an iPod Nano, that I can fit into my ear canal. I control it by tapping my earlobes. I transfer songs into it by putting my ear up against my iSync terminal.
Actually my computer clock is not wrong as today Apples website is fixed and now says 2 days and 2 hours to go. (I actually used my computers clock to determine how far away 6 o'clock on Friday actually was, as opposed to the wrong clock on Apple's site.)Originally posted by Skiniftz
The countdown is based on the clock in YOUR computer, therefore your computer clock is wrong.
You can have some fun if you alter the system clock time and watch the timer alter in real time from apple.com.
Once it reaches 0:00 then it just says "....
You want me to spoil the surprise?
WOW. I got my silver mini this morning at 8:30am...2 days earlier than expected (according to Fedex...) and I freakin LOVE it. At the gym today 3 people commented on it...2 w/ipods, 1 without.
I'm NEVER going back
TM
I'm NEVER going back
TM
I wonder which colors will sell well and which won't. I can picture BestBuy stuck with a shelf of gold ones that nobody wants.
Apple made sure their stores would have a supply of minis and from what I hear the only ones that will, if lucky, reach the resellers by Friday at 6 are going to be the silver and blue. This is all speculation, and they could very well have none, or they could have a huge stock. Thats just what I've heard. I do know that apple is trying to get supplies to everyone by their self-inflicted release date, and it looks they are antisipating a rush on silver and blue over the others. I got mine last week and its pretty cool.
?????
Last week, really?! That is insanely great (hehe) and probably one of the first deliveries? BTW, what color did you get? My blue, engraved one should be here tomorrow.
CANT WAIT. You are one lucky SOB.
Last week, really?! That is insanely great (hehe) and probably one of the first deliveries? BTW, what color did you get? My blue, engraved one should be here tomorrow.
CANT WAIT. You are one lucky SOB.
Do you notice something?
Look on the back of the mini and it will say iPod. It doesn't say "iPod mini".
Why? Because Apple will soon phase out the original iPod once 1" HD capacities exceed 20GBs. This is the beginning of the end for the regular sized iPods. HAHA. How perceptive of me.
Look on the back of the mini and it will say iPod. It doesn't say "iPod mini".
Why? Because Apple will soon phase out the original iPod once 1" HD capacities exceed 20GBs. This is the beginning of the end for the regular sized iPods. HAHA. How perceptive of me.