James Delahunty
30 Jun 2005 1:39
Apple has announced that it has merged the iPod with the iPod Photo, making way for a new line of iPod players that have colour screens and the ability to view album art work, photos and slide shows aswell as listening to music. The announcement came at the same time that Apple added podcasts to the iTunes music store which can be downloaded for free.
The new iPod product line will include a 20GB model which will retail at $299 and a 60GB model that will retail for $399. Previously the company had normal iPod devices, and iPod Photo's which were more expensive due to their colour screen and photo displaying support. Increased battery life has also been added to the new players.
The older 20GB model was priced at $299 whereas the older 60GB model was priced at $499. A 30GB iPod model was dropped completely. Along with the announcement of the new iPod line, Apple also announced that it was cutting an extra $20 off the price of the iPod Shuffle device which isn't a HDD-based player; it uses flash memory and as a result can store less music.
Source:
Kansas City Star