Tuesday, January 11, 2005
iPod Shuffle
Well, they're really going after the low end music player market too. I never would have believed it but it's happening.
Here's some specks: (courtesy of MacDailyNews.com)
Here's some specks: (courtesy of MacDailyNews.com)
- - "iPod shuffle" features volume/up down button with simple LED to provide feedback. Comes with lanyard for carrying ease.
- - "iPod shuffle" is priced at US $99 for 512MB or $149 for 1GB of memory for $149. Jobs, "We're really serious about this." The 512MB unit holds 120 songs, while the 1GB unit holds 240.
- - Autofill button in iTunes to make playlists sized perfectly for "iPod shuffle." You can also load it manually. Can be used as USB thumb drive, too.
- - Colored LED shows when unit is playing.
- - "iPod shuffle" fetaures USB 2 for transers and 12-hour rechargable battery for Mac or Windows.
- - Jobs debuts "iPod shuffle" which has no screen allows listening through shuffle. Smaller than a pack og gum, weighs less than an ounce, "which is less than 4 quarters." (1:51 PM EST)
- - Apple wants the remaining flash player market.
- - Jobs says that iPod market share has now doubled to 65% including all music players (flash-based units included).
