Its Official..160gb!!!!!!
The big news: ?We?re going to make the iPod more affordable and accessible,? Apple CEO Steve Jobs said at the iPod?s September 12 unveiling, and he wasn?t kidding. For just $249 (Best Current Price: $179.95), you can have a 30GB iPod capable of storing music, showing photos, and playing videos?the lowest price Apple has ever charged for a full-sized iPod. That?s a $50 discount from the fifth-generation 30GB iPod?s price tag. The top-end iPod?s price has also dropped $50, to $349 (Best Current Price: $289.95), while its capacity has jumped to 80GB from 60GB.
New features: Beyond the price tag, the most significant changes to the iPod include a brighter screen?60 percent brighter, Apple says?and longer battery life, at least on the 80GB model. Apple claims the higher-end iPod offers up to 20 hours of music playback, six hours of slideshows with music, and six-and-a-half hours of video playback. The 30GB iPod continues to feature 14 hours of music playback, though battery life for slideshows and videos has ticked up an hour and an a hour and a half, respectively.
The iPod software has also undergone an overhaul, gaining support for 640- by 480-pixel video; a new search feature that lets you use the scroll wheel and Center button to enter letters for instant searches of the iPod?s content; and a Quick Scroll feature that displays a rectangular overlay of the letter you?re currently scrolling through when browsing long lists of items. Support for gapless playback?an iTunes 7 feature that allows songs on classical, jazz, and concept albums to play seamlessly?has also been added, as has the ability to control screen brightness. Finally, these iPods can also play the nine new iPod games Apple sells for $4.99 from the iTunes Store. (The games also play on fifth-generation iPods, which, via an iPod software update, also gain support for the higher-res video, Quick Scroll, brightness control, and gapless playback.)
Accessories: Jobs says Apple has spent the last 18 months working on improvements to the iPod earbuds?these new earphones ship with the overhauled iPod. Other accessories include a USB cable, dock adapter, and sleeve case.
What?s the same: The dimensions of the iPod remain the same, with the larger-capacity iPod still just a little bit thicker than the 30GB offering. The display may be brighter, but it remains the same size?2.5 inches. The iPod?s interface is unchanged, and you continue to sync and charge via Apple?s USB dock-connector cable. Both configurations are available in either white or black cases.
New features: Beyond the price tag, the most significant changes to the iPod include a brighter screen?60 percent brighter, Apple says?and longer battery life, at least on the 80GB model. Apple claims the higher-end iPod offers up to 20 hours of music playback, six hours of slideshows with music, and six-and-a-half hours of video playback. The 30GB iPod continues to feature 14 hours of music playback, though battery life for slideshows and videos has ticked up an hour and an a hour and a half, respectively.
The iPod software has also undergone an overhaul, gaining support for 640- by 480-pixel video; a new search feature that lets you use the scroll wheel and Center button to enter letters for instant searches of the iPod?s content; and a Quick Scroll feature that displays a rectangular overlay of the letter you?re currently scrolling through when browsing long lists of items. Support for gapless playback?an iTunes 7 feature that allows songs on classical, jazz, and concept albums to play seamlessly?has also been added, as has the ability to control screen brightness. Finally, these iPods can also play the nine new iPod games Apple sells for $4.99 from the iTunes Store. (The games also play on fifth-generation iPods, which, via an iPod software update, also gain support for the higher-res video, Quick Scroll, brightness control, and gapless playback.)
Accessories: Jobs says Apple has spent the last 18 months working on improvements to the iPod earbuds?these new earphones ship with the overhauled iPod. Other accessories include a USB cable, dock adapter, and sleeve case.
What?s the same: The dimensions of the iPod remain the same, with the larger-capacity iPod still just a little bit thicker than the 30GB offering. The display may be brighter, but it remains the same size?2.5 inches. The iPod?s interface is unchanged, and you continue to sync and charge via Apple?s USB dock-connector cable. Both configurations are available in either white or black cases.
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But apart from that, top work, mate.