Apple launch new micro-iPod

February 08, 2006

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APPLE today unveiled a smaller iPod nano which will cost é30 less than the larger model.

The 1GB music player is thinner than a pencil and holds up to 240 songs or 15,000 photos.

Described as an "ultra-portable" model, it has the same click wheel and colour screen as the 2GB and 4GB iPod nanos.

It will retail for é109 in the UK, compared to é139 and é179 for the next sizes up.

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Apple also announced it was cutting é20 off the price of its iPod shuffles, bring the cost down to é49 for the 512MB model and é69 for the 1GB version.

Marketing chief Greg Joswiak said the move would make iPods affordable for more people.

He said: "The iPod is the world's most popular digital music player with over 40 million sold, and now even more music lovers can experience the unrivalled combination of iPod and iTunes."

The number of songs downloaded worldwide from Apple's iTunes music service stands at more than 951,000,000 tracks.

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Argil Stephanson, New York, United States (08/02/2006 at 16:09)

The new 1GB Ipod Nano is the same physical size as it's more memory-laden bretheren, the only difference whatsoever is a smaller memory capacity. The article makes it seem as if the device is physically smaller. Review the technical specifications at: http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/specs.html

Vince, US (08/02/2006 at 17:10)

The proper name for the new iPod Nano, is still Nano, not Micro.

Andy, Wythenshawe (08/02/2006 at 17:12)

What the point in viewing photos the size of a postage stamp, .. theres better on the market .... dont be a sheep.

chris brown, edinburgh (08/02/2006 at 17:39)

all this hype about size. i mean does it really matter? its whats inside that counts!
i have an old zen from creative which is more than twice the physical size of an ipod but at least with 40Gb i can get a decent amount of music on it at a nice quality.
why does fashion seem to come before functionality these days? how sad we have become as a society.
i mean the shuffle hasnt even got a screen! useless imho

music lover, ex manc Canada (09/02/2006 at 13:57)

Kids the ipods are over rated hyped up and expensive. Do the research there are better options out there

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