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Today at MWSF, Apple announced:

*$499 Mac Mini (basically an eMac without the monitor)
*iPod Shuffle ($99 flash-based iPod w/ room for 240 songs)
*iLife 2005 (updates to the venerable iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, Garageband, etc line)
*iWork 2005 (Keynote 2 plus a new full-featured Word Processor!)

Looking good so far! Go Apple!!
 
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Freelancer said:
Today at MWSF, Apple announced:

*$499 Mac Mini (basically an eMac without the monitor)
*iPod Shuffle ($99 flash-based iPod w/ room for 240 songs)
*iLife 2005 (updates to the venerable iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, Garageband, etc line)
*iWork 2005 (Keynote 2 plus a new full-featured Word Processor!)

Looking good so far! Go Apple!!
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HOLY GUACAMOLE? iPod Shuffle for $99?

looks like I'm going to get me an iPod! :multi_co:
 
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http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/ said:
There’s nowhere your skip-free iPod shuffle can’t go, and with up to 12 hours(3) of continuous playback time, it keeps going as long as you do.
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That is a very cheap price, but DAMMIT why can't they make something with a reasonable battery life? Plus why does it have a cap to cover the usb connector? I'll lose that in no time flat.

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Looks like I'll get the normal ipod battery with these things... :kekeke:
 
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meh! no screen on the Shuffle... no way I am browsing 240 songs without a way to sort them.
 
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mini mac really has me wet, 1.5 kg! it's smaller than a Gamecube! God I love apple.

6 months from now I'll have one of these, I'm sure of it :)
 
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Howdoin said:
meh! no screen on the Shuffle... no way I am browsing 240 songs without a way to sort them.
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I know what you mean, but I think that's Apple's "point" with the iPod Shuffle. Seems like you can just import from a group of files more or less randomly and you get kinda like a party mix output. Not ideal, but that's exactly why this one was made this way. You want to sort your songs on an iPod, ante up $150 more....
 
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Music capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 128Kbps AAC encoding.
Do not eat iPod shuffle.
Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information.
Some computers require either the optional iPod shuffle Dock or a USB cable extender (sold separately).
Buy an iPod shuffle

Order an iPod shuffle of your choice online at the Apple Store, open 24 hours a day.


Locate an Apple retail store or an iPod reseller near you.
 
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D-Lite said:
I know what you mean, but I think that's Apple's "point" with the iPod Shuffle. Seems like you can just import from a group of files more or less randomly and you get kinda like a party mix output. Not ideal, but that's exactly why this one was made this way. You want to sort your songs on an iPod, ante up $150 more....
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It shuffles and/or uses playlists I think.
 
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Damn, that Emac Mini is sweet.....would make a good emu system
 
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D-Lite said:
I know what you mean, but I think that's Apple's "point" with the iPod Shuffle. Seems like you can just import from a group of files more or less randomly and you get kinda like a party mix output. Not ideal, but that's exactly why this one was made this way. You want to sort your songs on an iPod, ante up $150 more....
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Exactly. I could definitely see myself buying a 1 gig iPod Shuffle for use at the gym especially.
 
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Freelancer said:
*$499 Mac Mini (basically an eMac without the monitor)
*iPod Shuffle ($99 flash-based iPod w/ room for 240 songs)
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These have been rumored for a while now.
I was beginning to wonder when Apple was going to finally get around to releasing these.

New word processor? Apple Works 7? Or something completely different?
 
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Hentai Sama said:
New word processor? Apple Works 7? Or something completely different?
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No, it's call iWork and includes Keynote 2 and the new WP called "Pages".
I don't think Apple will phase out Appleworks for the time being as it does have a decent following in the educational community plus it runs on modest Macs. Pages seems to be some sort of competitor to Word albeit with better support for graphics and layout functionality.
 
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My iPod, on teh cheep:

Already own it
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$60 after rebates
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1GB of exchangable MP3 and other file storage, Pocket Office, Game emulator, GPS viewer, audio recorder, and more.
 
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