Comments on: Apple hatches newest iPod

The two new models are $100 cheaper than their previous incarnations and feature significantly improved battery life.

4G iPods will have lower price according to Newsweek

Quoting from Newsweek:

'Lower price. The top-of-the-line iPod, holding 10,000 songs
(40 gigs, as geeks will tell you), now costs $399. The lower-
capacity model, with room for 5,000 songs (20 gigs), costs
$299. That's a $100 price reduction for each. (There's no more
15-gig model.)'

These new models leave a gap in the high end ($499) price point
which will presumably be filled by the previously rumored 60GB
iPod. Toshiba had previously announced that their 60GB 1.8" HD
would be available in July-August and that it had already been
ordered by Apple.

[ewelch]

Indeed - HP iPod coming in Sept!

It's up on Apple's web site now, but no 60 gigger yet. I think
Toshiba said discs that size won't ship in quantity until August.

I've have two generations of iPods.

And note, the article forgot to mention HP is going to start
selling their branded version of the iPod in September.

[Jonathan]

60GB iPods...I'm there.

Current rumors suggest that the $499 iPod will sport a 60GB hard drive. If so I'll be stopping at the Apple store as soon as they come out. I've waited over a year for an iPod that can store ALL my music. (38GB.) Again rumors suggest Monday or Tuesday for the release. I can?t wait.

[fabsgwu]

sync AND charge w/ USB 2.0!!!

USB 2.0 now charges and syncs the iPod. Great news for PC
users. Firewire and USB 2.0 wires are included in the box and
connect right to the dock.