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Limited Run of 4GB iPod Nanos?
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No, no, I mean people buying Apple stuff for cheap because of the low Dollar against our Euro, and because Apple is selling their stuff relatively expensive here. That's not why they check your bags, of couse: it's because you have to declare items when they're over a 250 Euro's, to pay taxes. Of course nobody does that, hence the checks.
Just take the iPod out of its box and say you bought it at home. Then maybe post the box back home if you really need it.
So Appleinsider are suggesting the spec was changed from 4/8 to 8/16 quite late in the day as a response to the new Zunes, explaining the delays to the 16GB and why the 4GB models are appearing only outside the US (where Zune isn't sold).
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/18/microsoft_may_have_thrown_apple_an_ipod_nano_headache.html
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/18/microsoft_may_have_thrown_apple_an_ipod_nano_headache.html
do you guys think that they're made for the Back to School promo? (Do they actually give this model in the first place?)
The 4 gigs are available also in Slovakia - for 159... Which is a really silly price, considering that the 8gigs go for 166. Also, the 4gigs are not available in black here. (Neither in red, but we can't buy any product red here anyway...)
Rumor is 100% true. I have in my hot hands a 4Gb Blue iPod Nano 4Th generation. It was sold as a "limited edition" from Jb Hi Fi in Australia for AUD$166. It is still sealed am considering opening as I want to check out the new features but it might be worth big $$$$ very soon as its so rare that 
doesn't list its existence on their website.
doesn't list its existence on their website.
I saw this on the dutch dixons website. (the dixons is pretty big in the netherlands). I thought you might want to see it. http://www.dixons.nl/De_online_winkel/Homepage_Audio/Nieuwe+Apple+iPods/Apple+iPod+nano/default.aspx
I'm actually glad the USA won't get the 4 GB version of the 4G nano--it doesn't make sense considering that TV shows can hog hundreds of megabytes of on-player storage just for a single 42-minute episode! 
Besides, if you can get the Creative ZEN portable music player for US$179.99 for the 16 GB model, Apple needs to make sure they offer a 16 GB nano at a competitive price, too.
Besides, if you can get the Creative ZEN portable music player for US$179.99 for the 16 GB model, Apple needs to make sure they offer a 16 GB nano at a competitive price, too.
I'm actually glad the USA won't get the 4 GB version of the 4G nano--it doesn't make sense considering that TV shows can hog hundreds of megabytes of on-player storage just for a single 42-minute episode!
Have you noticed when Apple had a 4GB nano for $149 Microsoft priced their 4GB Zune at $129.
I don't remember if it was here or not, but I saw it discussed somewhere that the 4GB model was originally planned but was dropped for the 16 GB so Apple could directly compete with Microsoft, who shipped new versions of its Zune players with 8GB at $149 and 16GB at $199. Sound familiar?
This might have been muted elsewhere, but just noticed the pricepoint of the 4gb is £95 - exactly the Back to School UK rebate. Seems quite clear from that, as the offer has always been a free ipod, that dropping the 4gb was a genuinely late decision, with the UK promo originally going to be a free 4gb, rather than still leaving £14 to pay for an 8gb.
They exist here in Canada. I just got my shipment of 9 units. And there are Product Red Models as well.
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