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iPod Minis - Feb 20th

Street Date

Stores will receive various colors beginning Monday but like the past OS X10.3 release party, stores will be "encouraged" to keep stock in back room in case other shipments arrive throughout the week. Apple doesn't want stores to put out the green mini on Tuesday, sell them all and come Friday, everyone who asks for a green mini is turned away. Apple is sending an initial allotment based on store performance in the early part of the week than based on online sales, stores may be getting more sent out of distribution come Wednesday.
Stores will most likely hold another "music night" much like before with music related product at a 10% discount but from what I understand, if Apple sees poor online orders, stores may offer the 10% across all product in attempt to lure patronage.
This is the BEST chance for anyone who's been griping about the price to pick-up a mini at a one time discount!
For me, it's a steal, as the iPod remains the most reliable portable hard drive product if you're transporting data as well as AAC's.
I have a 40GB but if I loose that than I estimate that I'd loose over 13K dollars in music purchases. The Mini provides some insurance.

..Date and Apple Employee and gain sufficient knowledge on Valentines Day after two bottles of wine...
 
Originally posted by bperkins
iPod mini has the same software features as iPod, except support for voice recording and photo storage....

From this Apple KBA
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Yes, they both have the same features, minus voice recording and photo storage...

BUT...

The iPod Mini uses "iPod Mini Software Version 1.0" while the regular iPod uses "iPod Software Version 2.1".

So, to answer Zim's question, the iPod Mini does use a different iPod OS.
 
IF you EVER looked at the APPLe site than you would notice when they announced the Ipod Mini
it said under it available now in the US and in April in Europe. Look before you talk is the name of the game and you talked before you looked. End of story

Originally posted by zellin
And can you show us where Apple is advertising the iPod mini as "available now"? Trust me, if Apple were advertising the minis like that, than it would be an issue brought up by more people than just you.
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Three Things

1.) I really, truly can't believe this "too expensive" thing. First of all, if you price HD music players that have the same capacity and are *even remotely* the same size as the mini, then you will quickly realize that the mini is not at all overpriced. Smaller costs more in electronics. I thought we wrapped up that debate a long time ago.

2.) Capacity. Different people have different needs. Personally the mini would work great for me. I have never understood the "I have mine filled up and could probably fill up a 60gb model" crowd. It almost seems like a big pissing contest with everyone trying to out-geek one another by claiming they need more capacity. Are you hiking for months in the congo without the ability to sync occasionally? I don't know what jobs (other than DJ) where you can spend all day listening to music? Of course you need tons of space if your iPod doubles as HD, but a thousand songs, synced on random with iTunes, should be plenty for most average folks I would think.

3.) Gotta tell ya...I work in a certain "computer retail store" and judging from demand and interest, I wouldn't be surprised to the mini absolutely explode. Remember...there were no Apple Stores to speak of when the original iPod was released. The Mini will almost certainly outsell iPod at least initially.
 
Originally posted by gtree10
I just got an email saying my mini is shipping!!!
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When did you place your order?
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My grip with apple is not the product, though i do believe, despite the fact that is priced to compete with a specific market, that it should be priced cheaper and more consistantly with its own pricing structure. That aside, is still want one, and that is not my grip. My grip is the fact that they introduced it a month ago, and if i 'order' one today (online) i have to wait 2-4 weeks to have it shipped to me? Screw that! If after 20 years of making these products, and the established and increasing customer loyalty they have, they can not anticipate the demand, then maybe they're a little....off. While i know this maybe a marketing strategy, i dont really care. Just sell me one man, i'm sick of waiting.
 
thanks dude,

It's showing that it was just picked up in Taiwan...

Now comes the fun of FedEX Tracking

I'm sure all of the Apple Retail Orders shipped by now too...

So probably when it arrives to you the Apple Stores will have them.
 
Originally posted by Chupa Chupa
Never mind the mini bashers. The vast majority of them are high school and college kids with no business experience. Powerbooks cost more than similarly equipt Powermacs, spy camera with poor image quaility cost more than entry level SLRs, USB flash drives cost more per MB than sticks of RAM, etc, etc. Its just how the economics work out. Its just silly how the mini detractors insist Apple should sell it below cost.
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I'm not sure business experience has much to do with it. I think the mini bashers simply don't understand what needs the Minis are fulfilling.

I'm a girl. I like pink things. I have smaller hands, and I want the music player to look good when I'm holding it and I want it to fit in my (small) purse along with my phone, lipstick, etc. I want it to look feminine when I use it. These happen to be some of the features where the Minis outshine the regular iPod along with everything else.
 
Originally posted by sosumi99
I think the mini bashers simply don't understand what needs the Minis are fulfilling.

I'm a girl. I like pink things. I have smaller hands, and I want the music player to look good when I'm holding it and I want it to fit in my (small) purse along with my phone, lipstick, etc. I want it to look feminine when I use it.
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And from the far end of the spectrum:
I'm a man w/ great big hands, & I'm tired of carrying tons of stuff around.
My cellphone is so small & thin I can carry it in a front pants pocket & not notice it at all - weight or bulge.
The iPod mini appears to be virtually the same size as my phone,
so I expect I won't notice it at all, either.

That's what I want: disappearing gadgets, invisible technology, beautiful & functional objects.

The mini is all three.

I bought a 10gb 'Pod right after Thanksgiving '02, carried it around for a month, and took it back.
When the guy asked what was wrong with it & I said I didn't like it,
he stared at me like I'd just grown a third head -
apparently I'm the only person who ever returned one for not liking it.
Bottom line? it was (too) big & (too) bulky (for me).
And since even a 120gb 'Pod couldn't hold my entire collection, storage doesn't enter into it.

I initially thought the price was high & the colors were garish
(I'm still shaking my head over the pink - no offence)
but the more I've thought it over, the more I realise that
it's what I wanted the iPod to be in the first place -
and the more certain I am that when I get a mini, I won't be returning it.

And, like I said: storage isn't the point -
I'd rather have the mini than any other mp3 player on the market.

$250? I'll take it!
Gold, I think - or maybe green....
 
SHIPPED!!!

MINE SHIPPED TOO!!!! It was supposed to be "on or before 2-17-04"

Early=happy....yaaaaa!:)
 
Re: Three Things

Originally posted by mhouse
2.) Capacity. Different people have different needs. Personally the mini would work great for me. I have never understood the "I have mine filled up and could probably fill up a 60gb model" crowd. It almost seems like a big pissing contest with everyone trying to out-geek one another by claiming they need more capacity. Are you hiking for months in the congo without the ability to sync occasionally? I don't know what jobs (other than DJ) where you can spend all day listening to music? Of course you need tons of space if your iPod doubles as HD, but a thousand songs, synced on random with iTunes, should be plenty for most average folks I would think.
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I'd want to carry all my music around because it's inevadible<sp?> that the song(s) I want to hear I do not have w/me. I don't have an iPod yet (no spare $$$) but when I do get one it will be atleast a 40gig (gives me some room to grow into). Currently I always have about 30 CDs w/me that I cycle thru and it would be awesome just to grab my iPod and go w/o having to worry about what music I think I might want to listen to through out the day. I listen to music at home, at work, in the car... if I'm awake I'm probably listening to music.


Lethal
 
And he did it again...

And he did it again...
he fooled our minds,
by paper launching!

Damn!

While I don't care about the miniPod much, just cause I do not have the money, and I am at home most of time (listing music here), or at places where music just distrubs, what I dislike about Apple this time, AGAIN, is to "almost paperlaunch" things.

While the hardware was ready when SJ announced the G5 it still took 3-6 month before shipping. And again the miniPod tooks 1-at least 2 month (maybe more)

You all (if you do not) should as well consider world wide sales and shipping, just cause apple is a direct online seller, they have to ship world wide really fast after announcing products (even on their own damn website).

Why I am so angry? ;p

Cause I am waiting for PM rev. B, and while there will be PM rev. B the latest date in mid summer, when will Rev. B be shipped? december?

And if apple releases a rev. B in late Q2 I still want it to be there in Q2 and not in Q3 when, in late Q3 to early Q4 the next revision will be announced for x-mas biz.

I wish I could order my rev. B now and have it shipped within 2 weeks - thats already an abnormal shipping time, but considering BTO options and world wide shipping it would be acceptable to me.

l8er p33ps!
 
Originally posted by agentmouthwash
I hate when Apple announced a product, but then
doesn't release it until 2 months later.
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Yeah! The only worse thing is when Apple announces a product and releases it immediately, meaning you might have bought the old one the day before. :)
 
What are the chances?

I'm getting mine from CDW. What are the chances I'll get it at the same time that folks who ordered directly from apple will?

Do you think my mini will go to cdw FIRST, and then re-shipped? Or is apple drop-shipping these things for its resellers?
 
Originally posted by Jerry Spoon
For those of you who have had their mini ship, when did Apple tell you it would ship by?
Just curious and wondering if it will give me any idea when my mini might ship.
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Mine said, on or before the 17th. I hope this helps...
 
Re: What are the chances?

Originally posted by Gravity
I'm getting mine from CDW. What are the chances I'll get it at the same time that folks who ordered directly from apple will?

Do you think my mini will go to cdw FIRST, and then re-shipped? Or is apple drop-shipping these things for its resellers?
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First, it goes from Tiwan to a distributer (TechData or Ingrm Micro) then is shipped to the CDW facility, then is shipped to you, if your lucky. These resellers get screwed because they have to have the same price as apple yet are forced to have much longer waits on releases like this.
 
Originally posted by Perceptes
Why in the world would someone actually buy an iPod Mini?
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I recently read a review of the iPod in a danish magazine. Their only complaint was that it was too expensive and that very few people need to carry 10000 songs. So they actually recommended a creative muvo 256 mb over the iPod (because it costs less and has less space)

The iPod mini adresses both of these points.
My prediction: It will outsell the original iPod.
 
Wonderful.

Oh, great. I'll be among the last from the early buyers to get theirs!

Oh well...my wife thought saving $4.00 was worth going with CDW.
 
Yah, I work at an apple authorized reseller and we get this treatment too. I wish I worked at an apple store because I would be closer to apple, get all the products before anyone else, have an awesome looking store, and get inside info (thought not much) It would be much better.
 
Why the mini will rock my world

It still blows me away that people don't "get" the mini. Trust me -- once you have the pleasure of holding one, playing with the clickwheel, etc. -- you will get it.

Some people are saying "it's inevitable that I'll want to hear a song of mine, and it's not on my mini -- that's why I need the larger capacity." Well good for you -- nobody's knocking that, from what I've seen. That's why the iPod exists.

I, however, don't fit that mould. I listen primarily to electronic music, ranging from ambient to hard techno to very experimental stuff. When I listen to music, I am looking for a "mood," not a song. I am in such-and-such a mood, and thus, I want an album to match that mood. Or maybe I want an album that takes me to a certain place.

With 50+ albums in my pocket, which the mini will hold quite well, there will ALWAYS be an album in my pocket that reflects the mood I am looking for. In fact, there will be several. That's why the mini will always satisfy my musical needs. If I am on a long trip, I will have my iBook G4 with me anyway, with my entire library. Trust me -- manually controlling which albums are on your iPod is a very easy task, and I plan to shuffle the music on my mini every week or so, manually.

My gold mini went out today, and I am pumped. If it's not for you, so what -- don't rain on my parade. Or I might start bringing up a great number of reasons why my mini is vastly superior to your iPod. :p
 
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